Trump Admin Begins to Get Tough on Communists Immigrating to US

And, apparently there is no need to change a single law.

Here is the story from the Epoch Times (hat tip: Judy):

Trump Administration Signals Tougher Action to Bar Communist Party Members From Immigrating to US

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday published a policy alert about banning members of the communist party or any other totalitarian party from getting an immigrant visa.

“In general, unless otherwise exempt, any intending immigrant who is a member or affiliate of the Communist Party or any other totalitarian party (or subdivision or affiliate), domestic or foreign, is inadmissible to the United States,” USCIS said in a policy alert (pdf).

This is data from 2013, but the article is very useful because it includes this line: “In 2000, 22,000 visas were issued to Chinese nationals in the US; in 2012, that number jumped to 189,000.” Bush was already permitting a huge flow from China when Obama really threw open the flood gates. https://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2013-09/17/content_16975662.htm

People with membership or affiliation with the communist party or other totalitarian parties are inconsistent and incompatible with the Naturalization Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America, which includes pledging to “support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States,” the agency said in a statement.

The policy alert didn’t announce any new immigration policy but suggests the Trump administration may take tougher action to enforce related policies.

USCIS explained in its Policy Manual that the policy is based on a series of laws passed by Congress between World War I and the 1950s. Those laws state that any alien who is or has been a member or affiliate of a Communist or any other totalitarian party are “inadmissible” for immigration into the United States.

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As the biggest communist party in the world, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) members are expected to be affected most by the new policy.

More here.

Of course there are exceptions and people trying to get into the US will lie, but even taking this position signals where this administration is on the spread of communism.

Fox’s Chris Wallace Blames Trump for Debate Train Wreck

“He bears the primary responsibility for what happened on Tuesday.”

(Chris Wallace)

Poor Chrissy Wallace, we feel for you. NOT!

Editor: As you have all heard as you woke up this morning, the President and First Lady have both tested positive for the Chinese virus. Pray for them and our country through this difficult time.

The headline at Mediaite that pushed me to write about the debate again is this:

Chris Wallace Works Through ‘PTSD’ to Relive Chaotic Debate: Trump ‘Bears the Primary Responsibility for What Happened’

Hey audience: Look at me, Mr. Invisible!

 

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is nothing to joke about.

Wallace you would have been better off yesterday simply keeping your mouth shut.  You said in advance of the debate that you wanted to be as “invisible” as possible, but you weren’t as you clearly felt Biden needed help and joined the debate yourself.

You would do the country a great service now if you disappeared from view for awhile.

But, no you had to talk to the media including the New York Times to make sure you didn’t get blamed for the mess.

Here is Mediaite:

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is speaking out on television for the first time since the debate over which he presided on Tuesday night — and he’s putting most of the blame for the chaotic event on President Donald Trump.

Appearing on Bill Hemmer Reports Thursday, Wallace got his much-anticipated segment off to a lighthearted start by reacting tongue-in-cheek to a clip of the debate showing a particularly frantic sequence.

“I had just gotten over the PTSD,” Wallace joked. “And then you put me right back into it.”

[….]

“I thought, ‘We’re going to have a real debate here,’” Wallace said — noting that he took Trump’s first interruption of former Vice President Joe Biden as a sign that an organic conversation would take place. “It became clearer and clearer over time that this was something different, and that the president was determined to try to butt in and throw Joe Biden off … I saw [a] Fox analysis that indicates the president interrupted either Biden’s answers or my questions a total of 145 times, which is way more than one a minute.

What a lying sack. I just tried to find out how many times each participant interrupted and found the number all over the map on Trump (but none as high as 145).  I found nothing in my quick look for counts on Biden and Wallace interruptions.

“He [Trump] bears the primary responsibility for what happened on Tuesday.”

 

And now here is USA Today trumpeting the Wallace whine-fest.

Chris Wallace: Trump ‘bears the primary responsibility for what happened’ during debate

In his first interview following the insult-laden debate, Wallace told the New York Times Wednesday that he “never dreamt that it would go off the tracks the way it did.”

“Generally speaking, I did as well as I could, so I don’t have any second thoughts there,” Wallace said.

“I’m just disappointed with the results. For me, but much more importantly, I’m disappointed for the country, because it could have been a much more useful evening than it turned out to be.” [Cry me a river!—ed]

Wallace, who also moderated the final 2016 presidential debate between Trump and Hillary Clinton, added:

“I’m a pro. I’ve never been through anything like this.”

[…..]

In hindsight, Wallace said he agreed with his critics, admitting, “I don’t know that I ever really did” seize control of the debate. But the veteran anchor said he didn’t have “advance warning” of Trump’s game plan.

Implication of that last line is that Trump played a dirty trick on the “pro” Wallace.

I know there are plenty of analysis out there about the debate and how it went off the tracks, but here is one I found useful and persuasive.

 

Wallace claimed he chose the topics and wrote the questions seemingly all skewed toward Leftwing talking points.  I am still fuming because there were no questions on immigration, the border, Islamic terrorism, or bringing our troops home from useless Middle East wars (wars that Biden has supported).

Please don’t do all of your news viewing and reading at Fox News going forward!