A\npolicy that was ill-advised in one period can be catastrophic in another.\nJudging from President Biden and his administration\u2019s performance, it\u2019s clear\nthey\u2019ve learned nothing in the past 25 years. Only now, the stakes are higher\nthan ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fateful events of 9-11 were followed by one news story after another telling an incredulous America about the dysfunction in America\u2019s immigration controls. 9-11 hijackers had overstayed visas, obtained multiple driver\u2019s licenses and engaged in all manner of activities inconsistent with the terms of their original admissions to the U.S., and yet no one had flagged their unlawful presence. Additionally, schools enrolled students without proper verification of status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Similarly, in 1993, Ramzi Yousef (who bombed the World Trade Center the first time) came legally through the U.S.-Canada border although flags had been raised in Dubai regarding his terror connections. \u00a0Agencies charged with intelligence sharing failed to communicate with one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\nUnited States entered Afghanistan because of <\/em>9-11. Twenty years later, the Taliban has\nwell-equipped militarily and is in control of the entire country. That Middle\nEastern nation is once again an incubator for terror. <\/p>\n\n\n\n While\nsome improvements have been made in biometric identification at the Department\nof Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. borders are today a total sieve, and we have\nan administration that doesn\u2019t believe strong immigration controls are\nconsistent with \u201cour values.\u201d Aliens are\nroutinely released without proper verification of identity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Recommendations\nmade after 9-11 by multiple commissions and committees have been ignored. Years\nhave been consumed trying to implement document security proposals like REAL ID. Visa overstays continue unabated and\nunenforced. The administration continues to admit hundreds of thousands via\n\u201chumanitarian parole,\u201d while refugee and asylum claims and admissions go\nthrough the roof. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Throughout the Trump administration, the ACLU fought needed immigration and security improvements, and once elected, Biden threw the rest out the window. In essence, two decades after 9-11, the U.S. is more vulnerable to international terrorism than ever. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Biden\nhas now begun an open-ended influx of Afghani refugees, nationals and untold\nnumbers of others who just claim they do not want to live under Sharia law. Vetting\nis supposed to take place overseas before<\/em> they are admitted, but the\nprocess is rushed and often without real identification verification. DHS is\nthen responsible for resettling them throughout the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\nare real problems with all that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One,\nDHS \u2013 created in the wake of 9-11 to defend the homeland — is now run by\nSecretary Alejandro Mayorkas, perhaps the most irresponsible head of DHS in its\nhistory. His commitment to border security and enforcement law compliance is\nbeyond nonexistent. His interest in proper vetting? Laughable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondly,\nmany \u2013 perhaps most \u2013 of these being screened have inadequate or no\nidentification, and no matching biometric records. Count on the Biden administration to admit\nfirst, and ask question later \u2013 perhaps when it\u2019s much too late.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Third,\nno effort is being made to ascertain if those wanting to enter the U.S. hold\nviews that are compatible with living in a republican democracy and an\nadherence to our First Amendment principles of religious freedom and toleration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n All\nthis is against a backdrop featuring an administration that does not believe\naliens should ever be deported or removed to their home countries. Once in,\nyou\u2019re in. Until they push an amnesty and otherwise defer indefinitely any\npossibility of removal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Western\nnations have experienced years of disruptions attempting to digest millions\nfleeing Middle East instability and violence. There are limits to any society\u2019s\nability to manage the assimilation of so many people over so short a time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A\nnation that fails to learn from past mistakes is doomed not only to repeat\nthem, but to experience even greater consequences. A lot is riding on the\noutcome of the Biden administration\u2019s knee-jerk and poorly planned actions.\nSurely history teaches we must be prepared for the worst.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A policy that was ill-advised in one period can be catastrophic in another. Judging from President Biden and his administration\u2019s performance, it\u2019s clear they\u2019ve learned nothing in the past 25 years. Only now, the stakes are higher than ever. The fateful events of 9-11 were followed by one news story after another telling an incredulous<\/p>\n