The San Bernardino shooters (click here) -- Tashfeen Malik and her husband Syed
Farook -- emailed for several weeks before deciding to meet each other
for the first time, according to Malik's immigration file, portions of
which were released today by the House Judiciary Committee.
The 21-page file reveals information Syed Farook submitted to United
States officials to prove that he and Malik had met in person within two
years of the application -– a requirement for the visa -- and planned
to get married.
Malik, who was from Pakistan but had lived in Saudi Arabia, came to the
U.S. last summer on a “fiancé” visa and later obtained a Green Card,
U.S. officials have said. Malik married Farook, an American of Pakistani
descent, in August 2014 and the couple had a baby six months before the
Dec. 2 massacre that killed 14. Both died in a shootout with police
afterwards.
A statement from Farook in Malik's immigration file explains how their
relationship began. “My fiancé and I met through an online website.
After several weeks of emailing, we decided to meet each other,” the
letter reads.
According to the letter, Farook and Malik’s families met on Oct. 3,
2013, at the house of Malik’s relatives in Mecca -- where Farook and his
family were performing the Hajj
-- and that the couple planned to marry in the month of her arrival in
the U.S. Records show Malik and Farook married within her first month in
the U.S....
Either Farook's family is aware of his intent or they didn't. There is nothing according to the immigration files of Malik that she was a risk to the USA. Farook didn't have a file. They had a lot in common and there is every reason to believe they were not terrorists. I am assuming Malik obtained a green card after the wedding.
...Chairman Bob Goodlatte says immigration officials did not do enough to screen Malik’s application and alleges that the passport stamps on Malik's Saudi visa don’t prove she and Farook were in Saudi Arabia at the same time....
Where is the proof that Bob Goodlatte states doesn't match? PROOF, not rhetoric. I know therhetoric of the right wing is deliberately to cast shadows over President Obama, so where is the proof the USA messed up.
...According to Goodlatte, stamps show Malik arrived on June 4, 2013, on a 60-day visa, and that the exit date is illegible. Goodlatte says that Farook’s entry stamps show he was there from Oct 1 to Oct. 20, 2013....
I don't want to hear the facts according to Goodlatte, I just want the facts.
A spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the couple met all the requirements for Malik to receive a fiancé visa, and that officials “thoroughly vet” every application.
The last thing the USA needs is politicians seeking to taint the truth for political dogma. If the application was processed according to standards set for them, then what could have been done that wasn't done, but, no Republican should think they can simply lie and get away with it. Not this time.
...“Tashfeen Malik was subjected to numerous background checks at all stages that the agency handled her case, and those background checks did not reveal any derogatory information about Malik."...
US Rep. John Conyers has stated Mr. Goodlatte is coming to conclusions that are not based in facts. What else is new for a Republican?
...Chairman Bob Goodlatte says immigration officials did not do enough to screen Malik’s application and alleges that the passport stamps on Malik's Saudi visa don’t prove she and Farook were in Saudi Arabia at the same time....
Where is the proof that Bob Goodlatte states doesn't match? PROOF, not rhetoric. I know therhetoric of the right wing is deliberately to cast shadows over President Obama, so where is the proof the USA messed up.
...According to Goodlatte, stamps show Malik arrived on June 4, 2013, on a 60-day visa, and that the exit date is illegible. Goodlatte says that Farook’s entry stamps show he was there from Oct 1 to Oct. 20, 2013....
I don't want to hear the facts according to Goodlatte, I just want the facts.
A spokesperson for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the couple met all the requirements for Malik to receive a fiancé visa, and that officials “thoroughly vet” every application.
The last thing the USA needs is politicians seeking to taint the truth for political dogma. If the application was processed according to standards set for them, then what could have been done that wasn't done, but, no Republican should think they can simply lie and get away with it. Not this time.
...“Tashfeen Malik was subjected to numerous background checks at all stages that the agency handled her case, and those background checks did not reveal any derogatory information about Malik."...
US Rep. John Conyers has stated Mr. Goodlatte is coming to conclusions that are not based in facts. What else is new for a Republican?
