GOP whip: ‘America-hating terrorists’ should lose citizenship under SCAM Act
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says a string of recent terrorist attacks by naturalized citizens exposes serious flaws in U.S. immigration law, arguing it's "more imperative now than ever" to...
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House Majority Whip Tom Emmer says a string of recent terrorist attacks by naturalized citizens exposes serious flaws in U.S. immigration law, arguing it's "more imperative now than ever" to pass the Stop Citizenship Abuse and Misrepresentation (SCAM) Act to allow the government to remove "America-hating terrorists" from the country. First introduced by Emmer in January , the SCAM Act would expand the U.S. government’s ability to revoke citizenship from naturalized citizens convicted of being involved in terrorism, fraud or espionage. The Senate version of the bill was introduced by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. "This has to be dealt with," Emmer, a Minnesota Republican, told Fox News Digital. "If you're going to take advantage of the generosity of Americans, or you are going to associate with known terrorist organizations or commit aggravated felonies or terrorist attacks, even attempted, it doesn't matter; no more playing games," said Emmer. "You should be denaturalized and shipped back to wherever the heck you came from." HOUSE HOMELAND SECURITY REPUBLICAN URGES US MUSLIM LEADERSHIP TO 'ISOLATE EXTREMISTS' AFTER STRING OF ATTACKS He lamented that under current law, "the standards to denaturalize someone are just too high," but noted, "we have a solution to fix it." The bill, which on the House side currently sits in the House Judiciary Committee, allows prosecutors to use crimes committed after naturalization as evidence that an individual falsely claimed good moral character during the citizenship process, effectively arguing their citizenship was invalid from the start. The SCAM Act already has nearly 50 House co-sponsors, according to Emmer. Once it is scheduled for a vote, he believes it will not have an issue passing and may even receive some bipartisan support from Democrats recognizing the gravity of the issue. "It's really simple," he said. "The message is, terrorists do not belong on U.S. Soil, naturalized or not." STRING OF ATTACKS CONNECTED TO NATURALIZED…