Yesterday I read this article by John Hinderaker at Powerline: During our previous wave of mass immigration in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both immigrants and American officials understood that assimilation into American culture, most importantly learning to … Continue reading →
Here’s the link to my new article at the Weekly Standard. An excerpt: Whenever I read about the European response to the current wave of “migrants” to Europe, one of the first questions that comes to mind is, “Why?” Why … Continue reading →
People are starting to be evicted from their rental homes/apartments in order to make way for the influx of “refugees” from the Middle East to Europe: A woman in Germany is being evicted from her home of 23 years to … Continue reading →
Speaking of “conversations,” there’s one that’s been going on in a previous thread that I want to highlight. Commenter “RickZ” says—agreeing with Trump—that we wouldn’t be having our national “conversation” on illegal immigration but for Trump. There is no question … Continue reading →
Europe has bitten off more than it can chew: What’s happening right now in Europe far surpasses past migrations… I don’t see it stopping,” Amin Awad, director of the Middle East and North Africa division of the Office of the … Continue reading →
…and why someone like Trump, who emphasizes it, has gained so much traction with that. People are angry at stories like this one, in which the illegal immigrant is presented as being a poor, beleaguered person (in this case a … Continue reading →
There was a large demonstration in Poland Saturday to protest the possibility that the government will let in many thousands of refugees from Syria—that is, people who claim to be refugees and claim to be from Syria. There was also … Continue reading →
The following is a quote from Evan Sayet. It was written in 2007 and is not specifically about immigration, it is simply about the worldview and motivation of liberals today. But it strikes me that it certainly applies to the … Continue reading →
Which he then tried to walk back. Here’s how it went: A former French minister stirred up controversy Friday after saying Germany “took our Jews and gave us Arabs” as France began taking some of the thousands of refugees arriving … Continue reading →
Hinderaker asks some questions I’ve been wondering and wondering and wondering about, too—why this surge of refugees in Europe now? And who are they? These are obvious questions, but a great many articles on the subject fail to ask them … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I have a busy day today and not too much time for blogging at the moment; maybe more later. This is a huge topic and one requiring a fair amount of research to treat properly in a post. This … Continue reading →
As in this country, the Western European and EU leaders are unresponsive to the people on the topics of immigration and of refugees. I can assure you that the speakers here will not have their lives affected by the problem … Continue reading →