The Center For Immigration Studies released a study on Immigration Benefits And Terrorism, saying, among other things, that

In total, 21 foreign terrorists became naturalized U.S. citizens

Over at Powerline, John Hinderaker notes that and this Washington Post story on the President’s poll numbers, and writes:

Here is what is interesting, in the present context: the issue on which Bush scores worst is not Iraq, the economy or Social Security. It is immigration. News accounts often implicitly assume that more or less all of those who are critical of the administration are on the administration’s left. In fact, though, on the issue where the President’s position is least popular, the criticism comes almost entirely from the right, some of it from people who on other issues describe themselves as moderates or even liberals.Power Line: Report Documents Terrorism/Immigration Link

What this means is that if you scorn your base long enough on a vital issue, they’ll start scorning you back.

I saw this item on Matt Welch’s blog

Luke Ford, Covering a David Horowitz Conference on Illegal Immigration in Beverly Hills:

The audience of about 100 people is all white.

There’s much more of interest in his reporting, but that bit stuck out.

Really? What stuck when I read the thing was this:

David Horowitz doesn’t mind tackling the controversial (with the elites only, regular folks are dead-set against illegal immigration).

There’s more on this conference on Cathy Seipp’s blog about the immigration conference, including quotes from Heather Mac Donald:

Heather talked about the taboo we have now about illegal immigration’s effect on crime. “Reporters just don’t bother to ask,” she said. “In all the of the [Jose Raul] Pena stories, [Pena's 19-month-old daughter was accidentally shot by the LAPD after he used her as a shield in a violent standoff] the L.A. Times has mentioned once that Pena was here illegally. The New York Times hasn’t deigned to mention it a single time.”

and Mark Krikorian:

“Any system that a Mexican busboy can slip through is one that an Al Qaeda terrorist can slip through.”

True. But the busboys are bad enough.

However, returning to what originally struck Matt Welch, the putatively all white audience, (Cathy Seipp estimated 95%) I’d guess that David Horowitz sent out invitations without regard to race, creed, or color, and the white people were who showed up.