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48. The Latest: Trump takes credit for blocking IS woman from US

Wed Feb 20, 2019, 07:34 PM

Feb 2019

Source: Associated Press

The Latest: Trump takes credit for blocking IS woman from US

2 hours ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the Alabama woman who left home to join the Islamic State group in Syria and now wants to return to the U.S. with her child (all times local):

4:30 p.m.

President Donald Trump is taking credit for the State Department’s announcement Wednesday that an Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria will not be allowed to re-enter the U.S.

Trump tweets: “I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!”

Pompeo announced on Wednesday that Muthana won’t be allowed to enter the country with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, a claim that was challenged by her lawyer.

Muthana is now in a refugee camp in Syria along with others who fled the Islamic State, and says she made a mistake in joining the group.

Pompeo said she has no “legal basis” to claim American citizenship. But her lawyer says the administration’s position is based on a “complicated” interpretation of immigration law.

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Pompeo says Alabama woman who joined ISIS cannot return to US [View all] brooklynite Feb 2019 OP

Aw. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #1

I didn't know she wasn't a citizen leftynyc Feb 2019 #2

OK - I'm officially confused leftynyc Feb 2019 #3

Non citizens can be issues US passports ripcord Feb 2019 #75

Is that the case here? leftynyc Feb 2019 #90

The young woman from the UK Scarsdale Feb 2019 #4

In the case of the UK woman, the UK asserts that she is has Bangladeshi citizenship. Eugene Feb 2019 #83

Regardless, she should be assessed as the threat that she is Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #96

Get their story straight zipplewrath Feb 2019 #5

could it be that her u.s. passport is expired? ginnyinWI Feb 2019 #12

Not expired citizenship zipplewrath Feb 2019 #13

Or did she renounce her citizenship? djg21 Feb 2019 #52

Looks like bullet 7 might apply davekriss Feb 2019 #74

"...if and when he is convicted thereof by a court martial or by a court of competent jurisdiction." Eugene Feb 2019 #84

I guessing that at some point she renounced her US Citizenship... brooklynite Feb 2019 #22

Pretty hard to do zipplewrath Feb 2019 #44

Maybe they make exceptions for people who publicly join terrorist groups... brooklynite Feb 2019 #45

A link to statute is in my post above. djg21 Feb 2019 #53

Works for me exboyfil Feb 2019 #101

never let that get in the way of a right wing lie, er, talking point. nt Javaman Feb 2019 #25

The only way I'd let her back in Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #98

She is the daughter of a diplomat Calista241 Feb 2019 #40

Yup zipplewrath Feb 2019 #43

That is exactly why she is not a US citizen forklift Feb 2019 #113

She did burn her passport, right? Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #94

And? zipplewrath Feb 2019 #104

It's more of a bureaucratic nightmare than anything Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #105

Actually no zipplewrath Feb 2019 #107

Seriously? Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #109

She is a citizen. Let her come home. How freaking petty can they be towards a person ... marble falls Feb 2019 #6

THIS i agree with!!! bluestarone Feb 2019 #10

She was 20 when she left, old enough to sign a contract More_Cowbell Feb 2019 #15

OK, she's a native born citizen. She was a young adult. If there's any charges, let her ... marble falls Feb 2019 #16

The definition of treason leftynyc Feb 2019 #39

I agree. Decisions... actions... have consequences. WheelWalker Feb 2019 #77

Technically, she's the daughter of a Yemeni diplomat Calista241 Feb 2019 #41

She condoned GlennRuss Feb 2019 #46

I agree. Let her come back. christx30 Feb 2019 #57

... shanny Feb 2019 #80

+++ agree. And we lots and f folks here that are members of Nazi iluvtennis Feb 2019 #17

She was 19 when she left leftynyc Feb 2019 #18

Respectfully disagree. She was and adult when she left. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #38

Sorry, she was loudly preaching murder while she was in league with ISIS. oldsoftie Feb 2019 #61

I don't agree Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #65

Fuck that shit... Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #95

I am glad she cannot get back in. murielm99 Feb 2019 #7

Me too...ISIS is comprised of murdering, sex slaving, psychos whathehell Feb 2019 #31

I have no sympathy for this woman metalbot Feb 2019 #47

Whether or not she is a citizen is THE critical question. And neither Pompeo nor her family RockRaven Feb 2019 #8

A U.S. Secretary of State can't advise non-citizens to not travel someplace. former9thward Feb 2019 #50

I'm thinking they canceled her passport, revoked her citizenship though there is no mechanism yaesu Feb 2019 #9

Renouncing zipplewrath Feb 2019 #14

She was 19, not 15. She's 24 now & left the US in 2014. catbyte Feb 2019 #32

Well, maybe there are specific things you have to do. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #70

"Democrats have no business being seen as her friend." Jake Stern Feb 2019 #78

It's a precursor to stripping citizenship zipplewrath Feb 2019 #91

This makes no sense since the US is demanding the EU, Canada, Australia take back zooks Feb 2019 #11

Her citizenship is a question leftynyc Feb 2019 #19

Got it. Thx nt zooks Feb 2019 #24

I don't have much sympathy for her radical noodle Feb 2019 #20

Racist asshole should just say ISIS supporters are not welcome back IronLionZion Feb 2019 #21

Well, maybe that. Or maybe because other things. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #56

Then a lot of white supremacists should lose their US citizenship IronLionZion Feb 2019 #64

I could give a shit about the color of her skin. Don't know here race. GulfCoast66 Feb 2019 #69

Racism is saying all Arabs are terrorists and can't come in. Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #66

I don't care if they deny her entry for joining a terrorist organization IronLionZion Feb 2019 #67

I have seen and dealt with racism as well Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #72

Here's a white terrorist who needs to lose his US citizenship IronLionZion Feb 2019 #68

Hard to disagree Drahthaardogs Feb 2019 #73

Holeeeeeey fuck I just knew someone was going to turn this into a race issue Jake Stern Feb 2019 #79

Citizenship has nothing to do with it IronLionZion Feb 2019 #81

Uh huh Jake Stern Feb 2019 #85

Seems reasonable on the face of it. JohnnyRingo Feb 2019 #23

Probably the next time he has to take a massive shit. Initech Feb 2019 #27

Bring her back and charge her with treason Jose Garcia Feb 2019 #26

"Treason" requires a declaration of war The Mouth Feb 2019 #29

Could she be charged with sedition? happybird Feb 2019 #58

Treason need not a declaration of war Massacure Feb 2019 #60

The only way she could not be a U.S. citizen is if she officially renounced it; if so, LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #28

Not if her father was a diplomat The Mouth Feb 2019 #30

I didn't know that; is that the case here? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #34

That fact is what everything will turn on The Mouth Feb 2019 #35

Citizen or not, she is a traitor hueymahl Feb 2019 #33

good stonecutter357 Feb 2019 #36

And nor should she... Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #37

If she's not a citizen, she has no right to come here, esp as someone who joined ISIS... Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #42

The Latest: Trump takes credit for blocking IS woman from US Eugene Feb 2019 #48

This concerns me more than anything the Trump Administration has done so far theboss Feb 2019 #49

Exactly; I have no sympathy for the woman, but this smells really bad LongtimeAZDem Feb 2019 #51

Me too - I'm far more concerned about the idea of revoking citizenship than I am about petronius Feb 2019 #62

Alas, the truth is what Donnie says it is. It's come to this. Cousin Dupree Feb 2019 #54

I'm genuinely torn by this... SKKY Feb 2019 #55

Me, too. happybird Feb 2019 #59

That seems to be the more "civil" option... SKKY Feb 2019 #71

Good! nt Raine Feb 2019 #63

Look rownesheck Feb 2019 #76

The Latest: Lawyer says woman who joined IS a US citizen Eugene Feb 2019 #82

Then bring her home and put her on trial for treason Jake Stern Feb 2019 #86

No objection to trying her, Eugene Feb 2019 #87

So I did some reading... Takket Feb 2019 #88

"Ms. Muthana's citizenship has not been revoked because she was never a US citizen" dalton99a Feb 2019 #89

She may be an unsympathetic person, but we are a nation of laws supposedly. Sapient Donkey Feb 2019 #92

Not clear to me that she's willing to stand trial... brooklynite Feb 2019 #99

Ironically, after actively fighting against it Blue_Tires Feb 2019 #106

Fuck this putrid piece of shit eissa Feb 2019 #93

She was born here. We cannot make her stateless. mainer Feb 2019 #97

I'm perfectly fine with Muthana rotting away in a Kurdish prison camp Devil Child Feb 2019 #100

Losing US citizenship matt819 Feb 2019 #102

Nope zipplewrath Feb 2019 #108

So much for USA.gov (nt) matt819 Feb 2019 #110

I can see him declaring her an enemy combatant and shipping her to Gitmo. n/t Calista241 Feb 2019 #103

Good opinion post from Volokh Conspiracy metalbot Feb 2019 #111

Sounds as if Trump and Pompeo just made her family's case for her. KY_EnviroGuy Feb 2019 #112

Will probably up to the courts Bradical79 Feb 2019 #114