I ran across an article today about 32 people who became U.S. citizens yesterday in Ohio. Two of the many great things about our country are, one; that people from all around the world can come here, escaping political and economic oppression, and persue a better life, and two; given the choice to stay where they are or come here, they come here. But while reading the article, I had a disturbing thought.
In June, I wrote a couple of posts about a group in New York City called the Islamic Thinkers Society. They were staging a protest rally on the streets of New York at which they were stomping on American flags. In fact, they regular stage these type of public activities at which they desecrate American flags. I made the assumption back in June that the members of the Islamic Thinkers Society were most likely illegal aliens, since it is estimated that one third of the population of the city are illegals.
Maybe I was wrong. The London bombers were reportedly citizens of Great Britain, making it far easier for them to escape detection by British intelligence. I sure hope that some agency in this country is performing background checks on candidates for citizenship because if they have ties to groups like the Islamic Thinkers Society, citizenship should be denied.