American leaders are not reacting “with vigor,” even though one Zogby poll has found that 72 percent of the people want immigration reduced, and a Rasmussen poll in July 2000 found that 89 percent wanted English to be America’s official language.10 The people want action. The elites disagree and do nothing. Despite our braggadocio about being “the world’s last superpower,” the U.S. lacks the fortitude to defend its borders and to demand, without apology, that immigrants assimilate into society.
