Immigration setback? The public rollout of comprehensive, bipartisan immigration reform legislation the same week as the marathon bombings was timing at its most unfortunate. The misfortune was compounded by later news that the two suspects in the bombings, which killed three and injured more than 170, were Muslim brothers of Chechen heritage from an area of Russia near Chechnya.
Its beyond obvious that there are millions of undocumented immigrants in this country who are working at jobs, maybe creating jobs, who are paying taxes or are prospective taxpayers making contributions to their adopted country. But immigration is an emotional issue, and reform opponents now have a perfect hook in the case of the Tsarnaev brothers -- Tamerlan, 26, a legal U.S. resident killed in a shootout with police, and Dzhokhar, 19, a naturalized U.S. citizen taken into custody in serious condition after an intensive day-long manhunt.
The reform package laboriously crafted by the Senates bipartisan Group of 8 (and blessed this week by Obama) would grant provisional legal status to most of the 11 million people in the United States without legal documents. Some of them would have a potential path to citizenship years down the road after many border enforcement conditions have been met.
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., made what he called a for the package Saturday in National Review, focused heavily on its border control provisions. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the Florida senator and much-mentioned Republican presidential possibility, has been issuing a series of releases to counter misinformation. Speaking Saturday to the Nevada GOP, Rubio said the bombings might make passage tougher, but he noted that the brothers got into this country under the broken system he is trying to fix.
Still, reform advocates are up against rising GOP opposition fueled by the bombings. A sampling: After Suspect No. 1 -- Tamerlan -- was killed, conservative : Its too bad Suspect #1 wont be able to be legalized by Marco Rubio, now. Bryan Fischer, director of issue analysis for the conservative American Family Association, tweeted Saturday that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is a citizen because of our . He wondered why Muslims are being allowed in at all.
In contrast, Obama has spent the week tacitly reminding the country of the Latin motto on the seal of the United States: . Out of many, one.
The American spirit, he said Friday night after Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured, includes staying true to the unity and diversity that makes us strong -- like no other nation in the world. Part of the greatness of America and Boston., he added, is that -- people of every faith, every ethnicity, from every corner of the globe. So as we continue to learn more about why and how this tragedy happened, let's make sure that we sustain that spirit.
Obama alsofor bombing victims on Thursday. Boston opens its heart to the world, he said. Over successive generations, youve welcomed again and again new arrivals to our shores -- immigrants who constantly reinvigorated this city and this commonwealth and our nation.
Some reform proponents are already making a more explicit and practical counter-argument to counter those who view the Boston bombings as a rationale to kill the reform package. They say the current dysfunctional immigration system is a recipe for more terrorism -- not less. Immigration reform will strengthen our nations security by helping us identify exactly who has entered our country and who has left, RepublicanFriday.
That case, always a hard political sell, has become even more difficult over the past week.
FBI Goof? The FBI says for information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the second suspected bomber, who was killed in a shootout with police this week at age 26. The request was based on information that he was a follower of radical Islam and a strong believer, and that he had changed drastically since 2010 as he prepared to leave the United States for travel to the countrys region to join unspecified underground groups, the FBI said.
The changes in Tamerlan were obvious. His aunt said that several years ago he became very religious and started praying five times a day. He . He also , and had a daughter with her. Russell the daughter of a doctor and nurse from North Kingston, R.I. -- converted to Islam and wore Islamic dress.
When the request for information came in 2011, the FBI said it checked into derogatory telephone communications, possible use of online sites associated with the promotion of radical activity, associations with other persons of interest, travel history and plans, and education history and did not find any terrorism activity, domestic or foreign. But clearly there was no follow-up, or the FBI would probably have noticed that Tamerlan Tsarnaevcreated in 2012, and flew from New York to Russia in January 2012 and stayed there until July.
Criminal or Combatant? In the latest flare-up of a longrunning conflict between the administration and conservatives, there is already pressure from the right to treat Dzhokhar Tsarnaev as awho is not entitled to legal protections (such as the right to remain silent) rather than as a potential criminal who is.
We remain under threat from radical Islam and we hope the Obama Administration will seriously consider the enemy combatant option, right after Tsarnaev was taken into custody. He said the accused perpetrators of last Mondays two bombings were not common criminals but terrorists, and the least of our worries is a criminal trial which will likely be held years from now.
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