Danielle Pletka
- Role
- American Enterprise Institute senior fellow and opinion writer
- Statement date
Danielle Pletka on Did ICE Detain an Entire Family for What Eissa Hashemi’s Mother Did?
“Americans don’t believe in corruption of the blood. But neither do they want to provide a home to terrorists, enemies of the U.S., kleptocrats or their progeny.”
Source and context
Original text
About this source
Pletka’s authored opinion column supports attribution of her mixed position. Its claims about the family and immigration policy are not treated as independently established facts.
Before the quotation
Pletka identified Rubio’s action against Hashemi and his family as part of a broader effort to remove relatives of Iranian officials and militants.
After the quotation
She wrote that a blanket visa ban might be excessive but that greater scrutiny was overdue.
How this statement is classified
The column combines an express rejection of corruption-of-blood reasoning with support for scrutinizing or excluding the progeny of hostile foreign actors, and it characterizes a blanket ban as potentially excessive.
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- People and groups discussed
- Maryam Tahmasebi, Seyed Eissa Hashemi
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