State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, by Patrick J. Buchanan
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OnTheIssues.org BOOK REVIEW:
Pat Buchanan really dislikes immigration. Not just illegal immigration, but immigration in general.
- He dislikes immigration on economic grounds (illegal aliens lower wages, p. 32)
- He dislikes immigration on criminal justice grounds (felons can sneak in, p. 8)
- He dislikes immigration on national unity grounds (Muslims don't assimilate, p. 195)
- He dislikes immigration on national security grounds (Mexico wants "La Reconquista" of the Southwest U.S., p.105)
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...And just about every other grounds you can think of. Buchanan cites John F. Kennedy frequently -- demonstrating how JFK would be considered anti-immigrant today -- and also several times cites Kennedy's book, A Nation of Immigrants. But Kennedy's book was strongly pro-immigrant, even by today's standards, if one doesn't parse out just a few excerpts. But Buchanan's book might be considered the conservative response to JFK's book.
Buchanan verbalizes what the Tea Party currently says, and provides data for the anti-immigrant movement today. Buchanan is pretty extreme in his anti-immigrant attitude -- some might say so extreme as to be anti-Muslim and racist -- but lays out the basis of all of the anti-immigrant attitudes in today's politics.
-- Jesse Gordon, editor-in-chief, OnTheIssues.org, Aug. 2014
OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Civil Rights
Pat Buchanan: When 1920s immigration stopped, Black America advanced.
Republican Party: 2005: Southern Strategy was wrong; move to Hispanic Strategy.
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Crime
George W. Bush: OpEd: 300,000 felons immigrated during Bush's tenure.
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Education
Pat Buchanan: Since 1960s, schools taught shame of America's past.
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Foreign Policy
George W. Bush: OpEd: Supported creedal nation, not traditional nation.
Pat Buchanan: Roman Empire fell due to cultural dilution; so might we.
Pat Buchanan: Dying civilization comes from cultural & moral degeneration.
Pat Buchanan: Mexico has historic territorial grievances against US.
Pat Buchanan: Patriotism is the soul of a nation.
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Free Trade
Pat Buchanan: Free trade is the Pied Piper to world government.
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Health Care
Pat Buchanan: Immigrants infect America with Third World diseases.
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Homeland Security
Pat Buchanan: Existential crisis today isn't terrorism but loss of culture.
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Immigration
Arnold Schwarzenegger: Strongest issue was promise to undo licenses to illegals.
Democratic Party: Hispanics vote 60%-75% Dem; naturalizing "imports Democrats".
Dwight Eisenhower: OpEd: Treated Mexican border crossings as act of war.
George W. Bush: OpEd: Allowing foreign workers is blanket amnesty.
George W. Bush: 2005: Catch-and-release is an unwise policy & we'll end it.
George W. Bush: Dealing with immigration requires guest worker program.
George W. Bush: Massive deportation is unrealistic.
John F. Kennedy: OpEd: More immigrants today than in JFK's immigration book.
John F. Kennedy: America's capacity to absorb immigration is limited.
John F. Kennedy: Don't make over the face of America with immigration.
Lyndon Johnson: Signed 1965 Immigration Act; but not mentioned in his memoir.
Pat Buchanan: Letting in foreigners was Christian, but killed ancient Rome.
Pat Buchanan: Previous immigration was limited; now it's an invasion.
Pat Buchanan: California is becoming the Third World state of Mexifornia.
Pat Buchanan: Dividing line on immigration is elite vs. workers.
Pat Buchanan: Muslim immigrants retain identity & don't assimilate.
Pat Buchanan: It's a myth that America is a nation of immigrants.
Pat Buchanan: Remove 12 million illegal aliens by attrition & enforcement.
Republican Party: Asian-Americans are natural Republicans, but vote Democratic.
Ted Kennedy: 1965: Immigration Act won't flood America from Third World.
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Jobs
Pat Buchanan: Myth of Indispensable Aliens: illegals lower wages by 7.4%.
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Principles & Values
Bill Clinton: 1996: swept Latino vote 70% to 21%; among young, 91% to 6%.
Bill Clinton: We define ourselves by allegiance to American values.
George W. Bush: America is united by ideals, not blood or soil.
Pat Buchanan: Won border counties in 1992 primary based on border fence.
Pat Buchanan: 1950s had untroubled consciences; since 1960s we're ashamed.
Ronald Reagan: Eradicating American memory results in erosion of spirit.
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The above quotations are from State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, by Patrick J. Buchanan.
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- Where the Right Went Wrong, by Pat Buchanan, 2004
- The Death of the West, by Pat Buchanan, 2002
- Buchanan debates Nader, 2000
- A Republic, Not an Empire, by Pat Buchanan, 1999
- The Great Betrayal,by Pat Buchanan, 1998
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