Fear of an Immigrant Nation

摘要

If immigration becomes a wedge issue in the 1996 campaign, Peter Brimelow may be the guy who drives it home. Brimelow, born in Britain but a U.S. citizen now, is a Forbes magazine editor who has produced a controversial new book called "Alien Nation" (327 pages. Random House. $24). The book warns that current U.S. immigration policies are a recipe for disaster. like Pat Buchanan, Brimelow is concerned for the survival of our English-speaking heritage. And like Buchanan, he is unafraid to speak plainly on race and ethnicity. "Race is destiny in American politics," he writes. "It is simply common sense that Americans have a legitimate interest in their country's racial balance. It is common sense that they have a right to insist that their government stop shifting it. Indeed, it seems to me that they have a right to insist that it be shifted back."