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Immigration will undoubtedly be a key issue in the presidential election next year, just as the issue was pivotal in the last gubernatorial elections in California. As if on cue, Peter Brimelow, a senior editor of Forbes magazine and the National Review, has written a new book that is sure to become the Bible for hardliners on immigration.
While Brimelow is politically conservative, not all his fellow conservatives share his intense antagonism toward U.S. immigration policy. In Alien Nation, Brimelow treats proimmigration conservatives tolerantly, giving them the equivalent of a tap on the wrist for their misstep. His venom is reserved for the liberal "immigration enthusiasts," blaming them for what he predicts will be the fall of the Republic.
The book's incendiary tone and the author's highly personal and contentious tone may well turn off many reasonable readers. However, despite all the fire and brimstone and the apocalyptic predictions, Brimelow made some valid points and even offers some sensible solutions.
Brimelow expresses his outrage by casting himself as a modern day Thomas Paine, the Revolutionary War era author of Common Sense. An Englishman by birth, now a U.S. citizen. Brimelow warns that the very survival of America rests on stopping the...