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A history that also shows Spain how to survive - should it actually care to. Spain is reliving its ancient history with Islam. Ongoing reports indicate that Muslims migrants from North Africa are illegally entering and flooding Spanish territory. In just 2020, 23,000 migrants invaded Spain’s Canary Islands, representing a 234 percent increase. Most recently, in just one day, some 6,000 North Africans invaded Ceuta “by sea, either swimming or with inflatables, all in a bid to eventually get to mainland Europe.” Once arriving on Spanish territory, such migrants invariably engage in unsavory and downright criminal behavior, such as gang-rape,...

Recently, columnist Charles Krauthammer expressed support for amnesty for illegals, while Newt Gingrich advocated a path to what he called "legality." The two men stipulated that border control must come first, but, still, what makes two conservatives such weak sisters on this issue?  Perhaps part of the answer was provided by Dick Morris, who said that immigration is a losing issue for Republicans. Morris is no pillar of principle, but he knows political trends.  What's his reasoning?  Over the short term, a hard-line immigration stance benefits many politicians; as for the long term, however, there's something called demographic change. Hispanics...

At the time of the first Mexican-American War, there were strains in Mexican as well as American society that parallel the strains in both societies today. Most importantly, the Mexican government at that time was split between the Federalists and the Centralists. The Centralists favored an autocratic government and wanted to regain the lost territory of Texas, whereas the Federalists we more in favor of democratic reforms. In the United States, the major strain was between the liberal Abolitionists who feared that Texas would become a slave holding state, and the Nationalists who envisioned America stretching ''from sea to shining...

EFE Reconquistas attack Tancredo More that 120 noted Hispanics in Denver on Tuesday launched a protest campaign against Congressman Tom Tancredo for comments the Colorado Republican has made against immigrants and bilingual education. -- The Hispanic group, coordinated by Estevan Flores, associate professor of the University of Colorado (Denver), and Danielle Short, the director of the local chapter of a human rights organization [the AFSC bunch], categorized Tancredo's comments as "irresponsible" and "completely out of place."