I believe that this nation is the last hope of Western civilization and if this oasis of the world shall be overrun, perverted, contaminated or destroyed, then the last flickering light of humanity will be extinguished. I take no issue with those who would praise the contributions which have been made to our society by people of many races, of varied creeds and colors. ... However, we have in the United States today hard-core, indigestible blocs which have not become integrated into the American way of life, but which, on the contrary are its deadly enemies. Today, as never before, untold millions are storming our gates for admission and those gates are cracking under the strain. The solution of the problems of Europe and Asia will not come through a transplanting of those problems en masse to the United States. ... I do not intend to become prophetic, but if the enemies of this legislation succeed in riddling it to pieces, or in amending it beyond recognition, they will have contributed more to promote this nation's downfall than any other group since we achieved our independence as a nation.
Ted Kennedy, however, did just that to McCarran's Bill, which passed over President Falseman's veto.
The problem with this immigration system that we have, unchecked illegals across the border. Is that it is free slave labor, not fully slave, but as close as legally possible. And American workers can't compete with slave labor for wages. It's terrible.
The problem started when the founding fathers modeled the republic after the Roman Republic instead of the Venetian Republic.
Read Roger Crowley's book on Venice. Towards the Decadent end, the Venetians wanted to fight the Ottomans but their cowardly Plutocratic Leaders decided it was better to rule a diminished nation than to risk their lives for the Glory and Safety of the Republic.
A flotilla completely surprised a Turkish force besieging a major island fortress leading into the Adriatic. The sailors screamed for battle, but the greatest grandson of Dandolo himself was too much of a decadent coward to risk his skin and ordered a retreat.
Ted Kennedy, however, did just that to McCarran's Bill, which passed over President Falseman's veto.