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This page is currently being compiled, but it already contains enough information that it is worth reading. "[Is] rapid population [growth] by as great importations of foreigners as possible... founded in good policy?... They will bring with them the principles of the governments they leave, imbibed in their early youth; or, if able to throw them off, it will be in exchange for an unbounded licentiousness, passing, as is usual, from one extreme to another. It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. These principles, with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their number, they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass... If they come of themselves, they are entitled to all the rights of citizenship: but I doubt the expediency of inviting them by extraordinary encouragements."
- Thomas Jefferson, 1782. ImmigrationThroughout the history of the United States, immigration has dramatically impacted our society and played an important role in shaping it into the uniquely diverse country that it is today. In general, our nation is proud of this aspect of our society and encourages its continued expansion. The willingness of people to come and make this country their home has contributed to an impressive diversity of people and ideas that truly makes our country special. Despite the good that immigration has done for our contry and will continue to do, a much-needed debate is taking place on this unnecessarily controversial issue. Unfortunetly, there exists a serious lack of perspective and common sense on both sides of this heated debate, so this page seeks to provide some clarity and hopefully some realistic solutions. "In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
- Theodore Roosevelt, 1907. Mass ImmigrationThere is no question that most of the effects of immigration are positive, but an unrestrained influx of foreigners is definitely bad policy for any country. Why mass immigration of any one ethnic group is so dangerous is poorly articulated in the mainstream media even though this point is fundamental to developing a true understanding of this issue. Immigration can potentially become a threat to the stability and ultimate success of our country when the groups who are immigrating in large numbers do not assimilate into society. This causes a dangerous divide that will inevitably divide our country and possibly result in conflict that will threaten the security and solidarity of our country. A country cannot remain a single unit when its diversity is so extreme that citizens cannot even communicate using a common language. Now it is important to recognize that nobody is saying that diversity is a bad thing; in fact, diversity in the United States is usually a one of our strengths and not a weakness. It is only when diversity reaches extreme levels (such as those mentioned in the above paragraph) that it poses any danger whatsoever. This danger, however, is serious enough that it should be vigilantly monitored and its fundamentals understood by a large majority of the American people. Unfortunetly, it is now clear that our Southern states have become so overun by illegal immigrants that very little to no assimilation is occuing at all. The result is a dangerously disconnected ethinic population within our own borders that, although primarily well-intentioned and usually law-biding, cannot relate to the majority of Americans. This is one threat to our country that the founding fathers understood well, and they repeatedly made their concerns known in many of their writings. Unrestrained immigration is an issue of national security. . "Immigrants do jobs that Americans won't."This explanation is often offered as an excuse to allow illegal immigrants to continue to illegally cross the border and, in some cases, to stay and gain citizenship. The explanation itself, however, points to a more fundamental problem that is rarely addressed. Yes, immigrants are filling jobs that Americans are not exactly flocking to, but this is purely an economic problem. These jobs remain unattractive because of the low wages that are offered to workers at these jobs. This economy in the border states has been allowed to develop despite the fact that much higher wages could be paid to workers with a minimal increase in the cost of products or services that these workers produce. If American consumers were aware that by paying a few extra cents for each apple they buy would ensure higher wages for American workers and keep those jobs in the United States, there is no question that we would pay that extra few cents. More to come... Related Pages
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