Oxford Analytica—Subtle Voice Urging Immigration Fastball

Our Open Border (OB) business
interests are truly clever. While the US Chamber is
obviously working tirelessly to force "comprehensive
immigration reform," the phase which anyone but a
cretin or a nut house inmate would instantly recognize
as meaning OB, these folks keep finding new voices,
often with subtle academic tones, to advocate cutting
American citizens at every level out of jobs, spaces in
schools for their children, public services of all
types, and, yes, the very democracy we thought we had,
based on the Rule of Law.

One such subtle voice is Oxford
Analytica, which describes itself as "an independent
strategic-consulting firm drawing on a network of more
than 1,000 scholar experts at Oxford and other leading
universities and research institutions around the
world." No doubt who pays its consulting fees. Its

web site confirms that its clients are "leading
businesses, governments and international
organizations." Read its slippery-slope article in
full here:

U.S. Immigration Reform Likely In 2007,
Forbes.com, October 18, 2006.

The position paper opines,
"Immigration reform legislation has failed to pass this
year. Yet the need for comprehensive reform remains
acute."

Acute? For whom? We find out
quickly when the report claims "Business leaders have
cautioned against excessive restrictions on immigrants.
Employers seem to be

eschewing native-born workers in favor of

new immigrant workers."

The Oxford report sounds a bit like
a balanced position paper as it summarizes the various
opposing positions on this issue, but always it returns
to the real theme dictated by its bottom line. For
example, in discussing Republican Party disunity, it
notes, "The interests and aims of populist
Republicans are

at odds with employers who depend on low-wage
immigrant employees." It does not then state how
such dependency could be fixed by

automation or paying decent wages, but rather its
tone is: "We are businesses and

we will get what we want regardless!"

Admitting terrorism could come with
this current OB situation, the article flits on to its
main purpose and point: how to get

comprehensive immigration laws enacted.

Mentioning Democratic infighting,
it notes:

"Trade
unions have been hostile to mass immigration. This
resistance has

declined in the last decade, but

union Democrats favor only modest immigration
numbers. More

liberal and

civil-rights-minded Democrats have promoted an open
and

reform-oriented approach to immigration. The failed
reform effort this year was designed to overcome the
deep divisions on immigration within and between the two
parties."

And therefore "the reform effort
stalled for two reasons:

• Ideological chasm. The
  division between lawmakers who opposed any sort of
  amnesty and those who wished to promote some
  mechanism for transforming illegal immigrants into
  legal residents was too great to overcome.

• Institutional barriers.
  Institutionally, the structure of the U.S.
  legislative process favors inertia over reform. The
  political system, in effect, gives a veto to
  sufficiently determined interests."

So we, your business friendly OB
consulting firm will advise you that

"Reform has become more
difficult, because the Bush presidency has presided over
a deeply polarized political system. However,
comprehensive immigration reform will re-emerge as a
major issue in 2007, due to:

• the
  
  sheer numbers of illegal immigrants and the
  
  cost of maintaining a border security policy to
  exclude them;

• the overwhelming desire, on
  the part of the business community, for legal
  clarity and an adequate supply of personnel; and

• the political prize of
  winning the rapidly expanding Hispanic population`s
  electoral support."

Oxford concludes by predicting that
"While entrenched interests [Does this mean

American citizens who are tired of getting screwed?]
have blocked progress [toward OB] on
immigration, a desire to clarify the legal status of
millions of U.S. residents [the 11 to 20 million

illegal alien slaves] and the demands [backed
with

tons of cash] of the business community, will
give the issue legislative impetus. The next Congress is
likely to enact comprehensive immigration reform."

In short, prepare for a full court
press by the OB crowd next year. If the Congress goes
Democrat in November, the capacity to stop this tidal
wave of corrupt vote buying will be even more difficult
(alas—I say this as a Democrat).

This Oxford article, just one of
many like it, should be a real eye opener for all
American citizens. It`s like having

that telescope in center field at the Polo Grounds in
the 1951 National League playoff between the NY
Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, which let Bobby
Thompson know Ralph Branca`s next pitch would be a fast
ball and allowed him to

hit the home run that won the National League Pennant.

The supporters of true, patriotic
immigration reform, namely 80% of all Americans, now
know something which poor Ralph didn`t: a fast ball is
coming on the issue that is ruining their country.

Donald A. Collins [email
him], is a freelance writer living in Washington DC and a former long time member of the board of FAIR, the Federation for American Immigration Reform. His views are his own.