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THE BORDER INVASION
QUOTES “For more than two centuries, individuals with
diverse backgrounds have come together to form a national ‘melting pot’
and harmonious society sustained by allegiance to the country and its
founding principles. But today’s open-ended mass migration, coupled with
the destructive influences of biculturalism, multiculturalism,
bilingualism, multilingualism, dual citizenship, and affirmative action,
have combined to form the building blocks of a different kind of
society—where aliens are taught to hold tightly to their former cultures
and languages, balkanization grows, antagonism and conflict are aroused,
and victimhood is claimed at perceived slights. If a nation does not show
and teach respect for its own identity, principles, and institutions, that
corrosive attitude is conveyed to the rest of the world, including newly
arriving aliens. And if this is unchecked, the nation will ultimately
cease to exist.” “A radical change in the character of the citizens
would be tantamount to a regime change just as surely as a revolution it
is political principles.” “[T]he Immigration Act of 1965 changed all previous
patterns, and in so doing, probably changed the future of America … [I]t
was noble, revolutionary—and probably the most thoughtless of the many
acts of the Great Society.” “And when numerous cities and towns designate
themselves ‘sanctuary cities’ and order their employees and local law
enforcement officers not to cooperate with federal immigration
authorities, the rule of law is flouted by public officials and illegal
aliens alike. America has never experienced anything like this.” “Demographically, socially, and culturally, the
reconquista [re-conquest] of the Southwest United States by Mexican
immigrants is well underway.” “When men cannot communicate their thoughts to each
other, simply because of difference of language, all the similarity of
their common human nature is of no avail to unite them in fellowship.” “Virtually any job is a job that Americans will not
take if the pay is low enough. Nor is there any reason for pay to rise if
illegal immigrants are available at low pay.” “If the supply of foreign workers were to dry up …
employers would respond to this new, tighter, labor market in two ways.
One, they would offer higher wages, increased benefits, and improved
working conditions, so as to recruit and retain people from the remaining
pool of workers. At the same time, the same employers would look for ways
to eliminate some of the jobs they now are having trouble filling. The
result would be a new equilibrium, with blue-collar workers making
somewhat better money, but each one of those workers being more
productive. [B]y holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive
industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity
ways of doing business, retarding technological progress and productivity
growth.” “Rather than modernize the economy, Mexico’s
politicos have embraced a Tito-inspired strategy: export the labor force.
As a result, over 27 percent of Mexico’s labor force [was] working in the
U.S. [in 2006] and these workers are sending home $20 billion in
remittances. That equals one-third of the total wage earnings in the
formal sector of the Mexican economy and 10 percent of Mexico’s exports.” “[B]y increasing the supply of labor between 1980 and
2000, immigration reduced the average annual earnings of native-born men
by an estimated $1,700 or roughly four percent. [T]he negative effect on
native-born Black and Hispanic workers is significantly larger than on
Whites because a much larger share of minorities are in direct competition
with immigrants.” “It’s just obvious you can’t have free immigration
and a welfare state.” “By default, we grant health passes to illegal
aliens. Yet many illegal aliens harbor fatal diseases that American
medicine fought and vanquished long ago, such as drug-resistant
tuberculosis, malaria, leprosy, plague, polio, dengue, and Chagas
disease.” Columbia University professor Claudio Lomnitz said it
is the goal of Mexican authorities to export to the U.S. the foot soldiers
of potential revolution to preserve their society’s culture of corruption
and privilege. “I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation
extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders and that Mexican
migrants are an important – a very important – part of it [the American
Southwest].” “Mexican leaders have … tasked their nation’s U.S.
consulates with spreading Mexican culture into American schools and
communities.” They publish guides informing their citizens how to
illegally enter the U.S. and avoid detection. They hire lawyers to
represent illegal aliens in the U.S. and issue matricula consular cards
“as a way for illegals to obtain privileges that the U.S. usually reserves
for its citizens. … The only type of Mexican who would need such
identification is an illegal one; legal aliens already have sufficient
documentation to get driver’s licenses or bank accounts …” FACTS Between 1993 and 2003, 60 hospitals in California
closed because half their services went unpaid. Another 24 California
hospitals were on the verge of closure. As a result of the Hart-Celler Act, in 1965, illegal
immigration soared from 2.5 million in the 1950s to 4.5 million in the
1970s to 7.3 million in the 1980s to 10 million in the 1990s. Nine percent of the population of Mexico was living
in the U.S., in a 2004 estimate. The current level of assimilation of all recent
immigrant groups is lower than at any time during the first great
migration early in the 20th century. In Mexico, children are legally required to attend
school through eighth-grade. In part, this is why 32 percent of illegal
immigrants and 15 percent of legal immigrants have not completed
ninth-grade. To provide context: only 2 percent of U.S. natives have not
completed ninth-grade. On a federal level, the number of criminal aliens
incarcerated increased form 42,000 in 2001 to 49,000 in 2004, an increase
of 15 percent in just three years. In 2002, states received partial
reimbursements for incarcerating 77,000 criminal aliens. In 2003, local
governments received partial reimbursements for incarcerating 147,000
criminal aliens. 58 percent of Mexicans surveyed agreed with the
statement: “The territory of the United States Southwest rightfully
belongs to Mexico.”
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