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Victor Davis Hanson once again laid down a warning that patriotic Americans need to hear: too many newcomers today show little appreciation for the civic values that made this republic exceptional, and that reality should force us to rethink the scale of immigration. Hanson made the point on national conservative platforms and in his long-running public commentary, insisting the debate must distinguish legal, measured immigration from an unchecked flood that undermines assimilation.
What Hanson describes is not a new gripe but a sensible civic standard: immigrants should come to join the American experiment, not to graft foreign grievance politics onto our institutions. He has long argued — in books and essays dating back years — that assimilation and respect for shared heritage are essential to national cohesion and to the prosperity of working Americans.
Hanson also makes the practical distinction the left refuses to acknowledge: illegal crossings and weak enforcement are a separate calamity that corrodes respect for law and swells shadow economies. He points out that millions have entered outside legal channels in recent years, creating parallel societies that do not fully participate in civic life and which strain schools, hospitals, and taxpayers.
That is why Hanson and other sober voices on the right are calling for measured reductions in legal immigration until the border is secured and assimilation can be assured. This is common-sense conservatism, not cruelty: it prioritizes the security and cultural integrity of American communities over the short-term profit motives of corporations and the political arithmetic of the left.
We should be blunt: open-borders cheerleaders and corporate lobbyists who treat labor like a commodity are indifferent to the real costs borne by ordinary Americans. Even prominent conservatives in government have said the country should admit fewer legal immigrants until we restore assimilation and enforce the law — a debate that must be resolved in favor of the American people, not globalist interests.
Policy follows patriotism. That means secure borders, immediate enforcement of immigration law, and a temporary cap on legal admissions until we prove newcomers will respect the Constitution, learn English, and embrace civic duties. It also means schools, workplaces, and communities should insist on assimilationist norms that bind people to our creed of liberty and responsibility rather than fragmenting us along tribal lines.
If conservatives care about saving America for our children, we must demand lawmakers act — not with hollow gestures but with real reforms that protect wages, preserve public order, and restore a culture of gratitude and civic duty. Victor Davis Hanson is sounding a clear alarm; patriotic Americans should listen, organize, and push for policies that secure our nation and preserve the inheritance of liberty for generations to come.
