by The American Immigration Control Foundation

About the author: The American Immigration Control Foundation is an independent research and education organization that advocates stricter controls on legal and illegal immigration.

Immigration enthusiasts have a remarkable ability to portray the questionable consequences of their policies in the most favorable lights. Thus when immigration overwhelms American communities with clashing values and cultures, the enthusiasts describe it as “the enrichment of multiculturalism and diversity.” Packs of journalists reinforce this impression with happy-face articles about the new ethnic restaurants in town and the colorful holidays and festivals of the newcomers. At the same time, packs of economists produce “studies” proclaiming the economic bonanza that mass immigration allegedly brings communities.

In short, according to the enthusiasts, immigration is the pathway to utopia— the paradise of endless...