The Institute for Immigration Policy Review

I found a website called The Institute for Immigration Policy Review whilst looking for new news sources. Here is their stated mission:

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About Us
by editor @ Friday, August 12th, 2005. Filed under About
We are a small independent group interested in monitoring current news and trends in immigration and trade, primarily in the United States. We believe that immigration is an American family issue that should be discussed and decided by American families since it is us who will pay the cost and our children who will pay the price for what is arguably our “open borders policy”.
We believe that illegal immigration is largely ignored by our government and under-reported in the media. We believe that most Americans do not understand the dramatic demographic effects that illegal immigration has had and will continue to have on the United States. We think they have the right to know.
We think legal immigration is a good idea if the numbers are small and if the immigrants can be assimilated fully into American life and culture.
We think illegal immigrants should not be rewarded with amnesties of any kind and should not be given any assistance in breaking our immigration laws. We believe that politicians who support amnesty care more about special interest groups than the taxpayers who have always been forced to pay the bills and have virtually no say in any of the decisions.
We do not understand how in a post 9/11 America, having an open borders policy helps to enhance the security of the United States.
We believe the government steadfastly ignores the immigration problem, and that Democrats and Republicans are equally responsible. Democrats hope to entice new immigrants to vote Democrat and Republicans see a cheap source of labor for their corporate sponsors.
Democrats proposed the Immigration Act of 1965 and many Republicans voted for it. Here’s a quote from Otis L. Graham, Jr.’s article from The Christian Science Monitor, December 28, 1995, called “Tracing Liberal Woes To ‘65 Immigration Act”
“A few critics questioned whether the new legislation, originally launched by President John F. Kennedy, would enlarge the immigrant flow and shift it from Europe to Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Supporters emphatically denied this. “The bill will not flood our cities with immigrants. It will not upset the ethnic mix of our society,” Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) said. Attorney General Robert Kennedy predicted 5,000 immigrants from the entire Asia-Pacific Triangle, “after which immigration from that source would virtually disappear.”"This has not been the case.
Poll after poll has found that Americans of every racial and ethnic group support a drastically lower level of legal immigration , and enforcing immigration laws to stop the flood of illegal aliens into the United States.
We hope that by providing a new source for news and information about immigration, trade and other stories of interest, we can help Americans to be fully aware of the consequences of our “open borders policy” and decide for themselves if they want to tolerate a non-enforced official policy and an unspoken policy which encourages illegal immigration to their detriment.
That is our mission.
Contact Us

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The website also has an extensive set of links on the sidebar focused on Immigration Issues, something I always appreciate, ways to get at more information.

The Main Page of the website is here. Enjoy!

Commentary

What we lack is leadership in the Republican Party. That is why Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) stands zero chance in a bid for the Presidency. In the House, Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has refused to use the bully stick of funding to move President Bush on this issue.

I hope the GOP realizes they will inherit the whirlwind because of their inaction on Illegal Immigration. The voters will remember.