In the last day or so a young women, who left to join ISIS in 2014 and became an ISIS bride in Syria, has admitted that she realized the error of her ways and wanted to come back to the US. She’s 24 now but was 19 when she left.
But according to Kevin Corke from Fox News, her request has been denied by the State Department:
#NEW #breaking @SecPompeo on American #ISISBride:
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
"Ms. #HodaMuthana is not a U.S. citizen and will not be admitted into the U.S. She does not have any legal basis, no valid passport, no right to a passport, nor any visa to travel to the U.S."
For the record, #HodaMuthana is the daughter of Yemeni immigrants. She attended high school and college in the U.S. but is NOT an American.
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
#HodaMuthana was not entitled to return because children born in the US to accredited foreign diplomatic officers do NOT acquire #citizenship under the 14th Amendment since they are not “born . . . subject to the jurisdiction of the US.” She was the daughter of a diplomat.
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
This is what happens when you go join the worst terrorist group on the planet and then say you want to come back. Some decisions just cannot be undone, no matter how sorry she feels for it. And I think rightly so. She could totally be an ISIS sleeper agent, lying just to come back and cause mayhem. No thanks.
Here’s more from Corke on the justification for this decision:
#More #HodaMuthana possibilities:
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
Section 349 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1481), as amended, states that U.S. nationals are subject to loss of nationality if they perform certain specified acts voluntarily and with the intention to relinquish U.S. nationality including (1/4)
Taking an oath, affirmation or other formal declaration of allegiance to a foreign state or its political subdivisions after the age of 18 (Sec. 349 (a) (2) INA);
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
(2/4)
Entering or serving in the armed forces of a foreign state engaged in hostilities against the United States or serving as a commissioned or non-commissioned officer in the armed forces of a foreign state (Sec. 349 (a) (3) INA);
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
(3/4)
Conviction for an act of treason against the Government of the United States or for attempting by force to overthrow, or bear arms against, the Government of the United States (Sec. 349 (a) (7) INA). (4/4)
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019
I’m sure the left is going apoplectic about this, and Ilhan Omar will probably be screaming about it later. But so far I haven’t seen anything from her.
Her lawyer, however, isn’t happy about it:
NEW: "The Trump administration continues its attempts to wrongfully strip citizens of their citizenship. Hoda Muthana had a valid US passport and is a citizen. She was born in Hackensack, NJ in October 1994," Hoda Muthana's attorney says https://t.co/324KXdKdzz pic.twitter.com/qEp8a40vhx
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) February 20, 2019
Yeah good luck with all that. I think she lost all her privileges when she became a terrorist.
UPDATE:
Trump just tweeted:
I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!
I have instructed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and he fully agrees, not to allow Hoda Muthana back into the Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 20, 2019
UPDATE 2:
Muthama’s lawyer says her father stopped being a diplomat months before she was born:
#NEW #HodaMuthana’s legal rep says her father stopped being diplomat months before Hoda was born in NJ.
Hassan Shibly says "The Trump administration continues its attempts to wrongfully strip citizens of their citizenship."
The @StateDept hasn't said why it canceled hers.
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) February 20, 2019