Grassley warns: Immigration bill with ‘amnesty’ has little chance

This hasn’t been a nation of immigrants for a very long time. This is a nation of Americans. Therein lays the problem for today’s immigrants.

When my ancestors immigrated to this country there was a condition; you must assimilate. This was a brand new experiment in humanity, and its success depended upon shedding the past and a committing to a new identity. An American identity.

While our ancestors cherished their old world traditions and taught them to us at home, they embraced their new culture and insisted we embrace it as well. They made a commitment. They made an extraordinary sacrifice in order to give their children the gift of American citizenship. And in doing so they defined America, and this American nation.

The legacy they left to their children and grandchildren was a country they could respect and depend upon, and in whose citizenship there was pride and honor. As long as they were true to America’s principles and obeyed the laws they would prosper and pass the legacy along. I am thankful everyday for their selfless gift.

As for the current tidal wave of immigrants both legal and illegal spilling onto our shores and crossing our borders, the essential condition of assimilation no longer seems to apply. Not only are they no longer required to learn our language and participate in our culture, but we have been bending over backwards to respect their customs and provide for them in their native tongue. They exhibit an obscene sense of entitlement, as though they offer some skill or knowledge that we are in dire need of. To add insult to injury they are not even required to bring something to the table. This is effectively eradicating America.

Those who are here under the guise of one of the many fraudulent visa programs crafted to provide essential labor, both “skilled” and “unskilled” have expectations of accommodation that would never be tolerated in their country of origin. Hundreds of thousand of them enter this country every year, and for each one of them an American is displaced. They live and work among us enjoying all the benefits of American citizenship with none of the responsibilities. They have no intention of ever becoming Americans or swearing allegiance to this country in which they prosper, instead they seek a permanent green card work permit. It debases and disgraces us all.

And then there are those here illegally, who have pushed American citizens out of their jobs, homes, and communities, who have depressed our wages to levels that cannot sustain a legal lifestyle, who have cost us in the billions for their schooling, welfare, and health care while putting next to nothing back. They refuse to learn the language and insist on adhering to their own culture, and then have the audacity to demand amnesty because after all, they are a vital part of our economy that we can’t function without.

The most contemptible thing about these two types of immigrants, beside the utter devastation they are inflicting on America, is the opportunity that we cannot extend to those who are trying to immigrate through the proper channels, who cherish this country and all it stands for as much as we Americans do, and aspire to become Americans themselves. This is unforgivable. I think I speak for all of us when I say we would welcome these immigrants with open arms.

We can no longer allow these abuses to our immigration policy to continue. Our very existence as Americans depends on adherence to our laws, and the implementation of a sensible immigration policy which first and foremost takes into consideration the impact of immigration on Americans. Nothing less is acceptable.

No, this is not a nation of immigrants. It is now and always will be a nation of Americans.

Rampant population growth threatens our economy and quality of life. Immigration, both legal and illegal, are fueling this growth. I'm not talking about environmental degradation or resource depletion. I'm talking about the effect upon rising unemployment and poverty in America.

I should introduce myself. I am the author of a book titled “Five Short Blasts: A New Economic Theory Exposes The Fatal Flaw in Globalization and Its Consequences for America.” To make a long story short, my theory is that, as population density rises beyond some optimum level, per capita consumption of products begins to decline out of the need to conserve space. People who live in crowded conditions simply don’t have enough space to use and store many products. This declining per capita consumption, in the face of rising productivity (per capita output, which always rises), inevitably yields rising unemployment and poverty.

This theory has huge implications for U.S. policy toward population management, especially immigration policy. Our policies of encouraging high rates of immigration are rooted in the belief of economists that population growth is a good thing, fueling economic growth. Through most of human history, the interests of the common good and business (corporations) were both well-served by continuing population growth. For the common good, we needed more workers to man our factories, producing the goods needed for a high standard of living. This population growth translated into sales volume growth for corporations. Both were happy.

But, once an optimum population density is breached, their interests diverge. It is in the best interest of the common good to stabilize the population, avoiding an erosion of our quality of life through high unemployment and poverty. However, it is still in the interest of corporations to fuel population growth because, even though per capita consumption goes into decline, total consumption still increases. We now find ourselves in the position of having corporations and economists influencing public policy in a direction that is not in the best interest of the common good.

The U.N. ranks the U.S. with eight third world countries – India, Pakistan, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Uganda, Ethiopia and China – as accounting for fully half of the world’s population growth by 2050. It's absolutely imperative that our population be stabilized, and that's impossible without dramatically reining in immigration, both legal and illegal.

If you’re interested in learning more about this important new economic theory, I invite you to visit my web site at http://PeteMurphy.wordpress.com.

Pete Murphy
Author, “Five Short Blasts”

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