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Senate Dems Block Cruz Bill to Strip Citizenship From Terrorists Thursday, 18 Sep 2014 10:26 PM The Senate has refused to consider Sen. Ted Cruzs bill that would strip Americans of their citizenship for joining the Islamic State (ISIS) or any other terrorist group after one Democratic member objected. Cruz proposed his bill earlier this month after news reports that at least 100 Americans had joined ISIS. Called the Expatriate Terrorist Act, the legislation would have amended a current federal law passed in 1940 that allows the government to strip the citizenship of any person who votes in another countrys elections or who joins the military forces of countries at war with the United States. Rep. Tim Bishop (D., N.Y.) warned during a recent speech that up to 40 radicalized U.S. citizens who have fought alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL or ISIS) have already returned to the United States, where they could pose a terrorist threat. Bishop claims that of the 100 or so Americans who have traveled to the Middle East to join ISIL’s ranks, some 40 have returned and are currently under surveillance by the FBI, according to his remarks, which were filmed and uploaded to YouTube last week.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 14:53:15 +0000

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