- In the case of policy in the Middle East, it is no secret
that Jewish organizations were at the forefront of the immigration policy
shift implemented by the 1965 Act. Consider the assessment of Vanderbilt
University historian Hugh Davis Graham in his book Collision Course:
The Strange Convergence of Affirmative Action and Immigration Policy in
America
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- "Most important for the content of immigration reform,
the driving force at the core of the movement, reaching back to the 1920s,
were Jewish organizations long active in opposing racial and ethnic quotas
Following the shock of the Holocaust, Jewish leaders had been especially
active in Washington in furthering immigration reform. To the public, the
most visible evidence of the immigration reform drive was played by Jewish
legislative leaders, such as Representative Celler and Senator Jacob Javits
of New York. Less visible, but equally important, were the efforts of key
advisers on presidential and agency staffs. These included senior policy
advisers such as Julius Edelson and Harry Rosenfield in the Truman administration,
Maxwell Rabb in the Eisenhower White House, and presidential aide Myer
Feldman, assistant secretary of state Abba Schwartz, and deputy attorney
general Norbert Schlei in the Kennedy-Johnson administration."(pp.
5657)
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- In the past year, there has been much discussion of illegal
immigration. It tapped into a very large reservoir of public anger about
the lack of control of our borders and, I think, the transformations that
immigration is unleashing. The fact that illegal immigration is, after
all, illegal made it difficult to keep off the public radar (What part
of illegal don't you understand??).
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- But this contrasts with almost no discussion at all in
the Mainstream Media of the question of the 1,000,000 or so legal
immigrants that come to the U.S. every year-no discussion of their effect
on the economy, social services, crime and competition at elite universities;
no discussion of their effect on the long term ethnic composition of the
U.S. and the displacement of native populations in various sectors of the
economy; and no discussion of whether most Americans really want all of
this. (They don't.) The fact that large scale legal immigration causes
exactly the same difficulties as large scale illegal inflow is a non-subject.
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- Those who question the power and influence of the Israel
Lobby are quickly labeled anti-Semites. The terms of choice for anyone
who thinks the U.S. should have any restrictions at all on immigration
are " racist" and "nativist" .
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- It is exactly the same routine: Media self-censorship,
pressure on the media and politicians who stray from official orthodoxy,
and intimidation via labeling, anathematizing , and ultimately loss of
livelihood.
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- Of course, there are other issues that fall into the
same category of "not fit for public discussion". Perhaps the
main one is the role of genetic influences on intelligence and behavior.
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- But the two issues of Israel and immigration relaxation
(in the U.S.) have in common a deep and straightforward Jewish commitment
to particular policies. My contention is that both policies have been construed
by Jewish leaders as being helpful to the security and political influence
of their community.
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- In the case of Israel, this is self-evident. In the case
of immigration policy, there ample documentation [PDF] of a consistent
interest by the Jewish community, both in America and in Europe, in ending
the hegemony of the host community amongst whom they live. The measures
taken to enforce their chosen objectives suggest there is indeed an element
of truth in what Foxman dismisses as "the old canard and conspiracy
theory of Jewish control of the media, Congress, and the U.S. government".
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- I have presented the facts about Jewish influence in
both reative immigration and the Middle East elsewhere. This has been
extremely unwelcome. And it is not at all surprising that the Jewish community
would strenuously resist these conclusions.
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- Nevertheless, on foreign policy matters what is going
on has obviously become increasingly apparent to a lot of smart people
with intellectual integrity.
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- As the incoming 110th Congress starts up, a crucial question
will be if this new comprehension will dawn in an area in which, I believe,
it is even more critical: America's post-1965
- Kevin MacDonald [kmacd@csulb.edu] is Professor of Psychology
at California State University-Long Beach. For his website, go to http://www.csulb.edu/~kmacd/
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- Excerpted from Mr. MacDonald's essay Immigration Policy:
Is The Other Boot About To Drop?
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