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Friday, October 20, 2006
Pat Buchanan :: Townhall.com Columnist
America 2050: A Nation of Turtles
by Pat Buchanan
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Does it matter who was the 300 millionth "American"?

Indeed, it does.

If it was a baby born to an American, that is wonderful news. If it was a baby born to an illegal alien, it means we have lost control of our borders. And as Ronald Reagan said, a country that can't control its borders isn't really a country anymore.

And if it was a Mexican who slipped over the Rio Grande in the early morning darkness of Oct. 17, it may be a harbinger of the end of America as we knew her.

If the people are not celebrating the 300 million along with the editorial writers, it is because there is a strong likelihood the individual added to our number is not an American at all, and because the extraordinary growth of the American family was not the free choice of the American people.

We have 300 million here today only because the government of the United States refuses to enforce our immigration laws and the people were misled or lied to when the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed.

Who was the chairman of the subcommittee that conducted the hearings? Edward M. Kennedy. And what did Sen. Kennedy promise? Here are his own words of four decades ago:

"(O)ur cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually. Under the proposed bill, the present level of immigration remains substantially the same. ... The ethnic mix of this country will not be upset. ... Contrary to the charges in some quarters, S. 500 will not inundate America with immigrants from any other country or area, or the most populated and economically deprived nations of Africa and Asia."

Only haters would make such assertions, Kennedy thundered. "The charges I have mentioned are highly emotional, irrational and with little foundation in fact. They are out of line with the obligations of responsible citizenship. They breed hate of our heritage."

How good were the senator's assurances?

Today, we have 36 million immigrants and their children here, some 90 percent from Third World nations whose peoples have never before been assimilated into a First World nation. A third, 12 million, are here in violation of our laws.

Most of those coming now are poor and uneducated, and are unable to speak our language. Some do not wish to become Americans. But they are sending our crime, poverty and disease rates skyward, and pulling U.S. academic scores down toward Third World levels. Continued...
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Pat Buchanan is a founding editor of The American Conservative magazine, and the author of many books including State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America .
 
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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 23, 2006 - 8:29 PM EST
legal or illegal
Liberty wrote: " I don't think anyone is against LEGAL immigration "

It is irrelevant to make a distinction between legal and illegal immigration. You don't need any. If the problem was only illegal immigration, a simple solution would be for the legislators to declare any immigration legal. As I see it, the administration is forcing both legal and illegal immigration from third-world countries on Americans who mostly do not want it. What matters is not whether it is legal, but whether Americans agree with it, how many immigrants are coming, from what countries.

We are told that Europe and America need immigration, while Mexico and Africa do not. It doesn't make sense. Immigration is destroying the US, and I am sure Mexico would work much better if the Mexicans were replaced by Americans. If we think that Mexicans have a right to have their own country, we should grant the same right to Americans and Europeans.
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Date: Oct 23, 2006 - 5:37 PM EST
They just don't get it.
There's a common denominator to the posts of those who disagree with Buchanan. They don't get it. They fail to see what is so special about America and its unique heritage.

Well, what IS so special about us? What makes us unique, and why is the American Way worth preserving?

Succinctly stated, it is this:

- Old Europhiles understand the human impulse for liberty and the dignity it entails, but they no longer feel that impulse.

- Third worlders feel the impulse toward the dignity which only liberty can bring, but they do not understand it.

- The traditional American mind both feels and understands it.

Granted, this is a generalization, but it's an accurate one. There are a few people left in the failing Old Europe who have not been totally enervated, and there are numbers of people in the Third World who really comprehend liberty, along with its obligations and costs. But these are too few, and that seems to be a growing trend right here on American soil.

This is why it is vital that we control our immigration and maintain a close watch on those who come here. When they do come, we have to be sure that they are people who have come for the right reason. The right reason is this: they want to become American...fully American. They want to learn our history, abide by our laws and common customs, and they want to learn and speak our language (that's English, BTW). And, just as important, we should eliminate dual citizenship. Either you're an American or you aren't.

Anyone who wants me or you to learn their language to co-exist with them can just stay home. Anyone who wants to get "free" handouts can stay away. Anyone who breaks our laws can molder away in a prison somewhere else.

The American turtles needs to pull their heads out, or we'll eventually have our heads handed to us.
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