And a closer analysis reveals grave socio-economic problems in the state. For decades, California incomes were higher than those of the rest of the country. Those days are over. Furthermore, the California middle class is in a state of stagnation. An objective appraisal of this situation would have to attribute such problems to the ongoing mass importation of low-wage workers over the past few decades.
Immigration is a public policy issue and American citizens have every right to discuss it.
Illegal immigration can and should be brought under control, and incentives that encourage it eliminated. Such a time-out would give the millions of immigrants already here an opportunity to integrate, assimilate, prosper, intermarry and become Americans. The last great wave of of immigration, from the 1880s to the 1920s, was followed by just such a time-out, from the 1920s to the 1960s. Then, in that decade, the present great wave of immigration began. So we are due for another time-out, and if we don't take it soon, the unity and sovereignty of the United States of America, not just California, is at stake.