As we watch the widespread Islamic terror attacks unfold in France, many Americans are undoubtedly taking comfort in the thought that we are well protected by our strong military and distant proximity to the Islamic bastions in the East. However, as we learned from the 9/11 terror attacks, our geography and military may protect us from a naval or air invasion, but they cannot protect us from suicidal immigration policies. Based on recent immigration trends, we have clearly learned nothing from the ominous attacks and thwarted terror plots that have taken place since 2001. While America has not approached the dangerous levels of Islamic immigration that France has incurred in recent years, our increase in Muslim immigration coupled with lax visa tracking has exposed us to a huge security risk. As National Review noted in a riveting piece on the growth of domestic Islamic terror threats, “as the Muslim population in the country has expanded, so has the incidence of radicalism.” While it’s hard to ascertain the exact level of Muslim immigration, it’s very clear the level of immigration is rapidly increasing. According to numbers crunched by the Center for Immigration Studies based on data from the Census Bureau’s Factfinder database, the immigrant population from predominantly Muslim countries has grown from 1.7 million in 2000 to 2.7 million in 2013. The sharpest increases from the Muslim world are from volatile countries such as Iraq, Iran, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. This tracks closely with Pew’s estimates of 100,000 new Muslim immigrants per year, almost twice the level of the previous decade. It is also 10% of our annual immigrant l ti If thi t j t ti ill t ll m.cnsnews/commentary/daniel-horowitz/us-muslim-immigrant-population-surges-1000000-2000
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:58:32 +0000
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