New Book Post #5 "The attitude of the President Trump to immigrants is an echo of the past."

In 1798, President John Adams’ nephew and personal secretary maintained that the cause of their difficulties in the country was attributable to the many foreigners immigrating to the United States.

The attitude of the president to immigrants is an echo of the past. Today it is Muslims and Central Americans that are being blamed for the county’s difficulties. They were banned from entering the country or recently jailed and separated from their children.

The authors of the First Amendment were aware of the risks to which human institutions are prone. They knew “that it was hazardous to discourage thought, hope and imagination; that fear breeds repression; that hate menaces stable government; that the path to safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies; and that a fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones.”* The free press is necessary to bring facts to light so that discussion can proceed based on knowledge not opinions.  For example, between 2006 and 2015, the New American Economy Research Fund reports that of the 10 cities with the largest influx of refugees, only one showed an increase in the crime rate, all the others decreased, some by more that 50%.

By the Way: Today, the mainstream belief among scientists is that race is a social construct without biological meaning.** This means we are all members of the Human race.

**Scientific American Feb. 5, 2016

*https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-CONAN-1992