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December 23, 2011
Immigrants and Refugees: Is There Room at the Inn?
The 20th century has been a time of the largest dislocation of people in history. World Wars I and II uprooted millions, all seeking sanctuary in the West. However, there was no rush of refugees to the Middle East or to the Communist world; on the contrary, walls and laws were built to keep those people from leaving.
Today, for the first time since the Dark Ages, Europe is facing the same torrent of refugees that the United States and Israel took in after World War II: refugees who fled from monstrous abuse elsewhere. It is wonderful to be given such refuge, but with it comes responsibilities that some do not accept, with terrible consequences for the hosts.
President Obama recently quoted from the “Square Deal” speech by President Theodore Roosevelt. But there was another speech that we should know. During the refugee flood to America that peaked at the turn of the 20th century, President Roosevelt spoke on immigrant responsibilities. He said:
But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."
Catholic schools displaying crucifixes on the classroom walls are being sued by Muslims who feel “insulted,” and nursery schools are harangued for reading “The Three Little Pigs” to children.
Something is wrong with this. When publications that dare to be irreverent toward Islam (as they are to all establishments) are fire-bombed by irate Muslims, freedom of speech is under assault. Too many are now afraid to offend these Islamists. All Europeans (and Americans) should respond with indignation and arrests.
Many Americans are concerned over our flood of refugees from Mexico and Central America. All prior immigrants to this country: Germans, Irish, Jews, Italians, Chinese, and Japanese, were initially feared by those already here. However, they took Theodore Roosevelt's admonitions to heart. All, including the present ones from Mexico, want to become good Americans. Secular Muslims (such as Iranians who fled from the Ayatollah's nightmare theocracy) have also become good Americans. Decent Muslim families from Somalia who have gone to the FBI to report the pied pipers who are seducing their boys into becoming Jihadi terrorists, are good Americans-despite attacks from Islamists activists such as CAIR, calling them “turncoats.”
There should always be room at the inn for those who want to join us. The others should not be given this sanctuary. One does not let wolves come in to take over the house.
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Re assimilation: Here's my top-ten list of what we should expect from those who want to become Americans (and those who are already Americans, for that matter). The list was first published in a National Review Online column a decade ago [link: http://old.nationalreview.com/comment/comment091200d.shtml ], and it is fleshed out in Congressional testimony [link: http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/May2007/Clegg070523.pdf ]:
1. Don’t disparage anyone else’s race or ethnicity.
2. Respect women.
3. Learn to speak English.
4. Be polite.
5. Don’t break the law.
6. Don’t have children out of wedlock.
7. Don’t demand anything because of your race or ethnicity.
8. Don’t view working and studying hard as “acting white.â€
9. Don’t hold historical grudges.
10. Be proud of being an American.
posted by: Roger Clegg, Ctr for Equal Opportunity
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 08:38 AM
No Posada
posted by: OregonBuzz
Friday, December 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM
With all due respect to this article, and reading many articles involving many countries, it is my opinion that a diversified society does not work. The comment by Mr. Clegg was idealistic and would be nice if it became a reality, but that is not what is taking place today. If you look closely at the United States, each group is making demands that things be done their way. America has become a multi-language, multi-culture, and a multi-race society that is so divided that America could eventually break up into several new nations within 100 years.
posted by: Fred
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 05:51 AM
At this time, with high unemployment and a weak economy, the USA should reduce all forms of immigration by one-half for the next ten years.
Foreigners (potential immigrants) do not have a God-given right to "migrate" to the USA.
posted by: Nessus
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 12:01 AM
Fred is correct. How for exmple, have 32 different language ballots helped Los Angeles with voting issues, except that people here are more divided than ever in history. The article is nothing if not the typicl internationalist philosophy that the author claims has runied Europe. Scotland wants o ut from England, Basques from Spain, and there are hundreds of examples around the world that multiculturalism is essentially an illsion and used by the coporate elite to import people that will work for bottom line wages while replacing natives of those countries. Merry Christmas.
posted by: Bobby
Saturday, December 24, 2011 at 03:23 PM
