Did no-Muslims comments trip Trump...or touch a nerve?

Wednesday, December 9, 2015
| Chad Groening,Billy Davis (OneNewsNow.com)

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An immigration enforcement activist says a "pause" in legal immigration into the United States is a good idea, echoing comments from a GOP candidate.
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That idea came from presidential candidate Donald Trump, who said Tuesday that the United States should halt immigration of Muslims following the Dec. 2 massacre in San Bernardino, California.
The suggestion created a firestorm of controversy, but William Gheen of Americans for Legal Immigration says he agrees with the idea.
"It makes sense that we limit or restrict or pause immigration from predominately Muslim nations," Gheen tells OneNewsNow. "Their ideology is hostile to Americans and America."
Trump suggested a "total and complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States "until our country's representatives can figure out what's going on."
Trump is the current GOP front-runner for the Republican nomination and his suggestion predictably created a firestorm of controversy.
Some Republicans condemned the remark, including House Speaker Paul Ryan.
"What was proposed yesterday is not what this party stands for," Ryan said, "and more importantly it’s not what this country stands for."
"I have no idea what Mr. Trump knows about either immigration law or Islam," Andrew C. McCarthy wrote at National Review Online. "But it should be obvious to any objective person that Muslim immigration to the West is a vexing challenge."
McCarthy went on to suggest that Islam is "no mere religion," but rather one where there is no division between "mosque and state."
Gheen shares a similar view with OneNewsNow.
"In America, we have separation of church and state and they do not have that in Islamic nations," he says. "So we have a real compatibility problem that is resulting in this violence."
Trump defended his statement saying that what he's proposing is "no different" than President Franklin Roosevelt putting Japanese-Americans in internment camps during World War II.
After Trump's remarks, conservative website Gateway Pundit pointed out that President Jimmy Carter kicked out some Iranian students during the Iran hostage crisis, citing a story at Frontpage Magazine.
Would an immigration crackdown be legal and constitutional? Yes, it would be, says Mark Krikorian of the Center for Immigration Studies.
"Whether it's a good idea is a different point," Krikorian told radio talk show host Sandy Rios in a Wednesday interview. "But whether it's unconstitutional is simply an absurd question, because this is about foreigners seeking admission into the United States and Congress has power, complete authority, to pass legislation allowing in or keeping out anybody they want."
Gheen says what Trump is proposing is not much different than the recent amendment put forth by Sen. Rand Paul to "pause" visa issuance to more than 30 countries that are at risk for exporting terrorists into America.



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