Immigration is a privilege at the discretion of a sovereign nation, and it has always been the policy since our founding only to admit immigrants of "merit and Republican principles" (as James Madison put it), those who share our "republican-American values" (Thomas Jefferson), and "reputable and worthy characters" who were "fit for the society into which they were blended" (Rep. Theodore Sedgwick during debate over the 1790 Naturalization Act).
After Florida Governor Ron DeSantis resolutely asserted that we should not be taking in people from Gaza who harbor anti-American and anti-Jewish sentiments, CBS News reporter Margaret Brennan was incredulous. "But how can you paint with such a broad brush to say 2.3 million people are anti-Semitic?" asked Brennan on "Face the Nation."
Well, let’s look at the facts. The media always takes the Anti-Defamation League’s tracking of anti-Semitism as God’s word when it comes to attacking conservatives, so let’s examine its anti-Semitism data. Based on surveys around the world, the ADL in its global index on anti-Semitism, which measures support for sentiment behind 11 common anti-Semitic stereotypes, finds that all of the top Jew-hating countries are in the Middle East. Not surprisingly, the Palestinians top that list: