Thanks rmlew. Your analysis of Neo-Con immigration ideology is similar to how I have come to understand it. Their beliefs of course are naive and contradictory in the extreme. The notion that all cultures and peoples of this world are essentially equal and contribute the same to America's national greatness is ludicrous on its face. It naturally begs the question as to why some countries prosper while others remain eternal pits of squalor.
Another underlying (false) assumption that Neo-Cons advance is that America has no culture, therefore there is no compelling reason whatsoever for new immigrants to assimilate. But taking this thought to its logical end: how could an immigrant ever become an "American" if there really is no core American culture or identity? Apparently by way of circular reasoning their answer is that the existing population in America must assimilate to the cultures of the new immigrants, not the other way around...which is what is happening today.
There is little mystery as to how America’s immigration policies beginning in the mid-1960s have gone so wildly off track. Neo-Cons for many years have steadily built up tremendous influence within the Republican Party. In conjunction with the majority of democrats who are always interested in importing a new subservient under class, they have successfully turned sensible immigration policy right on its ear to the inescapable disaster that it is.
Honestly, I cannot fathom anything more dangerous to the future of this Republic than the continuance of our government’s “anything goes” immigration polices--Muslim Terrorism not withstanding.
I’m glad you posted Teddy Roosevelt’s comments on immigration. Teddy Roosevelt understood this problem well and all Americans should heed his warning.