Frugal Bob
Veteran Member
In the 20th century we had Typhoid Mary and in the 21st century we have Ebola Berry..
EBOLA "This administration is now expediting visas for travelers coming from West Africa..."
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Terriannie
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I concur with Reborn.
Thanks for the link Inline! At least that's a start. If only we can pin down another source where Obama made or inferred to that statement. Heads WILL roll!!!
Terriannie
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Check THIS out from the "U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services Horse's Mouth!"
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-...isa-Extensions-From-Ebola-Countries-in-August
DHS STARTED EXPEDITING VISA EXTENSIONS FROM EBOLA COUNTRIES IN AUGUST
AUSTIN, Texas -- As Ebola continued to ravage communities in West Africa this summer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced "immigration relief measures" for citizens of three countries affected by the deadly virus.
The relief measures, announced on the USCIS website as "Ebola Outbreak-related Immigration Relief Measures to Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Currently in the United States," on August 15, 2014, include the following:
Change or extension of nonimmigrant status for an individual currently in the United States, even if the request is filed after the authorized period of admission has expired;
Extension of certain grants of parole made by USCIS;
Expedited adjudication and approval, where possible, of requests for off-campus employment authorization for F-1 students experiencing severe economic hardship;
Expedited processing of immigrant petitions for immediate relatives (currently in the United States) of U.S. citizens;
Expedited adjudication of employment authorization applications, where appropriate; and
Consideration for waiver of fees associated with USCIS benefit applications.
In short, the USCIS has been waiving fees, expediting the immigration process, and allowing extensions of visas for anyone coming from the three designated Ebola-stricken countries, provided that they are in the United States. The Free Republic blog reported that the law firm of Edward W. Neufville, III, LLC, a Washington, D.C. area immigration firm, added a section to their website two days after the USCIS announcement, with more details about how these relief measures would work, including extensions of the time that the foreign national could remain in the United States, additional work permit opportunities, and even forgiveness for failure to appear at required interviews or submit required evidence. According to the Neufville firm, the new USCIS policies mean that "ndividuals from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea currently in the United States may apply for an extension or change in status due to the Ebola Outbreak, even if their request is filed after the authorized period of admission has expired." Otherwise stated, this means that someone from one of those countries who illegally overstayed their visa can now apply for an extension, or someone who arrived illegally can apply to get legal status.
Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died from Ebola earlier this month, had traveled to the United States after his visa was approved in August, the same month that USCIS announced the new relief measures. One of the concerns many have had about the Ebola crisis is the lure those in the affected countries would -- quite understandably -- feel toward the advanced sanitation standards and medical care available in American hospitals, similar to how open borders, social services, and in-state tuition have been criticized as creating "magnets" for immigrants to illegally cross the U.S. - Mexican border. These specific USCIS policies do not apply to those who are not yet in the United States and are seeking a visa to leave Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone, but the more generous rules that await them once they arrive likely create further incentives for them to attempt to travel here.
According to the Washington Post, the number of visas issued to Liberians by the United States has spiked, with about 3,500 visitor visas granted to Liberians last year, and another 10,000 granted to people from Guinea and Sierra Leone during that same time period. The Post also reported that Liberians also have a very high rate of "visa overstays,"the fifth highest after Cuba, Burundi, Eritrea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to immigration expert Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Studies. Vaughn has sharply criticized the Obama administration's immigration policies regarding Ebola, noting that Kenya and other African countries have closed their borders to any travelers from Ebola-afflicted areas.
The Associated Press reported more details Thursday about efforts in Africa to halt the spread of Ebola, including how Senegal and Nigeria successfully isolated Ebola patients and imposed travel restrictions so as to eliminate the disease in their countries, with no new cases since August. Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal, which share a border with at least one of the three Ebola-afflicted countries covered in the new USCIS policies, have all closed the borders that they share with these nations. In addition to Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe have imposed a variety of travel restrictions, airport screening procedures, and quarantine rules.
So far, despite rising outcry as each new Ebola case has been announced, the Obama administration has been unwilling to impose travel restrictions from the Ebola-affected countries.
Ebola Outbreak-related Immigration Relief Measures to Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Currently in the United States
http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/eb...eria-and-sierra-leone-currently-united-states
http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-...isa-Extensions-From-Ebola-Countries-in-August
DHS STARTED EXPEDITING VISA EXTENSIONS FROM EBOLA COUNTRIES IN AUGUST
AUSTIN, Texas -- As Ebola continued to ravage communities in West Africa this summer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced "immigration relief measures" for citizens of three countries affected by the deadly virus.
The relief measures, announced on the USCIS website as "Ebola Outbreak-related Immigration Relief Measures to Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Currently in the United States," on August 15, 2014, include the following:
Change or extension of nonimmigrant status for an individual currently in the United States, even if the request is filed after the authorized period of admission has expired;
Extension of certain grants of parole made by USCIS;
Expedited adjudication and approval, where possible, of requests for off-campus employment authorization for F-1 students experiencing severe economic hardship;
Expedited processing of immigrant petitions for immediate relatives (currently in the United States) of U.S. citizens;
Expedited adjudication of employment authorization applications, where appropriate; and
Consideration for waiver of fees associated with USCIS benefit applications.
In short, the USCIS has been waiving fees, expediting the immigration process, and allowing extensions of visas for anyone coming from the three designated Ebola-stricken countries, provided that they are in the United States. The Free Republic blog reported that the law firm of Edward W. Neufville, III, LLC, a Washington, D.C. area immigration firm, added a section to their website two days after the USCIS announcement, with more details about how these relief measures would work, including extensions of the time that the foreign national could remain in the United States, additional work permit opportunities, and even forgiveness for failure to appear at required interviews or submit required evidence. According to the Neufville firm, the new USCIS policies mean that "ndividuals from Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea currently in the United States may apply for an extension or change in status due to the Ebola Outbreak, even if their request is filed after the authorized period of admission has expired." Otherwise stated, this means that someone from one of those countries who illegally overstayed their visa can now apply for an extension, or someone who arrived illegally can apply to get legal status.
Thomas Eric Duncan, the Liberian man who died from Ebola earlier this month, had traveled to the United States after his visa was approved in August, the same month that USCIS announced the new relief measures. One of the concerns many have had about the Ebola crisis is the lure those in the affected countries would -- quite understandably -- feel toward the advanced sanitation standards and medical care available in American hospitals, similar to how open borders, social services, and in-state tuition have been criticized as creating "magnets" for immigrants to illegally cross the U.S. - Mexican border. These specific USCIS policies do not apply to those who are not yet in the United States and are seeking a visa to leave Guinea, Liberia, or Sierra Leone, but the more generous rules that await them once they arrive likely create further incentives for them to attempt to travel here.
According to the Washington Post, the number of visas issued to Liberians by the United States has spiked, with about 3,500 visitor visas granted to Liberians last year, and another 10,000 granted to people from Guinea and Sierra Leone during that same time period. The Post also reported that Liberians also have a very high rate of "visa overstays,"the fifth highest after Cuba, Burundi, Eritrea and the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to immigration expert Jessica Vaughn with the Center for Immigration Studies. Vaughn has sharply criticized the Obama administration's immigration policies regarding Ebola, noting that Kenya and other African countries have closed their borders to any travelers from Ebola-afflicted areas.
The Associated Press reported more details Thursday about efforts in Africa to halt the spread of Ebola, including how Senegal and Nigeria successfully isolated Ebola patients and imposed travel restrictions so as to eliminate the disease in their countries, with no new cases since August. Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, and Senegal, which share a border with at least one of the three Ebola-afflicted countries covered in the new USCIS policies, have all closed the borders that they share with these nations. In addition to Kenya, South Africa, Zambia, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe have imposed a variety of travel restrictions, airport screening procedures, and quarantine rules.
So far, despite rising outcry as each new Ebola case has been announced, the Obama administration has been unwilling to impose travel restrictions from the Ebola-affected countries.
Ebola Outbreak-related Immigration Relief Measures to Nationals of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone Currently in the United States
http://www.uscis.gov/news/alerts/eb...eria-and-sierra-leone-currently-united-states
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NoDandy
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Protests, writing letters, sending emails, sending emails, and making phone calls will accomplish nothing !
Sadly, our nations ills are so vast, so pervasive, so complicated, there is no political solution.
Our nation is toast
TheDoberman
Veteran Member
So basically the administration is directly responsible for this current outbreak of Ebola in America. They are responsible for both those nurses acquiring the disease and all the financial stresses put on the city of Dallas and other businesses and medical facilities. They are also responsible for the fear this is causing so many families across the country. Their purposely directed policies in the face of a pandemic led to the immigration of this Ebola stricken West African national. Unbelievable....
I think this message of truth ought to get out to all the American citizens of this country.
I think this message of truth ought to get out to all the American citizens of this country.
Be Well
may all be well
^^^ i'll bet that was just incompetence right? ^^^
just like the incompetence for hiring scores of people to take care of the illegal immigrant wave of 'children' before they came
no malice here
just incompetence
Premeditated. We are in a coup. COUP. Yes, COUP. Illegitimate "president", election thrown by McInsane, all Rs are either panstwetting capons, on board with the glorious revolution, or riding the gravy train until the wheels fall off. They ALL KNOW the pres is a criminal fraud and illegitimate and both elections were stolen, esp the second one.
But THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
WHere is the military?
WHY is there no opposition to the illegitimate COUP?
Be Well
may all be well
You betcha.
imaginative
keep your eye on the ball
You are correct about the coup; our country has been hijacked by a globalist virus and they are sucking the host dry allthewhile advancing their agenda of global dominion.
As far as, "THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT"...see my sig. How about you & I start it?
"Premeditated. We are in a coup. COUP. Yes, COUP. Illegitimate "president", election thrown by McInsane, all Rs are either panstwetting capons, on board with the glorious revolution, or riding the gravy train until the wheels fall off. They ALL KNOW the pres is a criminal fraud and illegitimate and both elections were stolen, esp the second one.
But THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
WHere is the military?
WHY is there no opposition to the illegitimate COUP?"
I'm thinking God's judgment, but there may well be other explanations.
But THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
WHere is the military?
WHY is there no opposition to the illegitimate COUP?"
I'm thinking God's judgment, but there may well be other explanations.
Betty_Rose
Veteran Member
Just read on drudge that our American soldiers will NOT be given Haz-Mat suits for their time in West Africa.
During WW1, our soldiers came home with Spanish Flu and that helped spread the disease.
Maybe President Ebola is smarter than he looks?
During WW1, our soldiers came home with Spanish Flu and that helped spread the disease.
Maybe President Ebola is smarter than he looks?
Be Well
may all be well
It needs to be organized somehow. Many people will be willing and are willing to help participate in whatever ways they can. But leaders are needed, anarchists fantasies to the contrary. Headless mobs do not work to right any wrongs.
Be Well
may all be well
WHAT? What level of PPE will they have??? This nightmare is just getting unbearable!
Be Well
may all be well
Everything is ultimately under His jurisdiction. He lets us souls have free will and when it is too misused, then crappens. Crappens is the future, near term, and very rough.
Betty_Rose
Veteran Member
Here's the link:
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/201...azmat-suits-for-ebola-mission-in-west-africa/
Posted by Jim Hoft on Saturday, October 18, 2014, 7:50 PM
Troops from the 101st Airborne Division will not receive full protective Hazmat suits for their mission in West Africa.
They’re being sent to West Africa – but won’t get full protective Hazmat suits.
us army africa
US troops prepare for deployment (US Army Africa)
The 101st Airborne is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. The division was renowned for its role on D-Day. Major General David H. Petraeus (“Eagle 6″) led the Screaming Eagles to war in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The administration says they won’t need them.
Nashville Public Radio reported:
Troops from the 101st Airborne Division leading the military response to Ebola in West Africa will only need gloves and masks to protect themselves from the deadly virus, so said Gen. David Rodriguez at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday.
“They don’t need the whole suit – as such – because they’re not going to be in contact with any of the people,” the commander of U.S. troops in Africa said.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne will primarily be building hospitals, ultimately leading what could be a contingent of 4,000 American service members. They’ll be housed either in tent cities at military airfields or in Liberian Ministry of Defense facilities, Rodriguez said.
Soldiers’ health will be monitored through surveys and taking their temperature on their way in and out of camps. If a service member does get sick, Rodriguez said they will be flown home immediately for treatment.
They’re being sent to West Africa – but won’t get full protective Hazmat suits.
us army africa
US troops prepare for deployment (US Army Africa)
The 101st Airborne is a U.S. Army modular light infantry division trained for air assault operations. The division was renowned for its role on D-Day. Major General David H. Petraeus (“Eagle 6″) led the Screaming Eagles to war in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
The administration says they won’t need them.
Nashville Public Radio reported:
Troops from the 101st Airborne Division leading the military response to Ebola in West Africa will only need gloves and masks to protect themselves from the deadly virus, so said Gen. David Rodriguez at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday.
“They don’t need the whole suit – as such – because they’re not going to be in contact with any of the people,” the commander of U.S. troops in Africa said.
Soldiers from the 101st Airborne will primarily be building hospitals, ultimately leading what could be a contingent of 4,000 American service members. They’ll be housed either in tent cities at military airfields or in Liberian Ministry of Defense facilities, Rodriguez said.
Soldiers’ health will be monitored through surveys and taking their temperature on their way in and out of camps. If a service member does get sick, Rodriguez said they will be flown home immediately for treatment.
Terriannie
Has No Life - Lives on TB
Our poor soldiers!!! Are we expected to think they won'g have contact with any of the people? Are they serious?????