Defending American Culture from Illegal Immigration

By Ben Nickle, St. George City Councilman

Our English word for "nation" is derived from the Latin "nescare", which means "to be born". This root meaning reveals an important concept about what comprises a nation and one that is quickly being stamped out of our understanding. A nation is not merely composed of the geographic makeup of a land, nor is it simply found within parallel political lines agreed upon years ago, but rather a nation is first and foremost defined in the body of people who dwell in that land. Simply put, the essence of our nation is found first in the culture that you and I share as Americans. It is not found in today’s glorification of multiculturalism.

This is something that preaches not only the complete disrespect and snubbing of an established American culture, often times denying that an American culture even exists. Such multicultural worship is nothing more than a rewiring of our founding fathers' original intent for this nation, and certainly weakens our national solidarity.

Multiculturalism is, by its very definition, un-American. Either America possesses a culture of its own, or we are multicultural. We can NOT be both. I have said before in various forums that a culture of multiculturalism really is one of no culture at all. And I have attempted to the best of my ability to awaken Americans to the rising tide of cultural erosion that we face. Like many of you, I can think of no greater threat to our national culture than that posed by the millions of immigrants, legal and illegal alike, although mostly illegal, who flow into this country annually with no intention of integrating or assimilating.

Consider the forces that drove immigrant assimilation for nearly 200 years of American history. At one time an immigrant arrived on America's shores and faced a very different situation. America had given them freedom, anything else they were to make for themselves. This sink or swim situation caused a rather rapid assimilation. Now an immigrant arrives in America and expects immediate access to health care facilities for the social ills they bring with them, school districts that spend millions to accommodate their influx, local governments that happily provide identification and driver's licenses, and even complete access to federal penitentiaries, which they make full use of.

One quarter of all federal prisoners are not American citizens, and is certainly not a side of illegal immigration you will see portrayed by the warm "American Dream seeking" multicultural peddlers of today. All this runs against the grain of assimilation and encourages ready made miniature cultural copies of their nation of origin, whether it is a little Haiti or a ready made Juarez. Neighborhoods like these are taking over America and spreading to every city in our country. Undoubtedly, such ghettos have always existed in America's history, but never have they grown as exponentially as they do now.

Decent hard working American Families have resided here for generations, are being forced out of their cities at an incredible pace. They are forced to find homes in the safer suburbs and outskirts as they watch their neighborhoods overrun by waves of immigrants who are flooding their communities en mass. They must leave, or face the growing crime rates, lower property values, and increasing chance of victimization by living in these pockets of third world bliss.

Since elementary school I have been taught the jargon that America is a melting pot and heard it glamorized by one teacher after another; but the ancillary costs, in money spent and culture lost, in funding that potter's wheel is causing a lot of resentment on my part, and perhaps on yours too.

What do you do with that melting pot when large pieces of clay won't blend in? What do you do with the portions that protrude and refuse to assimilate? What would a potter do? Do you have a stable pot? Will it hold its own weight? Would anyone purchase your product?... Will it have any lasting value?

I fear Americans are at that point where they must decide what to do with those pieces of clay that refuse to melt in. Have we let the multicultural obsessed guide us down the path of becoming a cosmopolitan nation composed in large portion by foreigners? Nations such as Greece and Rome, in all their glory, found their ultimate demise only when they became such multicultural cosmopolitans.

You are not a bigot for looking out for Americans first. You are, in fact, a patriot, and probably amongst a growing number of Americans who are determined to take back their country as the Declaration of Independence tell them to do when the government fails to represent them. You are like me, an American who believes this is still a nation of the People, by the People, and for the People. You have a right to preserve your culture because you are a citizen of the United States of America, and as an American, you have a culture to defend.