How Hillary Clinton’s Actions as Secretary of State Endangered Americans

Stephen Miller, the national policy director for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, issued a memo to “interested parties” outlining how Hillary Clinton ignored federal law, which in turn put the lives of Americans in danger.

The issue stems from a law that requires the secretary of state to suspend the issuance of visas to citizens of countries that refuse to take back its citizens that may have committed crimes while in the U.S. Clinton effectively ignored the law, nor did she take any action as the nation’s top diplomat to encourage those nations to take back their citizens.

Miller suggested the priorities of Clinton Foundation donors took precedence in the Hillary Clinton-run State Department:

While secretary of state, Hillary Clinton ignored federal law and allowed thousands of convicted criminal illegal immigrants to be released into our communities.

Despite the fact that federal law commands the secretary of state “to discontinue granting immigrant visas or non-immigrant visas, or both, to citizens, subjects, nationals and residents” to any country that refuses to take back its citizens until that nation complies, Hillary Clinton never invoked the law and instead allowed thousands of criminal aliens to be released into our communities. Nor did she take any forceful diplomatic action to resolve the problem and protect American lives.

According to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) data provided to Congress, in FY2010 alone, Secretary Clinton allowed over 4,900 illegal immigrants to be released of which 3,882 are convicted criminals.

Americans have been victimized by Hillary Clinton’s willingness to ignore federal law and failure to take diplomatic action. Last year, 25-year-old Casey Chadwick was murdered by a criminal illegal alien with a prior attempted murder conviction, who should have been deported in 2012 when Clinton was secretary of state. After his home country repeatedly refused to take their criminal back, Clinton did nothing. According to a memo from the DHS Office of Inspector General, immigration enforcement officials “believed that the Department of State would not intervene to encourage a foreign country to accept a violent offender” like Chadwick’s killer.

Speaking on Hillary Clinton’s refusal to enforce our laws at the second presidential debate in in St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Donald J. Trump said, “Let me tell you, I’m going to force them right back into their country. They are murderers and some very bad people.”

It is possible that the Clinton Foundation’s interests were prioritized over public safety. Since 2001, the Clinton Foundation has raised nearly $2 billion in donations—a third of donors giving more than $1 million are foreign governments or foreign entities and more than half of donations over $5 million come from foreign donors. Many of these donors (and their families) seek access to the United States and travel here for business and pleasure; invoking diplomatic action would have likely created conflict between Hillary Clinton and her donors and jeopardized donations.

She also failed to take action against Laos, even though the matter came before her department, and a national from the country, also not returned home, just shot two correctional officers.

Also in FY2010, instead of forcing Algeria to take back their nationals, Hillary Clinton simply allowed 11 Algerian illegal immigrants (six of whom are convicted criminals) to be released into U.S. communities. That same year, the Clinton Foundation received a $500,000 donation from the Algerian government, and lobbyists representing the country met with 12 State Department officials, including top political appointees.

China is one of the worst offenders when it comes to refusing to repatriate their nationals. In FY2010 alone, China refused to take back 374 Chinese illegal immigrants, 116 of whom are convicted criminals. The Clinton Foundation received a $2 million pledge from Rilin Enterprises, an infrastructure and port-management company run by a Chinese billionaire. That company also spent $1.4 million lobbying the State Department and Congress from 2012 to 2015.