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Many conservatives did not see that Trump had framed the 2016 election as a choice between two mutually exclusive regimes: multiculturalism and America. What I call “multiculturalism” includes “identity politics” and “political correctness.” If multiculturalism continues to worm its way into the public mind, it will ultimately destroy America. Consequently, the election should have been seen as a contest between a woman who, perhaps without quite intending it, was leading a movement to destroy America and a man who wanted to save America. The same contest is being played out in the upcoming midterm elections.
I realize the term “multiculturalism” is somewhat dated, but I mean to freshen it up by using it in its most comprehensive sense: a political philosophy. Multiculturalism conceives of society as a collection of cultural identity groups, each with its own worldview, all oppressed by white males, collectively existing within permeable national boundaries. Multiculturalism replaces American citizens with so-called “global citizens.” It carves “tribes” out of a society whose most extraordinary success has been their assimilation into one people. It makes education a political exercise in the liberation of an increasing number of “others,” and makes American history a collection of stories of white oppression, thereby dismantling a unifying, self-affirming narrative without which no nation can long survive.
Deportation of illegal aliens
Those who claim that we can not possibly round up and deport 11 million illegal aliens are offering a false choice. There is no need to round up and deport the 11 to 38 million illegal aliens living in the U.S. If we enforce existing laws, deny public benefits to illegal aliens, and make e-Verify mandatory so that aliens can not work illegally in our country, they will voluntarily return home to reunite with their families.
This report explains the false choice: Mass Deportations or Mass Legalizations: A False Choice, Center for Immigration Studies, October 2015. The report divides illegal aliens into three groups:
- those who would return home of their own accord if we left them alone ("voluntary returnees");
- those who would not ("reluctant returnees"); and
- those who need not return because they have been awarded lawful status under a program similar to the 1986 amnesty (which legalized approximately three million illegal aliens).
Voluntary returnees
