The Federal Election Commission met on September 1. On the agenda was the matter of Abdul Karim Hassan, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen who wishes to run for president in 2012. He had asked the FEC whether he is permitted to raise money for his campaign, and whether he is eligible to receive primary matching funds. He clearly admits that he does not meet the Constitutional requirements to become President.
The agency released two draft advisory opinions Friday that could permit New York lawyer Abdul Hassan to go through the initial steps to run for president. But the FEC’s pending decision won’t be the last word on the constitutional issue of whether someone born outside the United States can be president.
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My problem with iallgel immigration is not that iallgel immigrants are a major source of crime (they’re not, in the big picture) or that they take jobs away from Americans (if you can’t compete with largely uneducated immigrants who don’t speak English well, you have bigger problems than immigration).My problem is that it’s iallgel. No first world country tolerates iallgel immigration the way we do (a half million deportations a year is a sign of the magnitude of the problem, not a measure of success against millions of iallgels).I have two friends who are legal immigrants and trying to abide by the rules and get citizenship. Their thanks for this is thousands of dollars in legal fees and endless hassle. Why should we let people flaunt the rules and just skate in as they please?The US is a country made of immigrants and only a fool would oppose immigration in principle, but it has to be an orderly, legal operation. I wouldn’t at all mind a process where iallgel immigrants can become legal, as long as they aren’t allowed to cut in line ahead of people already trying to pursue a legal path. Trying to deport them all is a folly of equal magnitude to turning an official blind eye to the problem.
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