Arab-Americans Sue U.S. Over Re-entry Procedures

Posted on June 20, 2006

The ACLU; Enemies of the State?
That is the conlusion I draw when the ACLU tries to get our government from performing their most important job, protecting the citizenry.

From the NYT comes this little tidbit about the ACLU once again using activism in the courts to get their way and make us less safe.

A group of Muslim and Arab-Americans, frustrated by what they say is the climate of suspicion and fear that dogs their re-entry into the United States from trips abroad, sued the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. yesterday, demanding that the courts protect their civil rights.

The seven main plaintiffs in the class action suit assert that both the United States Congress and the federal government are ignoring the plight of innocent Americans harassed repeatedly because of problems with the terrorist watch list.

The lawsuit, filed in Federal District Court in Chicago by the American Civil Liberties Union, contends that the courts alone can ensure that antiterrorism policies do not repeatedly subject ordinary Americans to detention, questioning, fingerprinting and the like.

Your civil rights? What about our right to be safe from terrorist attacks? In case you numbskulls haven’t noticed, we are in a war with a group of people that are largely Muslim Males. It makes sense from a security standpoint to scrutinize those people that fall into the demographic of our enemy, or do you not understand this concept?

“These are law-abiding citizens, and it is too extreme, too offensive,” said Harvey Grossman, the legal director for the A.C.L.U.’s Illinois branch, saying that repeated complaints to Homeland Security as well as senators or congressmen barely get a response. “The court is the only forum where these people have a chance to get a hearing.”

(emphasis mine)

So you are offended when our government rightly puts you through procedures to make certain that you are not some terrorist that may pose a danger to the citizens of this country?

Are you insane or just stupid, achmed? It is our governments primary responsibility to protect us in just this manner. Their primary job is to PROTECT AND SECURE THE BORDERS!!!
Bill Anthony, the senior public affairs spokesman for United States Customs and Border Protection has the right idea regarding this situation:

“We will not let anybody into the country until we are sure they are not going to do harm to our citizens and violate our laws; it is that simple.”

The bottom line is that our government has put in place a system to try to protect the citizens of the nation. It isn’t perfect, and won’t be anytime soon, but an inconvenience for a few is better than missing a terrorist and getting attacked again.

The ACLU is wrong on this one, but don’t expect them to back down either. Our safety is less important to them than the travel ease of a small number of people.

On the other hand, if they do manage to get screening processes cut down, and someone slips in and pulls off another attack, maybe we can sue the ACLU for it.