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Few outside of VDARE.COM readers realize the impact the 1965 Immigration Act had on America’s demographics. Then as now, Senator Edward M. Kennedy played a central role in working against American traditions

With Kennedy’s shocking advocacy of still more immigration 40 years later weighing on my mind, I decided to phone his Washington, D.C. office to ask whoever answered the phone what Senator Kennedy thinks today about his decision long ago.

An unidentified young man answered the phone. When I posed my question, he replied: “I don’t have time for this call.” He then hung up in my face.

Not believing what had happened, I phoned back, got another unidentified young man who referred me to a third person supposedly knowledgeable on the subject of immigration.

The aide claimed that the 1965 act “opened the doors” for others. He also told me Kennedy’s support reflected the will of the Massachusetts people.

I asked myself, if was this really the case. Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I found the answer a few minutes later:

May 10, 2006
Support for an enforcement first policy on immigration tops the 60% mark in all but one of 33 states polled by Rasmussen Reports over the past month (see State-by-State Immigration Data).

Massachusetts is the sole exception, but even in Ted Kennedy’s state a solid majority (58%) say that the U.S. should enforce existing laws and control the border before considering new reforms

Massachusetts has an an exceptional degree of support for looser immigration policy-but even the electorate there is nowhere near as close to endorsing open borders as Ted Kennedy–and his aides can’t even bother looking at the polls or are willfully lying.