In the days since the Boston marathon attack, a number of Republican lawmakers have demanded a delay in immigration reform because the two bombers were fairly recent immigrants.
Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky wrote to Majority Leader Harry Reid on April 22 to say:
"We should not proceed until we understand the specific failures of our immigration system. Why did the current system allow two individuals to immigrate to the United States from the Chechen Republic in Russia, an area known as a hotbed of Islamic extremism, who then committed acts of terrorism? Were there any safeguards? Could this have been prevented? Does the immigration reform before us address this?"
Actually, neither brother immigrated from Chechnya. The ethnically Chechen Tsarnaevs came here from neighboring Dagestan. And when did the United States start excluding immigrants from dangerous places? Seems to me that they fall into the categories of "huddled masses yearning to breathe free," not to mention "wretched refuse" of teeming shores and the "homeless, tempest-tossed."
Nevertheless, Rep. Steve King, Republican of Iowa has also said that "we need to take a look at the big picture" before proceeding with immigration reform.
So, let's look at the big picture. The slain older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, had a green card, while the surviving younger brother, Dzhokhar, is a naturalized citizen. As I said, they both arrived here fairly recently.
But then, so did Lu Lingzi, one of the three people killed in the explosions. She was from China, a graduate student at Boston University who played piano and liked dogs and blueberry pancakes.
The Tsarnaevs' 26-year-old carjacking victim was also born in China. According to a Boston Globe story on his harrowing experience "his quick-thinking escape…allowed police to swiftly track down" the brothers, "abating a possible attack" on New York City.
Guess who else was foreign born? The gas station clerk who sheltered the carjack victim and called 911. His name is Tarek Ahmed. He is 45 years old,. He told a Times reporter, Wendy Ruderman, that he is Muslim and came here from Egypt seven years ago.
Mr. Ahmed also told The Times: "I love this country. My heart goes out to everybody who is affected by this."
The story of the Boston marathon attacks is not just about two immigrant brothers suspected of committing a horrific act of violence. It is also about the foreign residents and immigrants they victimized and those who assisted in their capture.
The "big picture" is the same as it ever was: Visa shortages and the millions of people living in the shadows, doing jobs no one else wants.
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