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How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration
President Obama and his allies have made no secret about their immigration easy amnesty, loose enforcement, and ever-higher levels of legal immigration. One prominent labor leader has boasted that continued mass immigration "will solidify and expand the progressive coalition for the future."
In this penetrating Broadside, Mark Krikorian lays out the details of Obama's open-borders approach to immigration and its political consequences. Krikorian, one of the leading critics of current immigration policy, examines the Administration's record of weakening enforcement and describes how legislation crafted by the president's supporters in Congress would ensure new waves of illegal immigration. Krikorian also explains how continued high levels of immigration, regardless of legal status, would progressively move the United States in the direction of more government and less liberty.
In this penetrating Broadside, Mark Krikorian lays out the details of Obama's open-borders approach to immigration and its political consequences. Krikorian, one of the leading critics of current immigration policy, examines the Administration's record of weakening enforcement and describes how legislation crafted by the president's supporters in Congress would ensure new waves of illegal immigration. Krikorian also explains how continued high levels of immigration, regardless of legal status, would progressively move the United States in the direction of more government and less liberty.
48 pages, Paperback
First published April 13, 2010
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August 8, 2024
A BRIEF CRITIQUE OF THE ADMINISTRATION'S POLICIES TOWARD ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies and a contributor to National Review Online, as well as the author of 'The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal.'
He states early in this 2010 booklet, "The recent decline in the illegal population, from more than 12 million in 2007 to less than 11 million two years later, doesn't mean work site enforcement is no longer necessary. After all, even with the recession and the stepped-up enforcement in 2007 and 2008, there are still more than 7 million illegal aliens in the labor market. Despite that, Obama has suspended work site raids, ensuring that illegal aliens can continue at their illegal jobs without fear of arrest." (Pg. 5)
Criticizing the administration's small reduction in the number of Border Patrol agents, he argues, "it's absurd to claim that the Border Patrol has excess manpower when it's still half the size of the New York City Police Department and there is still an average of only about two agents per mile per shift on the 2,000-mile Mexican border." (Pg. 14-15)
He asserts, "There are two aspects to the transformative effect of mass immigration, both legal and illegal. First... it serves to import more voters who will back statist, big-government politicians and policies. But more deeply and permanently, mass immigration changes American society in ways that make statists solutions more attractive to voters at large, expanding the transformative effect beyond the merely immigrant voters to the electorate at large." (Pg. 26)
He cites Robert Putnam who suggests, "increased diversity results in a loss of civic engagement---not just between groups but even WITHIN groups. Immigration-driven increases in diversity mean EVERYONE in the society in progressively less trusting and less involved in civic life, less likely to attend church, less likely to join the Masons, Hadassah, or the PTA, and less likely even to have friends over for dinner." (Pg. 38)
He concludes, "The immigration agenda of the Obama administration and its congressional allies is clear: easy amnesty for as many of today's illegal aliens as possible; loosened enforcement of the immigration laws to ensure the continued flow of illegal immigrants and thus more amnesties in the future; and legal immigration expanded beyond its already very high levels. And the purpose is clear: to 'transform' the nation's politics over the long term, so as to avoid ... the kind of pushback against expansion of the state that we've seen in the past year." (Pg. 39)
Provocative comments on a very "hot" topic, this brief work will be of interest to anyone studying this topic.
Mark Krikorian is executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies and a contributor to National Review Online, as well as the author of 'The New Case Against Immigration: Both Legal and Illegal.'
He states early in this 2010 booklet, "The recent decline in the illegal population, from more than 12 million in 2007 to less than 11 million two years later, doesn't mean work site enforcement is no longer necessary. After all, even with the recession and the stepped-up enforcement in 2007 and 2008, there are still more than 7 million illegal aliens in the labor market. Despite that, Obama has suspended work site raids, ensuring that illegal aliens can continue at their illegal jobs without fear of arrest." (Pg. 5)
Criticizing the administration's small reduction in the number of Border Patrol agents, he argues, "it's absurd to claim that the Border Patrol has excess manpower when it's still half the size of the New York City Police Department and there is still an average of only about two agents per mile per shift on the 2,000-mile Mexican border." (Pg. 14-15)
He asserts, "There are two aspects to the transformative effect of mass immigration, both legal and illegal. First... it serves to import more voters who will back statist, big-government politicians and policies. But more deeply and permanently, mass immigration changes American society in ways that make statists solutions more attractive to voters at large, expanding the transformative effect beyond the merely immigrant voters to the electorate at large." (Pg. 26)
He cites Robert Putnam who suggests, "increased diversity results in a loss of civic engagement---not just between groups but even WITHIN groups. Immigration-driven increases in diversity mean EVERYONE in the society in progressively less trusting and less involved in civic life, less likely to attend church, less likely to join the Masons, Hadassah, or the PTA, and less likely even to have friends over for dinner." (Pg. 38)
He concludes, "The immigration agenda of the Obama administration and its congressional allies is clear: easy amnesty for as many of today's illegal aliens as possible; loosened enforcement of the immigration laws to ensure the continued flow of illegal immigrants and thus more amnesties in the future; and legal immigration expanded beyond its already very high levels. And the purpose is clear: to 'transform' the nation's politics over the long term, so as to avoid ... the kind of pushback against expansion of the state that we've seen in the past year." (Pg. 39)
Provocative comments on a very "hot" topic, this brief work will be of interest to anyone studying this topic.
September 16, 2020
How Obama is Transforming America Through Immigration by Mark Krikorian is part of the Encounter Broadside series of short books written by recognized experts that explore specific topics in their area of expertise. In this one the author looks at the issues related to immigration policy by the Obama administration specifically and what the effects are of those policies. Obama and his administration have made no secret that they support increased levels of immigration, amnesty for those who entered or remained in the United States illegally, and little emphasis on immigration laws enforcement. Obama also has worked with his supporters in congress to craft new legislation to weaken limitations on immigration to ensure new waves of legal as well as illegal immigration. The result of these policies, according to the author, would be increasingly larger government and socialist programs and lessening of liberty for Americans. If you are concerned about America's future as a magnet for entrepreneurs and ambitious people from around the world who seek to create their own American Dream instead becoming just another failed socialist country, you should read this book.
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