nbc Deport the illegals nbc

And let the Iraqis come. Kudos to the US for this policy, and we
should increase the number significantly. The hypocrisy of Washington
is comical, complaining that security reasons prevent more Iraqis from
coming. I suppose they're afraid of terrorists. Perhaps someone should
remind them about that open border along our Southern fringe. We have
not a fucking clue who's crossed that line, so why quibble about a few
potential Jihadi-whacks from Iraq. Seven thousand Iraqi refugees in,
seven thousand illegal aliens out. One for one swaps. They can do the
jobs that the deported illegals wont be able to do :-)

U.S. to admit more refugees from Iraq
More than 7,000 are expected to resettle here by fall.
The administration has approved new screening procedures.
By Matthew Lee
Associated Press
Philadelphia Inquirer
May 31, 2007

WASHINGTON - The United States soon will begin admitting a bigger
trickle of the more than two million refugees who have fled Iraq,
acknowledging for the first time that the country may never be safe
for some who have helped the U.S. mission there.

After months of agonizing delays and withering criticism from advocacy
groups and lawmakers, the Bush administration has completed new
guidelines to screen Iraqi refugees, including those seeking asylum
because helping the Americans has put them at huge risk.

Two-million-plus people - the fastest-growing refugee population in
the world - have left Iraq, but Washington has balked, for security
reasons, at allowing them into the United States.

Since the war began in 2003, fewer than 800 Iraqi refugees have been
admitted, angering critics who argue that the United States is
obligated to assist many more, particularly those whose work for U.S.
agencies or contractors has placed them in danger.

Now, the administration plans to allow nearly 7,000 Iraqis to resettle
in the United States by the end of September, under enhanced screening
measures announced this week by the Homeland Security Department that
are aimed at weeding out potential terrorists.

An initial group of 59, including former U.S. government employees and
their families, should arrive in the coming weeks, Homeland Security
Secretary Michael Chertoff said.

As with incoming refugees from other countries, Iraqis accepted for
resettlement in the United States will be given assistance from both
government and private aid agencies, including language and job
training in the communities that will be their new homes, officials
said.

"America's tradition of welcoming international refugees and
responding to humanitarian emergencies is unrivaled," Chertoff said in
a statement. "Yet we also must be mindful of the security risks
associated with admitting refugees from war-torn countries -
especially countries infiltrated by large numbers of terrorists."

Homeland Security officials would not discuss what the enhanced
process entailed, but several people familiar with the program said it
included additional interviews, biometric screening and cross-checks
against employer databases, none of which are necessarily required for
non-Iraqi refugees.

The 59 Iraqis who will arrive soon are among more than 700 considered
to be the most vulnerable and for whom resettlement interviews already
have been conducted, the department said.

They include "persons whose lives may be in jeopardy because they
worked for coalition forces," it said, without giving specific numbers
of former U.S. employees.

Refugee advocates yesterday praised the announcement but lamented that
many desperate Iraqis have been languishing in camps in other Mideast
countries.

Kenneth Bacon, of Refugees International, said: "Obviously, DHS has a
responsibility to make sure that everybody who comes into the country
is going to be a good citizen . . . but they also realize that the
country has a responsibility to these Iraqis."

Refugees International is one of several groups that have been pushing
the administration to accept at least a fraction of the Iraqis and
have noted that other countries, including some in Scandinavia, have
agreed to accept tens of thousands.

"It is embarrassing that Sweden is taking more refugees than we are,"
Bacon said. "The U.S. should be doing much more."

That complaint has been echoed on Capitol Hill. where the Senate and
House passed legislation this month allowing a tenfold increase in
special-immigrant visas for Iraqis and Afghans who worked as
translators and interpreters for U.S. forces.

As of May 18, the United Nations had identified 4,692 Iraqi refugees
at camps in Syria, Jordan, Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt for possible
resettlement in the United States. Officials said they expected that
number to rise to about 7,000 by Sept. 30.

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