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The Boston Marathon bomb crime proves that we must (a) suspend legal immigration until our government obeys current laws and eliminates fraud, and (b) build the fence and close the our southÂern border to all illegal entry. The law to build the fence has never been obeyed. Many other laws are also currently vioÂlated. Federal law says that forÂeigners who are legally admitted as visitors should be tracked so we can be sure they depart when their visa expires. But our entry-exit visa system is massively ignored. Senator Chuck Grassley said the Boston crime should trigger the U.S. "to understand the gaps and loopholes in our immigration system." He asked, "How do we ensure that people who wish to do us harm are not eligible for benefits under the immigration laws, including this new bill before us?" Dealing with the widespread fraud in our easy acceptance of refugees should also be part of comprehensive immigration reform. After all, the Tsarnaev family posed as refugees. Yet the father soon returned to Dagestan, Russia, where he lives safely. How did our government miss so many clues that the Tsarnaev brothers were a deadly danger to Americans? We need hearings to find out why the Tsarnaev family was not thoroughly vetted before it was admitted to our country, or even after Russia tipped off our FBI that Tamerlan could be a dangerous risk, and especially before Tamerlan was re-admitted to the U.S. after his trip to Russia in 2012. RusÂsia told the FBI that Tamerlan "was a follower of radical Islam," and that he traveled to Russia to join unspecified "underÂground groups." Why did our government ignore the federal law that requires immiÂgrants, before they are admitted, to prove they will not become a public charge? The entire family cashed in on generous U.S. welfare benefits, cash, food stamps and Section 8 housing totalling $100,000. Tamerlan even got a taxpayer-funded attorney to represent him when accused of domestic violence against a girlfriend. The Obama Administration missed so many clues. Where did Tamerlan get the money for that expensive airline ticket to Russia? Apparently the FBI wasn't interÂested in where he went and who he saw. What did Tamerlan do in Russia? Receive training in bomb-making or terrorist tactics? The FBI wasn't even interested when Tamerlan returned from his trip. Russia then took its warning about Tamerlan to our Central IntelliÂgence Agency, but got no response there, either. Tamerlan's own web postings showed his sympathies with radical Islam, but because the FBI had closed his case, no one in our government was watching. Why didn't our FBI recognize the signal that Tamerlan was named for one of the most brutal murderers in all history? The name Tamerlan is known throughout Asia as a 14th-century Muslim who called himself the "Sword of Islam," murdered 17 million people, beÂheaded many and displayed their heads to showcase his brutality. The failure to protect us from the Tsarnaev brothers proves there are so many things radically wrong with our legal immigration process that we should call a pause until loopholes are closed. Our governÂment does not have the capacity to do adequate background checks on 11 million illegal aliens. We need to take Ronald Reagan's advice: Before we do more of what we are doing, let's find out if what we are doing is part of the problem. |
