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After a mediocre convention, the Democrats and their Main Stream Media allies are trying to dominate the news cycle with Khizr Khan, the Pakistani-Muslim immigrant whose son Captain Humayun Khan died in Iraq. The extent of Khan’s speech was that his son died honorably in Iraq and “[i]f it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America” because “vows to build walls, and ban us from this country.” But the plain fact is that Trump is right:Muslim immigration is still a bad bet.
Trump initially called for a temporary ban on Muslim immigration. He has modified his immigration stance from prohibiting Muslims to people “from any nation that has been compromised by terrorism until such time as proven vetting mechanisms have been put in place.” This is not ideal—remember how often we hear the media refer to Islamic terrorists as “Belgian Nationals” like Ahmad Dahmani and Abdelhamid Abaaoud, or “French Nationals” like Salah Abdeslam. [Paris attacks: Who were the attackers?, BBC, April 27, 2016]. Nonetheless, barring those from terrorist nations is simpler to implement—it’s easy for someone to lie about their religion—and as a practical matter would greatly restrict Muslim immigration. ...
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