That is insanity. Of course, in a speech back in 2006, then Congressman Schumer, now
Senator Schumer, said--or, actually, he was a Senator in 2006. But
Senator Schumer said: ``I think America should admit many more of those
people but not at the expense of this small, successful program that
guarantees that other countries, such as the Irelands, the Polands, and
the Nigerias that are unable to have immigrants come in for family
reasons, can get people to come into this country.''
Senator Schumer also said, about the diversity visa lottery program:
``But one of the things great about America is, again, we allow people
from all over the world to come here.
``So I plead with my colleagues, keep the diversity visa program.''
He said: ``As I ride my bike around New York City on the weekends, I
see what immigrants do for America. This program has dramatically
helped. Neighborhoods such as Woodlawn and Greenpoint have been
revitalized by new Irish and Polish immigrants. Neighborhoods such as
East Flatbush and Harlem have been revitalized by West African
immigrants. We don't have to stop this program.''
Well, again, it is insanity to trust our national security to a
lottery, and that is what the diversity visa lottery program does. We have had terrorists, and we have known it for a number of years,
that have been getting their names into the lottery so that hopefully
they would win the lottery and come to America to kill Americans. I understand that there was a stepped-up effort in the last couple of
years to vet people a little better, but the trouble here is, as then-
Director Comey of the FBI testified before our Judiciary Committee, we
have got nothing to vet these people against, so many of them, from
Syria, from Yemen.
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