{"id":7790,"date":"2014-08-07T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T16:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/07\/orwellian-illegal-immigration\/"},"modified":"2014-08-07T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T16:36:46","slug":"orwellian-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2014\/08\/07\/orwellian-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Orwellian Illegal Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Victor Davis Hanson.  Excerpt<\/a><\/span>: <\/p>\n

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Fleeing to an Oppressive Society?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Most of the advocates for open borders agitate from a position of criticism of the U.S. By that I mean we rarely hear La Raza activists explain why<\/em> they want amnesties for millions of illegal aliens, at least in the sense of why millions have left Mexico to risk their lives to arrive in the U.S.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is it about America that attracts patriotic Mexican nationals to abandon their own country en masse? That is not a rhetorical question, given much of the immigration debate is couched in critiques of the U.S. The pageantry of an open-borders demonstration is usually a spectacle of Mexican flags. How odd that almost no advocate ever says, \u201cWe want amnesty so that our kinsmen have a shot, as we have had a shot, at an independent judiciary, equality under the law, the rule of law, true democracy, free speech, protection of human rights, free-market capitalism, and protection of private property. For all that, millions risk their lives.\u201d But instead there is either nothing, or a continual critique of the U.S. If we were to take a newly arrived illegal alien, and enroll him in a typical Chicano Studies course, he would logically wish to return across the border as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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