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    The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    As a compliment to Senators Webbs Diversity and the Myth of White Privilege thread, I present the following. Are these points one sees debated in the media? Should they be? Are they valid?


    My take is, yes, they are valid.

    Why it is, by virtue of the proximity of one national border that that nationality then by some magic becomes seemingly sacrosanct and auto victims of ….well who knows…entitled to protections that here to fore have been created for and reserved for blacks or native Americans?

    I applaud their drive and grit as to wanting to make to make a living and whats more, find real opportunity and to live under an equal rule of law…but that doesn’t make them special, any more special than my Sicilian grand- parents were, which was not at all.




    The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration
    July 30, 2010 - by Victor Davis Hanson


    1) Why the Sense of Exemption? Why and how exactly do the supporters of illegal immigration justify massive disobedience of federal law? I suspect the answer is predicated in large part on the source of illegal immigration — that if it were a question of a half-million entering illegal Rwandans or Balkan peoples each year, the issue would have remained strictly a matter of legality.

    I posed a hypothetical once to a Mexican consular official in a public debate, framing the request by inquiring whether he thought there would be anything wrong, say, with freighters coming ashore on the California coast, and unloading 1-2,000 Chinese nationals on average each day — few of whom would be legal, English-speaking, or with high-school diplomas.

    He seemed shocked, outraged even — more so, when I added that Chinese-language facilities would be soon mandated within public services, and a sort of Chinese cultural appreciation movement would be embedded within the schools to help encourage and invigorate illegal Chinese immigrants in their own personal odysseys within California.

    My own puzzlement lasted mere seconds, since the consul quickly cited Mexico’s historical affinity with, and indeed (emotional, linguistic, legal?) claims upon, the southwestern United States. Presto — here arose the unspoken assumption of the advocates of open borders (or at least of those who feel that illegal aliens should be exempt from federal immigration statutes): historical grievances have made enforcement of the law rather debatable, given that sovereignty, national borders, and the notion of a definable America altogether are “problematic.”

    2) The Great Paradox. Also not mentioned is another contradiction that goes to the very heart of illegal immigration, multiculturalism, and assimilation: millions risk their lives to opt for a different paradigm (whether that is primarily economic, cultural, political, or social, as the particular case may be) that entails a sort of rejection of Mexico and acceptance of its antithesis in America.

    In other words, millions (as in the case of immigration everywhere) are willing to cast aside cultural, linguistic, ethnic, familial, and tribal ties for something quite different across the border. That said, why then would not both immigrant and the host facilitate and amplify that choice by insisting on English, assimilation, and immersion within the mutually preferred host culture?

    Americans are increasingly confused by the tone of the debate, in which self-appointed spokesmen for illegal aliens and indeed, on occasion, illegal aliens themselves seem so critical of policies embraced by 70% of the American populace of all classes and races that they so eagerly wish to join. In cases of the May Day parades, why would alien demonstrators appear so critical of the country (or at least its law) that they so desperately wish to stay in, and so fond and romantic about the country that they so desperately wish to leave? It all makes little or no sense, other than the emotional anger at the paradox of wanting to be in a lawful America without being lawful. Even if the Mexican flag is a symbol of ethnic solidarity, in the manner of the Italian flag for a few East Coast communities, it nevertheless conveys the message of romance for a nation that by all accounts has treated its own quite poorly. And when we get to the purported racialist charges against supporters of closed borders, it all becomes Orwellian, given that Mexico’s ruling elite is as about as racist a government as one can imagine — a Spanish heritage aristocracy glad to see its own indigenous peoples fleeing northward while charging their receptive host with racism.

    3) The Distortions of Affirmative Action. I do not understand how mere transit across the border enables the illegal alien to plug into the industry of affirmative action. And, yes, that happens sometimes in the first, more often in the second generation. Someone born, raised, and living in Mexico can cross illegally into the U.S., have a child, and, ipso facto, that child is entitled to a sort of historical reparation or, perhaps, is seen as a beneficiary of “diversity” programs.

    All this is predicated on the unspoken assumption that by virtue of Mexican ancestry the current alien has encountered more discrimination or adversity in a few years of the new millennium than say the Arab- or Punjabi- or Armenian-American immigrant of long duration. This is as absurd as it is an ignored consideration.

    4) A Cultural Elite. We know roughly the politics of illegal immigration: the open borders libertarian and corporate right wanted access to cheap workers, with the ensuing social costs born by the state. In contrast, liberal Democratic interests favor the notion that millions of new constituents will need some public assistance, that hundreds of thousands of new federal and state employees will be needed to administer to them, and that both groups will record their thanks at the polls — especially important in existing 50/50 state and federal congressional districts of the American southwest.

    But left unsaid is that such overt politicking is matched in the cultural sphere. Take away a half-million person influx of illegal aliens of the Hispanic underclass, or take away a permanent group of largely Spanish-speaking, largely poor, and largely undereducated Mexican nationals, and within 30 years the vast majority of Mexican-Americans will assimilate in the pattern of other contemporary minority groups — and, in terms of education and compensation, achieve rough parity. Unfortunately, that would also mean that the argument for a Chicano-Latino Studies program (rather than, say, an Irish Studies program), for the self-identified Chicano journalist, or for any activist who sees his Hispanic heritage as essential rather than as incidental to his persona simply disappears. (We do not have a National Council of Das Volk; nor a self-identified “wise Greek” on the Supreme Court.)

    In short, without the arrival of the illegal alien in massive numbers without education, capital, legality and English, the Hispanic activists and cultural elite have no reason to be, since soon there would be no disparity that can be blamed on oppression or racism — and thus no need for self-appointed collective representation. La Raza would have no raza when a Hilda Lopez marries Larry Smith and their daughter Linda Lopez Smith marries Billy Otomo and so on.

    5) Profiling. Of course, one can profile with some reasonable certainty who is illegal and who not. Do we believe that if 1 million French-speaking Canadians were invading New England, we would then be likely to suspect an African-American English-speaking citizen pulled over for speeding as an illegal alien? Ponder the current Border Patrol: it apparently profiles near the border any Mexican nationals who are spotted in the general vicinity (and who speak no English?), but yet at some magical spot — 10, 20, or 30 miles from the border — it mysteriously loses that ability or legal sanction?

    If the Border Patrol can question those on the American side of the fence on reasonable grounds, then why cannot the policeman do so too a few miles distant? If not, the Mexican national, by reason of his stepping one foot on American soil, could say, “Wait, I am just walking by the fence, breaking no law, and so how dare you inquire whether I am legal?”

    In fact, the Border Patrol makes millions of such inquiries yearly and in the vast majority of cases has developed logical criteria that are applicable as well a few miles inland. In passing, I note in a recent 7 day period (I counted), I produced an ID six times, once to gain admittance to a radio station, four times to validate a credit card usage, and once to check into a hotel. Were they profiling me as a credit risk, possible criminal, undesirable?

    6. There is now no law. Reader, let us walk through the new immigration labyrinth: (a) the federal government has chosen not to enforce, or cannot enforce, immigration law, evident by the continual residence of over 12 million illegal aliens, and an annual influx of some 500,000 to 750,000 more; (b) neither the federal government nor states (nor the courts) can demand enforcement of an existing federal law; (c) those states that pass laws emulating federal immigration statutes will have their legislation either voided by the court or neutered by the federal government; (d) but those cities who pass sanctuary laws in direct violation of federal illegal immigration statutes will have their legislation either validated or ignored by both the court and the federal and state governments.

    Conclusion? The federal government and federal courts prefer to ignore laws that violate their own, but void those that copy them.

    We are in revolutionary times when the law is a malleable thing, its validity predicated only on its perceived social utility at any given moment.

    This is how nations are lost.

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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    Quote Originally Posted by Imperator View Post
    Americans are increasingly confused by the tone of the debate, in which self-appointed spokesmen for illegal aliens and indeed, on occasion, illegal aliens themselves seem so critical of policies embraced by 70% of the American populace of all classes and races that they so eagerly wish to join.
    Not confused, mad.

    We're maddened by the obvious.

    That is, that we have allowed our country to be invaded by citizens of another nation, and that we now have given over all of our power to them.

    Given over our nation to an invasion of criminals. - from other countries and from within.

    Quote Originally Posted by Imperator View Post
    Conclusion? The federal government and federal courts prefer to ignore laws that violate their own, but void those that copy them.

    We are in revolutionary times when the law is a malleable thing, its validity predicated only on its perceived social utility at any given moment.

    This is how nations are lost.
    This is what happens when lawmaking becomes the enterprise of criminals.

    That's all.

    Welcome to the new America, the land of "hope and change," and a government of criminals.


    Quote Originally Posted by Imperator View Post
    6. There is now no law.
    Of course there isn't.
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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    Wow. What an excellent read! Thanks for posting that, Imperator.
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    Two truths that many Americans seem to have forgotten:
    1. Men are endowed by God with inalienable rights.
    2. Government's purpose is to secure man's God-given rights.

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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    It beats the heck out of me why these undocumented immigrants think they're above our laws and don't have to obey them in order to get the almighty dollar.

    It just seems to me that if you want to be respected, you should give respect.

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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    Opponents have absolutely NOTHING to counter this with. Nothing valid, that is.
    Take a good hard look, it's coming.

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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    The law has always been malleable, and you are just as much trying to create a new revolution completely alien to precedent as any other views I have heard on the ills of society.

    And the fact is that socioeconomic factors do exist so yes, a history of exploitation and the close relations between the two countries does give us an ethical and practical obligation to Mexico.

    And furthermore, there should never be a concentrated effort by the government to assimilate a people. There is nothing wrong or without precedent of a group retaining its cultural identity or in fact influencing the culture of the United States. We have no official culture, religion, or even language. We are a nation of immigrants, a melting pot, being American means being an American citizen; there is no other qualification. There is no culture or specific interpretation of anything at all whatsoever required to rightly be considered American. Any ideology or cultural or idea expressed by a US citizen is an American idea. It may be good or bad, right or wrong, but it is American.

    And undocumented illegals are no more criminals than those employing them or those violating the law to combat their presence. Which is to say, they are criminals; but that it does not justify or ameliorate those other criminals mentioned in any way.

    And I would be extremely hesitant before we go put on the poor victimized US nation, being exploited by Mexicans; or else we might admit the truth we dare not speak about how much we owe Mexico and how unfairly we treat it to this day. I mean it is basically a satellite, but apparently should not receive any special consideration from that relationship? Any time we feel it is necessary we can meddle in it's affairs, without giving it a say in our own or even a say in how we meddle in its affairs?

    By what right? By right of might? Or by some sort of completely fictional American exceptionalism that disregards that there but for the grace of lack sloppy Spanish colonizers goes the United States?

    No, good sir, you do not want to open this can of worms to the American people or else you may find that by all rights and by good reason we find ourselves with in some sort of federated political union with Mexico.
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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    Quote Originally Posted by Federalitarian View Post
    And I would be extremely hesitant before we go put on the poor victimized US nation, being exploited by Mexicans; or else we might admit the truth we dare not speak about how much we owe Mexico and how unfairly we treat it to this day. I mean it is basically a satellite, but apparently should not receive any special consideration from that relationship? Any time we feel it is necessary we can meddle in it's affairs, without giving it a say in our own or even a say in how we meddle in its affairs?


    how 'much do we owe' Mexico?

    how 'badly' do we treat Mexico?

    how do we meddle in its affairs?

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    Re: The Truths We Dare Not Speak About Illegal Immigration

    All of those are open to interpretation, I merely posit they are legitimate questions to ask from an open standpoint free from a starting goal of what you want to establish.

    So rather than just collecting data that suits a point you want to make, perhaps educate yourself more on the situation with an open heart and mind before you make manifestos like this thread.

    I didn't make such a manifesto so I am under no obligation to provide an answer for you.
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