Anti-Defamation League accuses "racist" groups of exploiting illegal immigration
Myrna Shinbaum:
With mounting public awareness and concern over illegal immigration in America, the issue is being co-opted and exploited by anti-immigration activists, some of whom are reaching out to racist and anti-Semitic hate groups, according to the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The rhetoric of these activists is largely aimed at Mexicans, not other illegal aliens, and frequently does not distinguish between Mexicans and Mexican-Americans.
In the most recent effort by radical anti-immigration organizations and individuals to exploit mainstream immigration concerns, a three-day summit to "Unite to Fight Against Illegal Immigration" was held in Las Vegas, Nev., May 27 to May 29. More than 400 people gathered to hear speakers describe illegal immigrants as "the enemy within" and "illegal barbarians," while suggesting that America was "at war" with illegal immigrants and calling for the need to "take America back."
"These groups are hiding behind the mask of illegal immigration when their real concern is the growing Mexican-American population," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL national director. "While there are legitimate concerns for America regarding illegal immigration, the fact that border vigilantes, and in some instances racist and anti-Semitic hate groups, are exploiting these concerns to promote an anti-Hispanic agenda is very troubling."
Apparently, Foxman believes that it is "racist" to want to protect the United States from the negative effects of illegal immigration.
posted by Adam Lawson @ 1:33 PM
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It is in part a racial/ethnic issue, and it is best to deal with this straight-on. As a white American, I want the US to remain, at a minimum, a majority white nation -- this is the historical and demographic heritage of America (think 'Founding Fathers'), as well as the predominant national and international archetype of who and what an 'American' is. All of that is, at least IMO, worth preserving. I personally prefer it this way as well. And to do this, to preserve the demographic and cultural heritage of America, it is imperative that we drastically reduce non-white immigration.
All the problems associated with multi-racial, multi-ethnic, and multi-cultural societies, especially those with a significant number (not to mention enough to bring demographic change) of fairly recent immigrants, that this site helps to spotlight, are good ammunition in discussions and arguments about this issue. Still, for me personally, even without such serious problems I would not want the US to become majority non-white.
One thing that we have to keep in mind here is that in the Politically Correct US, one of the worst names you can be called is racist. Those of us who oppose open borders and massive immigration have a wealth of facts on our side. The majority of US citizens believe as we do; and the more facts that they know, the stronger they support lowering the numbers. The open borders crowd do not have a good case and they know it. Thus they start tossing out racist, xenophobe, etc. When they start calling you racist, you know they are out of real arguments.
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