I once debated the Cato Institute’s Dan Griswold on immigration. He ended his remarks by comparing Ronald Reagan to Pat Buchanan. Reagan, he told us, was ever the optimist with his "Morning in America" campaign and accordingly welcomed immigrants and won in a landslide. Pat Buchanan was a pessimist and accordingly hated immigrants and lost in a landslide.
Griswold’s logic aside, it is generally true that those of us who are sounding alarms about immigration don’t always put on a cheerful face. This doesn’t make us any less right. Jeremiah never preached about "Morning in Jerusalem."
I will admit to being a pessimist when it came to the prospects of immigration control. Until last Thursday, I was certain that the Senate would ignore the American people and pass the Bush/Kennedy Amnesty/Immigration Surge bill. Naturally I was elated at this rare demonstration of democracy.
Oswald Spengler famously wrote that "optimism is cowardice." I won’t go that far, but optimism can lead to complacency. While we should relish in our victory, we should keep our eyes out for some troubling developments-- or lack thereof—that could make it pyrrhic.
It cannot be ignored that despite our victory there are still
 | Somewhere between 12 and 20 million illegal aliens in this country who aren’t going anywhere |
| Approximately 2,750 illegals coming across the border everyday |
| Over one million legal immigrants coming to this country a year |
Until something is done to change this, America will continue to decay.
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