Research shows claim lacks any foundation

I have to take issue with Dale Robertson’s recent allegation that the President of the United States signed an executive order to bring thousands of Hamas Palestinians to the United States. Mr. Robertson inaccurately references federalregister.com., but this is actually one of those unsolicited, politically motivated e-mails that should never be passed on, much less sent to a newspaper without being verified. This has been circulating since April 2009. There is no such thing as HB 1388.

Bills originating in the House of Representatives are designated HR and a number. That should have been a clue that this information is not kosher. I would think that a little common sense would lead one to question why a president of the United States would import “thousands” of terrorists, why the Congress of the United States would allocate $20 million in support of it, and why no one would notice, except Mr. Robertson. The answer, of course, is because it never happened.

SHERRY FULTON

Sagle