(Crankers) Just a reminder that Vice President JD Vance reminded everyone on why proper vetting is important for immigrants, especially those from hostile countries.
Vance reminded Margarat Brennan very clearly on this. And after this week, when an Afghan shot two members of the National Guard in an ambush, it’s important for everyone to be reminded of this conversation.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Well, this is a country founded by immigrants.
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: Well, this is a country founded by–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –This is a unique country.
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: This is a very unique country, and it was founded by some immigrants and some settlers. But just because we were founded by immigrants, doesn’t mean that 240 years later that we have to have the dumbest immigration policy in the world. No country says that temporary visitors- their children will be given complete access to the benefits and blessings of American citizenship. America should actually look out for the interests of our citizens first, and that means, again, if you’re here permanently and lawfully, your kid becomes an American citizen. If you’re not here permanently, if you’re not subject to the jurisdiction of the United States–
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah–
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: –and don’t plan to be, why would we make those people’s children American citizens permanently?
MARGARET BRENNAN: I want to ask you about refugee admissions, which were just suspended by the president. That has nothing to do with the U.S. border. Refugee screening takes 18 to 24 months to go through. They are heavily vetted. Left literally at the airport this week were thousands of Afghans who- some of whom had worked with the United States government and were promised to come here. When you talked to us in August, you said, “I don’t think we should abandon anybody who’s been properly vetted and helped us.” Do you stand by that?
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: Well, Margaret, I don’t agree that all these immigrants, or all these refugees, have been properly vetted. In fact, we know that there are cases of people who allegedly were properly vetted and then were literally planning terrorist attacks in our country. That happened during the campaign if you may remember. So clearly, not all of these foreign nationals have been properly vetted–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –no, but there are 30,000 people in the pipeline- Afghan refugees. Do you stand by it–
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: –but my primary concern as the vice president, Margaret, is to look after the American people–
MARGARET BRENNAN: –So, no.
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: And now that we know that we have vetting problems with a lot of these refugee programs, we absolutely cannot unleash thousands of unvetted people into our country. It’s not good–
MARGARET BRENNAN: These people are vetted. These people are vetted–
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: –Just like the guy who planned a terrorist attack in Oklahoma a few months ago? He was allegedly properly vetted, and many people in the media and the Democratic Party said that he was properly vetted. Clearly he wasn’t.
MARGARET BRENNAN: Yeah. The–
VICE PRESIDENT VANCE: I don’t want my children to share a neighborhood with people who are not properly vetted, and because I don’t want it for my kids, I’m not going to force any other American citizens kids to do that either.
