Immigration - Why It's America's Fault

A quick update to this post and some additional links.

I do think illegal immigration is a serious problem. But as a Conservative it's sad but ultimately hilarious to watch such a large segment of America now fret and fume over a Hispanic National Anthem and these protests.

Where were they as our school systems slid down into the swamp of multi-cultural-ism, where every national identity besides an American one is embraced and nurtured, often at the expense of American History and tradition? Where were they on that?

Will they go back to their school boards and insist that they stop preaching moral and cultural equivalency, making room for it by throwing out all sense of American Civics education, outside of the neo-liberal tradition of becoming politically active so you can tear America down?

Give me a break, America. For the past forty years you have passively invited exactly what you are seeing in your streets, now suddenly some bunch of illegal aliens is to blame? Not on your life, America. You reap what you sow and you're getting precisely what you should have expected as you allowed and continue to allow American institution after American institution to be torn down.

Did anyone think for a minute that immigration enforcement would swoop down on one of these protests and make arrests? Why not? Certainly some large number there were illegal?

Of course not, that would be too politically incorrect. That wouldn't play well on the evening news. If I had one reason to believe all this hemming and hawing would result in a turn around in the core issue, that of America's continued cultural decline, I might actually take it all seriously. But the majority of Americans now so upset about a silly Hispanic version of our national anthem are about as justified in their protestations, as were a bunch of illegal aliens marching through America's streets.

You might want to try reading this from Shelby Steele via Opinion Journal:

It began, I believe, in a late-20th-century event that transformed the world more profoundly than the collapse of communism: the world-wide collapse of white supremacy as a source of moral authority, political legitimacy and even sovereignty. This idea had organized the entire world, divided up its resources, imposed the nation-state system across the globe, and delivered the majority of the world's population into servitude and oppression.

Some other links: OTB has a great MSM round up - also commenting Vagabondia - Hyscience - A Blog For All - Learning Straight Up - and NOYF

Comments

[IMHERE]

Hey were are all the voters at?

[paul]

The wave of illegals that were are now suffering is certainly part of the cultural and moral decline of the country. However, things would not be so bad had we not been "blessed" with the damn ACLU and federal judges who feel that God has given them the supreme authority to be social engineers. We live in a country where the judges are totally out of hand and will block anything American.

[jolari]

who "employs" most of these illegals?

[rwilymz]

"who "employs" most of these illegals?"

According to a UCLA national study, 49% of the employed illegals are employed as "domestics" -- lawn mowers, child care, house cleaners. About 1/4 as I recall were in agriculture. Less were in construction ... or maybe it was the other way around.

Why? Wucha wanna do to the employers? Punish them?

That makes no sense. It ain't the employers' job to police illegal immigration; it's INS's job. To punish, say, Wal-Mart for hiring illegals to clean their toilets is to pawn off the job of policing to people who aren't trained to do it, have no legal authority to do it, and then punishing them if they don't do it right.

It's like going home and kicking your cat because you bounced a check. Ain't your cat's fault you can't add. Ain't the employers' fault the INS can't control immigration.

[jolari]

Why? Wucha wanna do to the employers? Punish them?

That makes no sense. It ain't the employers' job to police illegal immigration; it's INS's job. To punish, say, Wal-Mart for hiring illegals to clean their toilets is to pawn off the job of policing to people who aren't trained to do it, have no legal authority to do it, and then punishing them if they don't do it right.

It's like going home and kicking your cat because you bounced a check. Ain't your cat's fault you can't add. Ain't the employers' fault the INS can't control immigration.

Posted by: rwilymz | Wednesday, May 03, 2006 at 08:15 AM

Nope--not at all. No need to assume & then respond negatively.
Just wanted to see if anyone was aware just how many that are employed in American households---as gardeners, housecleaners, etc. For every person that complains about the illegals you can probably find another that employs one. We are all responsible. We have accepted this for a very long time. Now that the number has risen to these heights we are asking that something be done.Blaming big business and the government for this mess is just passing the buck.