Whilst the above visa question is not an uncommon stuff-up by some administration nincompoop, it might be better rephrased as, are you a bigoted semi literate gun loving small dicked inbred!!
On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:24 PM, Hot4azintop via PoliticalForum < [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > WOW....I can't wait to see the lines of Terrorists lined up applying for > an American Visa and checking "yes" that they are in fact a > terrorist....these government officials are absolute and complete fools and > this revision went through their system of approvals BEFORE being added to > the application form. No wonder we are in such trouble with fools like > this in charge of the government!!! > > From: [email protected] > Reply-to: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: 12/10/2015 5:18:16 A.M. Pacific Standard Time > Subj: Fwd: [grendelreport] Visa Application Asks: 'Do You Seek to Engage > in Terrorist Activities While in the United States?' > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/visa-application-asks-do-you-seek-engage-terrorist-activities-while > > > Visa Application Asks: ‘Do You Seek to Engage in Terrorist Activities > While in the United States?’ > > By Patrick Goodenough <http://www.cnsnews.com/author/patrick-goodenough> > | December 9, 2015 > > > > [image: Description: Description: > http://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_50p/s3/visa-app.jpg?itok=2zEmoV5Y] > > > > (CNSNews.com) – The application form that San Bernardino terrorist > Tashfeen Malik would have used to apply for her visa to enter the United > States asks such questions as, “Do you seek to engage in terrorist > activities while in the United States or have you ever engaged in terrorist > activities?” > > “Are you a member or representative of a terrorist organization,” asks > another question, to which the Pakistani citizen would have been required > to check a “yes” or “no” box. > > “Have you ever or do you intend to provide financial assistance or other > support to terrorists or terrorist organizations?” asks a third, along with > similar questions relating to espionage, human trafficking, money > laundering, prostitution and other offenses. > > According to the State Department Malik, who with her U.S.-born husband > Syed Farook killed 14 people in last Tuesday’s attack at a social services > center in San Bernardino, entered the U.S. in July 2014 on a K-1 fiancé(e) > visa. > > President Obama said in his Oval Office address > <https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/06/address-nation-president> > on Sunday night that he has ordered a review into the visa program which > had allowed Malik to enter the U.S. > > (Obama mistakenly referred to “the visa waiver program,” but the White > House corrected the transcript, striking through the word “waiver.” The visa > waiver program <http://www.dhs.gov/visa-waiver-program> applies to 38 > specified countries – most of them in Europe, plus Australia, New Zealand, > Chile, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Brunei and Singapore.) > > State Department spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that Secretary of State > John Kerry wants the review to be done “as aggressively and openly and > transparently as possible.” > > “We take this very, very seriously,” he said. “Nothing is more important > to Secretary Kerry than the safety and security of the American people and > making sure that if there are improvements and changes we need to make in > this or any other program in which people are entering this country on a > permanent or semi-permanent basis, if there’s anything that we need to do > to improve that, we’re going to do that.” > > When Farook wanted to bring Malik to the U.S., he would have been required > to submit a petition to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a > component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). > > In his application form (I-129F) he would be asked about his own > background, including questions on criminal offenses. He would not have had > to answer questions on the form about his fiancée’s background beyond > biographical data, but would have had to explain how the two met, and > whether they had “meet and seen” each other during the preceding two years. > > Once his application was approved by DHS, the National Visa Center would > have sent the petition to the relevant U.S. Embassy or Consulate – > Islamabad in Malik’s case. > > According to the laid-down procedures, Malik would then have undergone a > face-to-face interview with a consular officer at the U.S. mission. She > would have filled out nonimmigrant visa application form D-160, which > contains the questions about terrorism etc. > > She would also have had to bring to the interview her travel itinerary if > she had one, details of any previous trips to the U.S., and a resume. She > would have undergone a medical check. > > *‘We stand behind our screening process for visas’* > > The State Department will not discuss Malik’s visa application > specifically, on the grounds that visa records are confidential under the > Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). > > But at last Friday’s daily briefing – before Obama said he had instructed > the State Department and DHS to investigate the visa program – spokeswoman > Elizabeth Trudeau did speak about the process in general terms. > > “All of our visa screening process go through multiple layers of security, > including fingerprints, face-to-face interviews, the full assortment of > background screenings,” she said. > > Asked whether she was satisfied that Malik’s application process would > have followed the proper protocols she replied in the affirmative. > > “How can you say that with such assurance?” a reporter asked. > > “Because we stand behind our screening process for visas. What I will say > is that the State Department remains committed to the security of the > homeland. We – our process we continue to revise. We continue to look at > this. But these are process that happens around the world every day in our > U.S. embassies,” Trudeau said. > > “And while we won’t get ahead of this investigation, the process that visa > applicants go through continues to be improved,” she added. “It was > improved after 9/11 – something that we look at every day.” > > Asked whether she could “say with absolute confidence that no one dropped > the ball in this case,” Trudeau replied, “At this stage I have no > information that indicates that.” > > Under the INA, applicants can be deemed ineligible for a number of > reasons, such as overstaying a previous visa or submitting fraudulent > documents. > > Other grounds for ineligibility include having engaged in, incited, > endorsed, espoused or funded terrorist activity or persuaded others to do > so; having been a member of a designated foreign terrorist organization, or > having received military-type training from such an organization. > > Once the application was approved, Malik would have been issued with a K-1 > visa, allowing her to apply for a single admission to a U.S. port-of-entry > within six months. 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