State awards Iranians 4,453 diversity visas.

[gsvol]

Iranians Win 4,453 'Diversity Visa' Applications to Immigrate to U.S. | CNSnews.com

The State Department has awarded 4,453 permanent resident "Diversity Visa" applications to would-be immigrants from Iran, a state sponsor of terrorism that was recently implicated in a plot to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the United States.

State Dept Considering 5,662 'Diversity Visa' Applicants from Terror States | CNSnews.com

As part of its 2012 Diversity Visa program, the U.S. State Department is considering 5,662 applicants from countries deemed ‘State Sponsors of Terrorism’ – Iran, Syria, Sudan and Cuba.

In 2011, the State Department awarded 2,427 Diversity Visas to people from Iran, Syria and Sudan -- 1,842 for Iran; 553 for Sudan; and 32 for Syria.

The annual program randomly awards 50,000 permanent resident visas to people from countries with low rates of immigration to the United States, which include the State Sponsors of Terrorism. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) congressionally mandates the Diversity Visa program, which began in 1994.

According to the State Department, 100,021 applicants in total, who were randomly selected, "have been registered and notified and may now make an application for an immigrant visa."

For 2012, the State Department, along with registrations from people in other countries, selected 4,453 applicants from Iran; 292 from Cuba; 757 from Sudan; and 160 from Syria. (Total: 5,662.)
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The State Department calls the Diversity Visa program’s conditions “simple, but strict.” The requirements for the winners are “a high school education or its equivalent or two years of work experience within the past five years in an occupation requiring at least two years' training or experience,” according to the Department.

The INA was written by Barney Fwank, passed by a dhimmicrap majority congress and signed into law by Slick Willy.

The INA was supposedly to prevent homosexuals, transgendered etc from being discriminated against but also written into the law was a provision that says that a visa cannot be denied even if state knows the applicant has ties to a moslem terrorist organization.

Brilliant.

Iran is proud of the fact that their Al Quds force consists exclusively of soldiers who required at least two years of training before rising to their job destabilizing the West and our allies. I wonder if State is subsidizing their travel costs to get here too.

 

[utvolpj]

once they arrive they will activate the terrorist muslim inhabiting the White House and convert or kill everyone. The streets will run red with their blood!

 

[lawgator1]

I am sure that none of the people getting those undergoes any sort of background check, whatsoever. Indeed,we are far better off doing everything we can to further alienate and anger as many people as we can by not even considering programs that might ultimately convey back to the masses there that we are decent folks. Far better to keep the lines of communication between the people completely shut down so that only the dictators over there have any message to the Iranian people about what we are like.

Brilliant.

 

[VOLatile]

How did I know there would be a trojan horse reference?

 

[BigPapaVol]

I am sure that none of the people getting those undergoes any sort of background check, whatsoever. Indeed,we are far better off doing everything we can to further alienate and anger as many people as we can by not even considering programs that might ultimately convey back to the masses there that we are decent folks. Far better to keep the lines of communication between the people completely shut down so that only the dictators over there have any message to the Iranian people about what we are like.

Brilliant.

Hold up. You think this program helps America? You think we're changing Iranian minds?

Why in the hell should we spend money to background check these people. It's expensive and we don't need them. They don't help our image in any appreciable way. Can the freaking program. You want to be American, follow the program or stay out.
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[gsvol]

PJ may be eating his words before long, I hope not.

Feds Caught and Released 28 Iranians Who Became Fugitives Inside U.S.; ICE Won?t Say What Happened to Them | CNSnews.com

During fiscal years 2009 and 2010, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division of the
Department of Homeland Security, caught, detained
and released at least 28 Iranian nationals inside the
United States who then became fugitives when
they failed to show up for immigration proceedings.

Four of the Iranians who became fugitives had been
caught early in fiscal 2009 while President George W.
Bush was still in office. The other 24 were caught after
President Barack Obama was inaugurated on Jan. 20,
2009.

Two of the four Iranians caught and detained under
the Bush administration were not released from
detention until Obama came to office.

Thus, a total of 26 Iranian nationals caught and
detained by ICE in fiscal years 2009 and 2010
were released inside the United States under
the Obama administration and then became
fugitives.
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ICE booked all but seven of the 28 fugitives in three
states that border on Mexico: Texas, Arizona and
California.

Of the other seven who were not booked in one of
these three states, two were booked in Boston, two
in New York City, one in New Orleans, one in Atlanta,
and one in Detroit, which borders on Canada.

The number of Iranians who became fugitives after
being booked by ICE in fiscal years 2009 and 2010
could be larger than the 28 who were specifically
listed as “fugitives” in the “case category” column
of the database ICE provided to CNSnews.com.

That is because ICE left the “case category”
column blank in the database for 204 of the
537 Iranians listed.

Need I mention that the government of Iran has been
providing arms, particularly high explosive IEDs to
terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan that have been
killing and maiming young American servicemen
ever since we have been over there??

Now way the intelligence services of Iran would try
to use our doofus government to facilitate their
'death to America' program, no way.

And to be sure I would never try to tell a progressive
Pollyanna any such thing.

 

[Unimane]

Hold up. You think this program helps America? You think we're changing Iranian minds?

Why in the hell should we spend money to background check these people. It's expensive and we don't need them. They don't help our image in any appreciable way. Can the freaking program. You want to be American, follow the program or stay out.
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Everyone who tries to enter the US gets a background check. My wife is Peruvian and we had to go through a number of checks. It's the age of post-9/11 security, so do you really think we'd let anyone in without doing some kind of check?

And, I hate to break it to you, but there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people of Iranian ancestry already here. Are you arguing that people from Iran are not needed or that they aren't willing to work within the system established? If so, I would vehemently disagree with that assertion.

As for the OP, the concept that the citizens of an entire country are undesirable because of their government policies is asinine.

 

[BigPapaVol]

Everyone who tries to enter the US gets a background check. My wife is Peruvian and we had to go through a number of checks. It's the age of post-9/11 security, so do you really think we'd let anyone in without doing some kind of check?

And, I hate to break it to you, but there are hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people of Iranian ancestry already here. Are you arguing that people from Iran are not needed or that they aren't willing to work within the system established? If so, I would vehemently disagree with that assertion.

As for the OP, the concept that the citizens of an entire country are undesirable because of their government policies is asinine.

I didn't say any of that. I said the idiotic policy that lets a group of 50k per year is bull and that it has no impact whatsoever on our international reputation. What I said is that if one wants to be an American citizen, they should follow the proscribed process or GTFO.
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[Unimane]

I didn't say any of that. I said the idiotic policy that lets a group of 50k per year is bull and that it has no impact whatsoever on our international reputation. What I said is that if one wants to be an American citizen, they should follow the proscribed process or GTFO.
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That's why I asked for the clarification.

As for that, I do think our reputation is affected somewhat by not letting people in. And, I can tell you that our greatest source of positive representation around the world is from emigrants living here and expressing their satisfaction and appreciation of the life here. 50,000 people is an effective policy, I think.

As far as the proscribed process, as someone who's dealt with it far too much, I can tell you the process is quite muddled. There are exceptions and inherent difficulties everywhere. Some people wait 10 years, some get in after 6 months and some will never have the money to get in at all. Meanwhile, an Englishman or Frenchman could show up tomorrow. It's fairly arbitrary, or subjective, process.

Besides, who says these Iranians aren't following the proscribed process?

 

[gsvol]

Everyone who tries to enter the US gets a background check.

So how are we to check the background of Iranians if we have no embassy or consolate in Iran??

Should we completely ignore the danger of infiltrators in the name of 'diversity'?

How has that worked for a dozen European countries that have allowed in immigrants from moslem areas.

I think you would have to agree; not so well.

Really, we don't need to keep our heads in the sand at this time.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Five Moroccan nationals arrested Wednesday for breaking into a San Antonio courthouse were found to have pictures of public buildings, water systems and malls across the country, Reuters reports.

While they were nabbed by local police, the suspects will be interrogated by a joint terrorism task force that includes the FBI and immigration enforcement authorities, the wire service reported.

They were here legally on ninety day visas, I suppose due dilligence was done on their backgrounds, but hey, they were merely scouts for the war that will insue sooner or later, we are only experiencing the beginning now.

 

[UTVolInSpain]

So how are we to check the background of Iranians if we have no embassy or consolate in Iran??

Although I believe the US has ways of doing a background check on someone despite not having diplomatic ties with Iran, I would assume this could be done through the Swedes. Generally if the US maintains no diplomatic ties to a country, the Swedes, being neutral, will work in our place. However, I'm not sure if they would do the background checks. It's possible.

 

[UTVolInSpain]

Actually, after doing a quick Google search, I found this on the U.S. Mission to Turkey's website:

Information for Iranian Immigrant Visa Applicants

Ankara is the only Iranian immigrant processing post in Turkey. Other Iranian immigrant processing posts are Vienna, Abu Dhabi, Frankfurt and Naples.
Feel free to browse here. It provides more information on the process that they have to go through. Enjoy!
Iranian Applicants - U.S. Embassy Ankara, Turkey

 

[KiffinKiller]

So when do we all get killed? I would like to go sky diving before I'm beheaded.

 

[gsvol]

Although I believe the US has ways of doing a background check on someone despite not having diplomatic ties with Iran, I would assume this could be done through the Swedes. Generally if the US maintains no diplomatic ties to a country, the Swedes, being neutral, will work in our place. However, I'm not sure if they would do the background checks. It's possible.

I have a Norwegian friend who calls the Swedes
sissies because they cooperated with the Nazis
in WWII while the Norwegians put up a pretty
fierce resistance throughout the war.

Valerie Jarret is one of Obama's chief advisors on
middle eastern policy and is Iranian herself.

Obama was very active in the overthrow of the
Tunisian, Egyptian and Libyan governments but
when the Iranian people were demonstrating
against the fundamentalist mullah run government
of Iran, he said it wouldn't be appropriate for
the American government to interfere in Iranian
politics.

One of the top projected new leaders of the new
Libyan government has come out openly for islamic
sharia rule. He said so what if they want to chop
your hand off for thievery, if you aren't a thief what
do you have to fear? He also has said he favors
sharia rule in America.

KiffinKiller
So when do we all get killed? I would like to go sky diving before I'm beheaded.

Two suggestions.

1. Don't lose your head.
2. Fold your own chute.

 

[KiffinKiller]

Can someone be spammed to death? I guess we'll find out.

 

[gsvol]

Can someone be spammed to death? I guess we'll find out.

I looked up your name in the dictionary and found
this picture:

 

[KiffinKiller]

no you didn't