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Karma: Rasmea Yousef Odeh-- entering the United States on false pretenses

Palestinian terrorist, 'Women's March' organizer, stripped of U.S. Citizenship and deported



If you know the name Rasmea Yousef Odeh, you were probably following her involvement with the "Women's March" and "Day Without a Woman" movements. She among the leadership of both. If you didn't follow those stories, maybe you know the name because you're aware she's a terrorist. Her involvement in a couple of 1969 supermarket bombings ended in the deaths of two students. Perhaps you're even aware that she spent 10 years in prison, before entering the United States on false pretenses. Kyle Smith at the New York Post ran through her criminal history back in February:
Odeh, a Palestinian, was convicted in Israel in 1970 for her part in two terrorist bombings, one of which killed two students while they were shopping for groceries. She spent 10 years in prison for her crimes. She then managed to become a US citizen in 2004 by lying about her past (great detective work, INS: Next time, use Google) but was subsequently convicted, in 2014, of immigration fraud for the falsehoods. However, she won the right to a new trial (set for this spring) by claiming she had been suffering from PTSD at the time she lied on her application. Oh, and in her time as a citizen, she worked for a while as an ObamaCare navigator.
...And here I thought the federal government was supposed to be really good at that whole "vetting" thing. Well, better late than never, I guess. Odeh is being deported, and stripped of her U.S. citizenship so that this won't happen again. ...Unless, of course, she sneaks back in via Mexico. As Heat Street reports:

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Rasmea Odeh will be stripped of her U.S citizenship and forced to leave the country and return to Jordan after failing to disclose to immigration authorities that she had been imprisoned in Israel for committing two terror attacks. As part of her plea bargain, however, Odeh won’t have to spend time in U.S prison or detention, according to a statement on Thursday by the Rasmea Defense Committee. The terrorist-turned-activist rose to prominence in the US following her involvement with the Women’s March and another recent high-profiel protest, “A Day Without A Woman”. In a letter in The Guardian that she co-authored with other activists, Odeh urged women worldwide to join in a “new wave of militant feminist struggle.”
Depending on who you talk to, this is either a great thing - because good riddance - or a terrible thing since she's not going to enjoy life among the horrors of the American prison system. I'll admit that both sides have valid points. On one hand, you want her punished for her criminal history. But… Once she's back in the Middle East she'll likely be lauded as some kind of hero by people who want to poke the "Great Satan" in the eye. She'll also be free to wander into whatever European dystopia will have her. On the other hand, it will be awfully nice not to have her around, and we won't spend the next two decades paying for her "three square a day." Let us know what you think below.



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