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(42,700 posts)If the concern is that Muslims that come here might later become radicalized, then any Muslim that wasn't born here should be sent packing, even if they've been here for years and even if they have permanent residence status or even have become naturalized citizens. And their children should be deported as well, even if they are natural born citizens.
Think I'm exaggerating? I just saw a post on FB that cited an alarmist Daily Mail story about the number of ISIS sympathizers arrested in the US and how some were "immigrants". The cases cited included one in which a number of Bosnian refugees were arrested for supporting terrorism. While I don't know how long ago these Bosnians came to the US, most Bosnian refugee immigration occurred around 20 years ago. Several of those arrested had been here long enough to get permanent legal status and some had become naturalized US citizens. If they are held up as an example of why allowing Muslims to immigrate is bad, then logically anyone who was previously allowed to immigrate should be expelled.
Which is stupid, of course.