The granting of U.S. citizenship to three individuals who were convicted as a result of a terrorism-related investigation was “outrageous,” Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), chairman of the House Judiciary immigration policy and enforcement subcommittee, told CNSNews.com.
King was commenting on a key finding in a recently-released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report (PDF, 6.7 MB) on criminal aliens, which he had requested.
The report showed that the three people were among “defendants where the investigation involved an identified link to international terrorism but they were charged with violating other statutes, including fraud, immigration, drugs, false statements, and general conspiracy charges.”
The three became naturalized American citizens under the Obama administration, two in late 2009 and one in 2010.
“It’s outrageous that you can have people under your very nose and adjudicate them through the process and convict them and then turn around and grant them citizenship,” King said in response to inquiries from CNSNews.com.
He said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) should be conducting background checks on all citizenship applications.
“Nobody should be getting citizenship that has been adjudicated in this fashion. It’s something that we’re going to have to take up with USCIS, and I just think it’s outrageous.”
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King was commenting on a key finding in a recently-released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report (PDF, 6.7 MB) on criminal aliens, which he had requested.
The report showed that the three people were among “defendants where the investigation involved an identified link to international terrorism but they were charged with violating other statutes, including fraud, immigration, drugs, false statements, and general conspiracy charges.”
The three became naturalized American citizens under the Obama administration, two in late 2009 and one in 2010.
“It’s outrageous that you can have people under your very nose and adjudicate them through the process and convict them and then turn around and grant them citizenship,” King said in response to inquiries from CNSNews.com.
He said the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) should be conducting background checks on all citizenship applications.
“Nobody should be getting citizenship that has been adjudicated in this fashion. It’s something that we’re going to have to take up with USCIS, and I just think it’s outrageous.”
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2 comments:
thanks obama.i cant believe americans are still blinded by the race factor.its obvious what obamas agenda is and what he is about.everytime i get into a debate with someone about obama all they can say is you dont like him because he is black.then i state dozens of factual reasons he is worthless.the funny thing is they cant tell me one thing that he has done positive for this country or why they voted for him.is it because they have no idea about politics and only came out to voye because a half black man was running for office?im not racist i cant stand obamas white half either.
I agree whole heartedly 3:10 PM
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