The insanity of including Muslims in the Visa Waiver program

One thing that has just got to stop is that U.S. immigration and border authorities look at people entering the U.S. purely according to the nationality listed on their passport rather than according to their ethnicity and religion. As Paul Sperry notes today at FrontPage Magazine, a U.S. intelligence report “warns of a scheme by Pakistani terrorists to enter the U.S. using fake British passports. Under the Visa Waiver Program, British travelers do not need a visa, and can still get on a plane to the U.S. without first being checked against our terror watch list.” The same applies to several Western European countries. There is no reason for the millions of Muslims living in Europe to be able to enter the U.S. unchecked, merely because of their European citizenship or residency. The Visa Waiver Program was initiated on the basis of Western European countries’ cultural commonality with us. Obviously, Muslims do not share in that commonality but, in many cases, either sympathize with or actively support the terrorist organization that is Islam. The Visa Waiver Program must be waived for Muslims.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at July 29, 2005 09:20 AM | Send