CREDIT: Screengrab As fear mounts over the prospect of an Ebola outbreak or domestic terror attack, lawmakers and candidates are seizing on the opportunity to link that hysteria to immigration policy. In the latest claim, Sen. Pat Roberts (R-KS) claimed in Wednesday night’s Senate debate in Kansas, that Ebola, Islamic jihadists (better known by the acronym ISIS), drug cartels, and convicted felons could all make their way into the United States if we don’t do more to secure the border and end “amnesty.” Responding to the first debate question from a Wichita reporter who asked how Roberts and his...
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