As I wrote in a previous blog, the more things change, the more they stay the same.

GOP CONGRESSMAN WANTS TO DEPORT EVERY IRANIAN

The National Iranian American Council is on high alert after a South Carolina Congressman announced this week that he will introduce legislation which would require the deportation of all Iranians living in America. The Stop Terrorists Entry Program Act (STEP) was first introduced by Rep. J. Gresham Barrett (R-SC) in 2003 [PDF link]. The updated version, he explained in a media advisory, would bar citizens of Cuba, Iran, Sudan, Yemen and Syria from entry into the United States. It would further require citizens of those nations who are legally visiting or residing in the United States to be deported within 60 days.

Sort of reminds me of the “good” old days in Europe:

And the United States:

[Thanks to Travis Holte]