> Right, but how do you know there aren't any bad apples in the people who are already here? Part of ICE's job is to deport any foreign nationals who are a dan

> Right, but how do you know there aren't any bad apples in the people who are already here? Part of ICE's job is to deport any foreign nationals who are a danger to the country, and I think this would be acceptable action. For example, ICE failed to detect and deport/imprison the 9/11 attackers before 9/11, even though they were in the US legally. > Also bear in mind that of all Muslim terrorists who have committed an act of terrorism on American soil, many were visitors to the US, not immigrants. Do you believe we should also restrict Muslim visitation of the USA? Restrictions should have nothing to do with religion. It's a matter of doing the proper legwork to ensure that those who are a danger to the country, Muslim or otherwise, are not allowed in. > Your idea is fun to think about, but IMO it's not realistic. There are too many moving pieces for "no more Muslims in the US" to be a realistic policy choice. You're attempting to use reductio ad absurdum. I never suggested that there shouldn't be any more Muslims in the US. > Go to any of the top US schools and look at both the grad student and professor rosters, count the people of Middle Eastern decent or of Muslim faith. These are all huge wins for American society - both in talent addition and talent denial to rival regimes. Do you really want all of these people to, say, go work for the Chinese? Or Iran? Strawman. I never suggested that educated people with a significant contribution to make to the country shouldn't be allowed in. My statement was mostly applicable to Europe actually, where they allowed in a lot of poor and uneducated Muslims who ended up living in Muslim ghettos and failing to assimilate into mainstream European society. They're now well known for killing their daughters for talking with a guy not related to them and keeping them from getting a higher education.