John Fund has a piece in the WSJ on Rush Limbaugh’s warning to President Bush that Republican voters don’t like mass immigration.

Fund calls the idea of a secure border “Pat Buchanan’s idea of a reverse Berlin Wall,” which is a really strange way of talking about Homeland Security; the Berlin Wall was supposed to keep people in, who had a right to leave.

A wall on the southern border would be keeping people out, who have no right to enter.

Fund also takes a shot at Michael Bloomberg for being a “scofflaw” in refusing to cooperate with the immigration authorities. Fund is apparently unaware that “scofflaw” is the official position of the WSJ editorial board. See Tamar Jacoby’s remarks here.

Booknotes.org now has streaming video of 500 shows.

You can watch Peter Brimelow talking to Brian Lamb in 1995, using RealAudio, here, and read the transcript here.

Lost forever: Another American, Lisa Ann Bourquardez—to the U.S. policy of selective law enforcement and open borders—murdered in her home.

Charged: Another illegal alien from Mexico with several aliases and a prior charge of murder.

Status of suspect: Free—thought to be en route back to Mexico.

Uncharged co-conspirators: George W. Bush and Vicente Fox. [note date] and the immense un-American illegal alien lobby.

Motive: Expanded marketplace, profit and power.

California Senator Dianne Feinstein, sometimes seen as relatively sane on immigration, was appalling during her appearance on January 28th CNN Tonight Show with Lou Dobbs.

Regarding amnesty and illegal immigration, Feinstein said:

• “…We passed Proposition 187…it was found to be unconstitutional. There is a lot of worry somebody’s going to put something similar back on the ballot and that it would pass again.
• “We have to be practical…There are many people who have been here 15, 20 years, a long time many of whom missed the earlier amnesty….There should be the ability to adjust their status.”

1) Proposition 187 was never “found unconstitutional,” its defense was sabotaged by Democratic Governor Gray Davis.

And no one—except possibly Feinstein, her Congressional colleagues and the Mexican ethnic identity lobby– is worried that a measure “similar” to Proposition 187 would be placed on the ballot. We would welcome it.

2) Feinstein’s suggestion that those aliens who “missed the earlier amnesty” nearly twenty years ago are entitled to another one simply sends this message to aliens: just get to the US—and sooner or later you’ll be legal.

There seems to be an extraordinary media blackout on the immigration status of Juan Manuel Alvarez, the Glendale train derailer. Law enforcement authorities are stonewalling even the formidable Michelle Malkin (who of course had the courage to ask).

But a reader emails today that Los Angeles Channel 7 has let slip that the man will be prosecuted and then—“sent home to Mexico”…

I just love reading the Minneapolis Star Tribune on immigration. The confluence of North European traditions of candid political comment, the relative newness of significant immigration, and the extreme social incompetence of some of the groups the local elite insists on bringing in, leads to a rich yield of stories.

Of course this honesty won’t be allowed to continue. But consider this story:

Details: Tuberculosis information – Minneapolis Star Tribune January 29 2005 – free registration required

“Immigration officials have halted the migration of Hmong immigrants from Thailand because of active cases of tuberculosis in Minnesota, Wisconsin and California. Here is some basic information about the disease…”

…Then the paper goes soberly about telling its readers of the symptoms and cures for tuberculosis.

Did you know the importation of Hmong had been suspended? This scare is a serious matter, otherwise the Minneapolis Star Tribune would not be issuing what is tantamount to a general health alert. A subsequent story TB cases delaying journeys for Hmong –Curt Brown Minneapolis Star Tribune January 29 2005 flatly says resumption of Hmong hmigration is “at least six months in the future.” It also provides this massive comfort:

“While the number of people with the contagious disease is expected to grow in Minnesota and elsewhere, health officials say there is no need to panic. Tuberculosis is largely treatable and curable, although it usually takes from six to 12 months to get rid of the disease.”

’The public need not be alarmed,’ Ehresmann said [contact her]. ‘We’re geared up for this and will follow up on all cases.’”

So that’s OK then!

What does this say about the wisdom of local officials who so eagerly promoted bringing in hmore Hmong?

What hmorons! Why did Minnesota need this problem in the first place?

James Taranto asks, re the potential Sunni boycott of the Iraq elections, “Would an Afrikaner boycott make a South African election “illegitimate”?.” The answer is no, of course, because no one in North America cares much about the rights –or concerns - of the beleaguered Afrikaners.
But his response, that the majority is the majority, should be noted by GOP strategists, who repeatedly insist that Republican victories don’t really count, unless they increase their black and Hispanic votes.

Or does an American majority somehow not count?

Read this disingenuous “statement” from MALDEF regarding the “likely” confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as U. S. Attorney General.

MALDEF concludes that it “cannot support his confirmation” even though the press release contains seven hundred glowing and obviously supportive words about Gonzales.

“We acknowledge that Judge Gonzales is likely to be confirmed as the next Attorney General of the United States and the first Latino to hold this important post. MALDEF stands ready to work with Judge Gonzales as he carries out his duties and continues his public service. However, because of our specific concerns regarding apparent primacy of executive authority; a potential conflict of interest in the transition from Counsel to the President to Attorney General in enforcing the special counsel law; setting aside due process protections; and, uncertainty about whether inherent authority exists at the state and local level to enforce federal immigration policy, MALDEF cannot support his confirmation. “

As study has found that that 36% of the restaurant workers in New York, (serving lunch and dinner to the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal) are illegal aliens. By an astonishing coincidence, restaurant workers in the Greatest City In The World are typically not earning a living wage. I hope those WSJ guys are big tippers.[In $8 Billion Restaurant Industry, a Study Finds Mostly 'Bad Jobs', By Steven Greenhouse , NYT. January 25, 2005]

As study has found that that 36% of the restaurant workers in New York, (serving lunch and dinner to the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal) are illegal aliens. By an astonishing coincidence, restaurant workers in the Greatest City In The World are typically not earning a living wage. I hope those WSJ guys are big tippers.[In $8 Billion Restaurant Industry, a Study Finds Mostly 'Bad Jobs', By Steven Greenhouse , NYT. January 25, 2005]