His eyes bulging, his face turning red, he rushes for the telephone and dials 911 as his distressed dog watches in terror. Instead of being greeted by a helpful operator, he reaches an interminable voice-mail system. For Spanish, press one. For Korean, press two. He clutches his throat and falls to his death.
Immigration is out of control.
Buchanan charges that immigrants have overwhelmed the language and the culture. And that is what s happened here. But the American immigration experience, despite a long history of such dire predictions, has never brought about the destruction that its opponents have feared. In the past, it was Poles, Germans, Italians and Buchanan s ancestral forebears, the Irish, who were assumed incapable of assimilation, but instead embraced and contributed to the American culture. And that requires learning English.