After decades of heroic effort to integrate blacks more fully into American society, our failures remain as conspicuous as our successes. Racial tension is rising. In the L.A. riots, not only were whites the victims of attempted lynchings, Koreatown was pillaged by blacks and Hispanics. Many of the latter were illegal, as four in 10 felonies in San Diego County are the work of illegals. And demands are growing that our heritage of individual rights be superseded by a new system of racial entitlements.
Quotas are routine in government and private business.
Supporters of open immigration contend that Hispanic, Asian and Arab immigrants often bring with them the same strong family ties, respect for authority, and work ethic Americans have always cherished and celebrated. But it is equally true that many Third World immigrants are living off public services, and many are going into crime. It is also true that America's generous asylum laws are being abused. The man who allegedly murdered the CIA workers in McLean, the men a arrested for the World Trade Center bombing, were supposedly fleeing persecution abroad. Looking back down the 20th century, we see that all the great multinational empires have fallen apart.