Volume 54, Number 14 · September 27, 2007
The Immigration Charade
By Christopher Jencks
State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America
by Patrick J. Buchanan
St. Martin's, 308 pp., $24.95
America's ongoing argument about immigration has followed a fairly consistent sequence for three decades. Each round begins with news reports about the fact that thousands of new immigrants are settling here illegally every week. These reports lead to charges that the United States has lost control of its borders and is being overrun by foreigners. Congress holds hearings. Employers say that they need foreign-born workers to fill jobs that Americans don't want and that they cannot distinguish those with fake credentials from those with genuine ones. Legal immigrants push for higher family reunification quotas, hoping to hasten the day when their grown children, parents, or siblings will get a visa.
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