The Biden administration is considering a move that would potentially bring in thousands of refugees from Gaza and essentially provide them with a permanent home in the United States.
The news of this potential policy change was “leaked” to CBS News this week:
In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents.
One of those proposals involves using the decades-old United States Refugee Admissions Program to welcome Palestinians with U.S. ties who have managed to escape Gaza and enter neighboring Egypt, according to the inter-agency planning documents.
Top U.S. officials have also discussed getting additional Palestinians out of Gaza and processing them as refugees if they have American relatives, the documents show. The plans would require coordination with Egypt, which has so far refused to welcome large numbers of people from Gaza.
For CBS to get its hands on this kind of memo means the so-called “leak” was intentional. The Biden administration wants to get this out in the open in a backhanded way so it doesn’t have to comment much on it. Had the White House publicly announced a policy change like this, questions would ensue. Under these circumstances, the press corp can ask about the recent CBS News report and the Press Secretary can say she’s unable to respond to classified leaks or some other nonsense.
There is little doubt that attempting to make such a move is a direct wink and nod at the Arab community upset with Biden’s tepid support for Israel’s war against Hamas. It’s a potential move based only on politics and not the best interests of the United States. The idea that incoming Palestinian refugees would be vetted in a meaningful way is laughable. This is a population that overwhelmingly supports Hamas, a terrorist organization that slaughtered innocent Israelis less than a year ago, as the governing body of Gaza.
Neighboring countries refuse to take in refugees because they fear causing unrest within their borders.
Furthermore, the level of anti-Semitism among Gazans is off the charts and should give pause to any Biden administration official considering bringing more anti-semitism to join the insanity on college campuses today.
It didn’t take long for the swift backlash given the total insanity of such a plan.
Several GOP Senators called out the obvious national security threat the plan would pose, per The Hill:
More than two dozen Republican senators are calling a potential proposal by President Biden to accept Palestinian refugees from Gaza a national security risk, following the administration’s acknowledgment that discussions are underway to help Palestinians in the U.S. bring families over from the region.
A letter rejecting the potential proposal was led by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), the number three GOP leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and 33 colleagues.
It signals another avenue Republicans may try to attack Biden ahead of the November election.
The GOP senators call for Biden to prioritize securing the release of American hostages over accepting Palestinians as refugees.
“We demand that your administration cease planning for accepting Gazan refugees until you adequately answer our concerns and focus your attention instead on securing the release of U.S. hostages held by Hamas.”
The New York Post editorial board went a step further calling the plan “national security insanity”:
How nuts is this? Let’s count the ways.
First off, these would be people fleeing a war that will soon end: Israel’s active operations will wind down once the IDF goes into Rafah and eliminates the remaining Hamas cadre there; then it’s rebuilding time.
Refugees almost always want to go home when they can; enticing them to start putting down roots nearly 6,000 miles is the worst kind of “help.”
Second: Even if these refugees are thoroughly and properly screened (and the Biden administration’s prolific record of letting in terrorists gives plenty of reason to believe they won’t be), an unavoidable truth remains: With antisemitism soaring, Biden is looking to import migrants from a populace that’s been indoctrinated with Jew-hatred since childhood.
We don’t need to import more hate.
Plus, of course, these newcomers would follow the millions of illegal migrants the prez has already waved in, producing a crisis that is killing him in the polls.
Nuts, indeed.
It’s beyond that though, it’s recklessly dangerous to the American people Biden is constitutionally bound to protect. Once again, cities and states will be given the burden of housing the immigrant influx and providing public services that taxpayers cannot afford and shouldn’t be saddled with.
There is visible good and evil, and there are assuredly some good people in Gaza caught in the crossfire. That does not mean America is the dumping ground for all the world’s problems. Hamas is a terrorist organization bent on destroying Israel and murdering Jews. There is a clear good guy and bad guy here.
Biden has proven time and time again that the American people come second to the interests of his far-left base of Marxist whackjobs chanting death to the country that offers them life and opportunity.
Maybe Elon Musk is on to something…
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