Maverick Philosopher

Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Immigration

  • Liberal Immigration Hyper-Hypocrisy

    Trump Labor Secretary nominee Anthony Puzder is under fire for having employed an illegal immigrant as a housekeeper.  But why should liberals care given that they do not distinguish legal from illegal immigrants while standing for open borders and sanctuary jurisdictions in defiance of the rule of law? Suddenly, these destructive leftists care about immigration…

  • Proof that I am a Native American

    A while back a front page story in the  local rag of record, The Arizona Republic, implied  that one is either a native American, a black, or an Anglo. Now with my kind of surname, I am certainly no Anglo. And even though I am a 'person of color,' my color inclining toward a sort of…

  • Bridges or Walls?

    We already have a 'bridge.' Its name is 'legal immigration.' Now we need a wall. Its name is 'rule of law.'

  • Know-Nothing Catholics on Muslim Immigration

    William Kilpatrick: It can be expected that Catholic bishops will respond with dismay to President Trump’s order banning immigration from seven Muslim nations. When Trump first proposed banning Muslims from entering the U.S., Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, the president of the USCCB issued a statement repudiating “the hatred and suspicion that leads to policies of discrimination.”…

  • Thomas Aquinas Against Open Borders

    Thomas D. Williams: In a surprisingly contemporary passage of his Summa Theologica, Aquinas noted that the Jewish people of Old Testament times did not admit visitors from all nations equally, since those peoples closer to them were more quickly integrated into the population than those who were not as close.  Related articles Pascal, Buber, and…

  • Paradoxes of Illegal Immigration

    This entry from 6 January 2012 bears re-posting in the light of current events. 'Light' indeed. A new day is dawning. Things are looking up. We now have a president with the cojones to take action, and he has. Who would have thought that Donald J. Trump of all people would be the patriot to…

  • Undocumented Workers and Illegal Aliens

    One of the purposes of this website is to combat the stupidity of Political Correctness, a stupidity that in many contemporary liberals, i.e., leftists, is willful and therefore morally censurable. The euphemism 'undocumented worker' is a good example of a PC expression. It does not require great logical acumen to see that 'undocumented worker' and 'illegal…

  • Hamilton on Immigration

    Excerpt: The safety of a republic depends essentially on the energy of a common National sentiment; on a uniformity of principles and habits; on the exemption of the citizens from foreign bias, and prejudice; and on that love of country which will almost invariably be found to be closely connected with birth, education and family.…

  • On the Left: No Wisdom, No Common Sense

    What follows, from Victor Davis Hanson, is the correct view on illegal immigration.  But you will never get a destructive, hate-America leftist to accept it: Illegal Immigration. No country can exist without borders. Hillary and Obama have all but destroyed them; Trump must remind us how he will restore them. Walls throughout history have been…

  • On ‘Nativism’

    Publius Decius Mus: For the record, I cop to being a “nativist.” I prefer policies that explicitly favor the existing American citizenry, the people born here, i.e., the natives. I’m somewhat impressed that Pethokoukis and his ilk have managed to redefine this age-old, bedrock political principle as radical and “racist.” It’s like forcing people to…

  • Immigration, Nationalism, and Xenophobia

    R. R. Reno talks sense over at First Things: Trump insists that anyone residing in the United States illegally is subject to deportation. Many commentators regard such comments as inflammatory. I am baffled by their outrage. What, exactly, is meant by “illegal” if the lawbreaker is immune from consequences? I am baffled too.  No reasonable…

  • 9/11 Fifteen Years After

    And the nation's borders are still not secure. The morning of 9/11 was a beautiful, dry Arizona morning.  Back from a hard run, I flipped on the TV while doing some cool-down exercises only to see one of the planes crash into one of the towers.  I knew right away what was going on. I…

  • On ‘Illegal Alien’ and ‘Illegal Immigrant’

    Liberals, whose love of political correctness gets the better of their intellects, typically object to the phrase 'illegal alien.' But why? Are these 'migrants' not in our country illegally, as the result of breaking laws?  And are they not aliens, people from another country?  "But you are labelling them!"  Yes, of course.  Label we must if…

  • Gary Johnson Opposes ‘Illegal Immigrant’

    Another reason to not be a libertarian.  (Johnson is the libertarian 'losertarian' candidate for president.)

  • Ideological Certification

    It ought to be obvious that anyone seeking entry into our country should be ideologically certified.  We have no obligation to accept subversive elements.  Now those who promote Shari'a are subversive elements.  Therefore, we have no obligation to allow them in.  Indeed we, or rather the government as representing us the people, has a moral…