Sadly, nothing. They are following the edicts of their own leaders.
The worst of which, on this issue is:
| We are now one of the largest Spanish-speaking nations in the world. We're a major source of Latin music, journalism and culture. Just go to Miami, or San Antonio, Los Angeles, Chicago or West New York, New Jersey ... and close your eyes and listen. You could just as easily be in Santo Domingo or Santiago, or San Miguel de Allende. For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America. As I speak, we are celebrating the success of democracy in Mexico. George Bush from a campaign speech in Miami, August 2000. |
Here is an excerpt of a good critique of that speech:
In equating our intimate historic bonds to our mother country and to Canada with our ties to Mexico, W. shows a staggering ignorance of the civilizational facts of life. The reason we are so close to Britain and Canada is that we share with them a common historical culture, language, literature, and legal system, as well as similar standards of behavior, expectations of public officials, and so on. My Bush Epiphany By Lawrence Auster
"For years our nation has debated this change -- some have praised it and others have resented it. By nominating me, my party has made a choice to welcome the new America.
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That line from Bush's speech is burned into my brain. Throw open the doors! I'm afraid that George W. Bush lost me with that speech.
We, as a nation, simply are not doing anything about the huge invasion of illegal aliens into our country. We're not even enforcing the laws we already have on our books, and we're not making those laws more strict.
I'm not worried about some nuns feeding some illegal women and taking care of their children while they're working. That's not the problem. I lay it where it belongs.