[snowrip]

A timely piece, given that the US senate will be voting to grant amnesty to the largest bunch of undisciplined, degenerate criminals on Earth.

Mexicans are the only group of immigrants in American history to remain balkanized years after their arrival... and wherever they settle in large numbers they bring all the markers of an uncivilized society with them; violence, crime, drugs, gangs, illiteracy, and civil unrest are the hallmarks of the barrios which have sprung up across our nation.

Although some other countries would never admit it, America has built upon the ideals of Western civilization to create our own culture. Ours is a history and a spirit of sacrifice and of self-determination. It is a tradition of independence, of self-reliance, of hard work, of courage and of responsibility. We are a civilization built on principles; most importantly, we are a legacy of freedom and a society of laws. THIS IS OUR CULTURE, and it is as unique and as deserving of respect as any other. To become an American means to stand up in unwavering support and in reverence of these essential things, to belong to something that is larger and more powerful than any individual, and to accept this culture as your own. It means not a surrender of your heritage, but an integration of your way of life into that which is American.

[Clemenza]

Latin America is as much a part of "the West" as the US.

The key is not WESTERN civilization, which any monkey can adopt the superficial trimmings of. It is AMERICAN CIVILIZATION, which, IMHO, is something deeper.

BTW: The RUDEST and CRUDEST folks I ever met on earth were not from South of the Border. They were the feral spawn of the native born underclass.