I would suggest that the quote from Hanson, which the writer starts with, also shows a fundamental flaw. While those Mexican mestizos and Indians who come here may indeed have an admirable work ethic--in many individual cases--those people whom he refers to disparagingly as elites, would be far more able to fit in to traditional American society. Their cultural background is European, as is ours. It is not a matter of subjective judgments of worth; it is a matter of what cultural heritage you want to pass on, and what you want to leave to others.
But America is already more populated than an ideal--although one suspects that no matter what we do, nature will take care of that--albeit not in a way that any of us would wish for. We need to preserve what we have for our own coming generations. It was not passed down to us to solve the world's problems, and we are but intermediaries in the progression of generations. We need to conduct ourselves accordingly.
For a focused approach to immigration, see Immigration & The American Future.
William Flax
Graft as a way of life--la mordida--is part of traditional American society?
The elites are far worse ---- they're the obnoxious ones hanging huge Mexican flags in their yards ---- many of the campesinos have decent enough values and are more open to learning our culture for the obvious reasons. The elites belong in Europe.