The only problem with limiting Islamist immigration, is the current American state of confusion

Submitted by Michael S, Feb 28, 2017 at 05:05

Hi, Robert

You do well, in criticizing the "vetting" approach to stemming the veritable invasion of our country by a hostile group of aliens. In 1924, The US also felt threatened by the surge of aliens coming in from Europe, a place we had recently been at war with. At that time, we handled the situation thus:

"The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson–Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and Asian Exclusion Act (Pub.L. 68–139, 43 Stat. 153, enacted May 26, 1924), was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States as of the 1890 census"

-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_Act_of_1924

If such a law were enacted today, we would limit arrivals from Muslim countries (and all countries, for that matter) to 2% of their numbers here in, say, the 1980 census. That would effectively limit Arab arrivals to mainly Lebanese nationals; and most Lebanese arrivals are typically Christians.

The precedent is therefore already in place. What is missing, is America's mental capacity to use it. This is not a legal issue, nor even a pragmatic issue: It is a spiritual or philosophical issue among Americans.

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