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Iran front group: Barring Iraqis & Syrians from visa waivers is “ancestral discrimination”

Apr 13, 2016 7:45 am By Robert Spencer

It couldn’t have anything to do with the impossibility of distinguishing jihadis from peaceful Muslims. It must be “ancestral discrimination.”

“By failing to provide clarity in how the restrictions will be enforced, it further feeds people’s perception that they are being discriminated against and that they face increased risk of travel restrictions because of their family heritage,” Jamal Abdi of the National Iranian American Council, an Iranian-American activist group, told Politico..

NIAC has been established in court as a lobbying group for the Islamic Republic of Iran. Said Michael Rubin: “Jamal Abdi, NIAC’s policy director, now appears to push aside any pretense that NIAC is something other than Iran’s lobby. Speaking at the forthcoming ‘Expose AIPAC’ conference, Abdi is featured on the ‘Training: Constituent Lobbying for Iran’ panel. Oops.” Iranian freedom activist Hassan Daioleslam “documented over a two-year period that NIAC is a front group lobbying on behalf of the Iranian regime.” NIAC had to pay him nearly $200,000 in legal fees after they sued him for defamation over his accusation that they were a front group for the mullahs, and lost.”

Jamal Abdi

Barring Iraqi Nationals From Visa Waivers Dubbed ‘Ancestral Discrimination,’” by Rachel Stoltzfoos, Daily Caller, April 12, 2016 (thanks to Jerk Chicken):

Civil rights groups and minority activists are calling a new U.S. law that excludes Iraqi and Syrian nationals from a special visa waiver program a form of illegal “ancestral discrimination.”

The U.S. allows citizens of 38 primarily-European countries to enter America without obtaining a visa. After the Paris and San Bernardino terror attacks, however, President Barack Obama signed a new law barring some of those citizens from the waiver program, if they’re also citizens of Iran, Iraq, Syria or Sudan.

This dual national provision is upsetting civil rights activists who say it’s unclear who exactly will be affected, and that it could unfairly burden some people without effectively curbing national security threats, reported Politico Tuesday. They’re calling it “ancestral discrimination.”

Depending on how the U.S. interprets the law, people who were born in Europe could still be required to obtain a visa because of their “heritage,” while others also born in Europe will not. For example, a woman born in France to an Iranian father is considered an Iranian national under Iranian law, even if she never visits Iran or pursues Iranian citizenship. Activists argue barring such a person from the visa waiver program would constitute discrimination based on her “heritage” or “ancestry.”

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not provided details on how it will interpret and apply the dual national provision of the law, saying it wants to prevent malevolent actors from gaming the system.

“By failing to provide clarity in how the restrictions will be enforced, it further feeds people’s perception that they are being discriminated against and that they face increased risk of travel restrictions because of their family heritage,” Jamal Abdi of the National Iranian American Council, an Iranian-American activist group, told Politico….

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  1. Angemon says

    Apr 13, 2016 at 12:05 pm

    This dual national provision is upsetting civil rights activists who say it’s unclear who exactly will be affected, and that it could unfairly burden some people without effectively curbing national security threats, reported Politico Tuesday. They’re calling it “ancestral discrimination.”

    Meaning that Obama will back down and all future attempts to bar people from certain countries from entering the US will be judged as unworthy because of this one.

  2. Arthur says

    Apr 13, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    All the while dancing around the real reason to not let them in: “religion.”

    • Bob says

      Apr 14, 2016 at 6:51 am

      No, not ‘religion’ in general, but their warped religion!

      • Carolyne says

        Apr 14, 2016 at 9:22 am

        It’s belief in and practice of a creed which calls for death for all those who do not follow that creed. Islam. Although I do not believe in religions generally, I do not consider Islam to even be a religion.

    • aaron morand says

      Apr 14, 2016 at 8:42 am

      of course it is discrimination…the same type used to make a choice between picking up a rattle
      snake or not…..and just WHAT is wrong with that….hopefully you choose your friends…discrimination….
      and what you prefer to eat or not….discrimination…….the whole thing about discrimination is ass backwards…..the USA Should be more discriminating when it comes to WHO we allow in and not….
      and as far as Obama and his open arms policy to the muslim jihadist…in my Opinion…he IS an
      idiot and an enemy to this Nation…..

      • Carolyne says

        Apr 14, 2016 at 9:24 am

        In other words, Obama is a Muslim.

  3. Custos Custodum says

    Apr 14, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    Americans need to remind themselves, again and again in the face of overwhelming misinformation in the media, in schools, universities etc. that people outside the U.S. have NO rights under the U.S. Constitution.

    If the United States wanted to limit foreign visits to those who are exactly 5 foot 3, or people red-haired 33 year-old women, anyone excluded would

  4. Custos Custodum says

    Apr 14, 2016 at 2:39 pm

    Oops – continued

    Anyone excluded under U.S. visa rules has NO rights under the U.S. constitution. This applies even to spouses of U.S. citizens – a person who ineligible to enter the U.S. (e.g. due to terrorism ties) does NOT acquire a right to enter by marrying a U.S. citizen.

  5. heidi says

    Apr 14, 2016 at 4:43 pm

    this guy sounds like one of hillary’s speech writers

  6. Dean says

    Apr 14, 2016 at 7:10 pm

    The bias of multiculturalism and social justice from the beginning was anti-white, anti western civilization and anti-Christian and now the original mask is transparent. They will blame every modern westerner for the crusades and every mythical atrocity against Muslims, no matter how ancient, while whining that barring Visas for safety concerns is “ancestral discrimination’. Just like those that throw around terms like racist and hater, look no further than the name caller for the prejudice.

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