Adios, America: The Left's Plan to Turn Our Country into a Third World Hellhole (72 page)

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Kalanick, Travis,
239

Kamal, Ali Hassan Abu,
93

Kansas,
69
,
108
,
187–88

Kelly, Heath,
91

Kennedy, Edward “Teddy” or “Ted,”
17–18
,
54
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60
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70
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76
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78
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82
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95
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98
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104
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135
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172
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203
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210
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226
,
274
,
276

Kennedy, John F.,
18
,
53

Kennedy, Robert,
18
,
77–78

Kennedy-McCain amnesty (2006),
274

Kentucky,
187–88
,
226

Kenya, Kenyans,
13–14
,
53

Kieu, Catherine,
183

King, Steve,
271

Kirk, Mark,
43

Koch Brothers,
213
,
221

Koda, Harold,
59

Kraft, Jon,
239

Kristof, Nicholas,
248–49

L

labor,
22
,
239
,
242
,
258

     
immigrants as a source of,
16
,
23–25
,
54–56
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77
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79
,
145
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148
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181
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212
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219
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225–26
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234
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239–41
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267
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274–75

Lamm, Richard,
210–11

Lane, Charles,
222

Lange, Karen,
85

Lao, Laotian,
57
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134
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140

Lapid, Yair,
115

La Raza,
22
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35
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57
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60
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154
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196
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246
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263
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See also
National Council of La Raza

Latin America, Latin Americans,
124
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144
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217

     
crimes and,
168–71
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181
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189–92

     
immigration from,
59
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63
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68
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71
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77
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116
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165
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181
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188
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212
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223

     
politics of,
22

Latin American and Caribbean Youth Network for Sexual and Reproductive Rights (REDLAC),
189

Latinos, Latino,
117
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125
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207
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212
,
259

     
crimes and,
165
,
192
,
196

     
leader of the,
6

     
Republicans and,
266

Lauren, Ralph,
59–60

Law & Order
,
136
,
164–65

League of United Latin American Citizens,
88

Leavenworth, KS,
108

Lebanon, Lebanese,
60
,
106
,
217

Lefkowitz, Bernard,
132

Left, the,
11
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17
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21–22
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31
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41
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63
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212
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222
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242
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247
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267
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271

legal immigrants,
211

     
children born to,
37–38

     
citizenship of,
34

     
countries of origin of,
78
,
181

     
crimes committed by,
90
,
92
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101–2
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127

     
family reunification policies and,
233

     
hurt by illegal immigration,
11

     
remittances by,
219

     
welfare and,
15
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47
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70
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76
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78
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251

legalization,
6
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10–11
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42–44
,
47–48
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99
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269–70
.
See also
amnesty

Lenin, Vladimir,
24

Leonhardt, David,
109–10

Lesbian and Gay Immigration Rights Taskforce,
247

lesbians,
63
,
165–66

Lewiston, ME,
87

liberals,
6–7
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63
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100
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104
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182–83
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221–22
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263

     
diversity and,
64–66
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83–84

     
lack of pride in America,
21
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256

     
need for new voters,
17–18
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20
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78–79

     
response to beheadings by Mexicans,
123–24

     
support for immigration,
1
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20
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22–23
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28
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35
,
78–79
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138
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225
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243
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247
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261

Ling, Annie,
150

LinkedIn,
239

Logan, Lara,
170

loggers, illegal,
201–3

London,
57
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106
,
151

Long Island Railroad massacre,
92

Lopez-Palominos, Florentino,
182

Los Angeles, CA,
36
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59
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65
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68
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73
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187
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206
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217
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261

     
most wanted criminals in,
106–7

     
South Central,
61

Los Angeles County, CA,
69
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111
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127
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205
,
259

Los Angeles Times
,
67
,
93
,
138–39
,
158–60
,
201–2
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206
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211
,
229–30
,
232
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234
,
259

Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service,
247

Luxembourg, Luxembourgers,
137

M

Magna Carta,
59

Maher, Bill,
125

“Mahmud the Red.”
See
Abouhalima, Mahmud

mainstream media (MSM),
1
,
152
,
158
.
See also
media, the

Maliackal, Dwipin Thomas,
151–52

Malibu, CA,
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Malveaux, Suzanne,
68

Mam, Somaly,
248–49

Manhattan, NY,
6
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25
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184
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249
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251

Mapuche Indians,
26

Margolis, Maxine,
73

Maricopa County, AZ,
127

Mariel boatlift,
21

marijuana,
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,
118–19
,
199–202

Mark, Laura,
200

Marks, Dana,
254

Marquez Martinez, Francisco,
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Martinez, Ramiro, Jr.,
100

Martinez-Gomez, Ricardo,
154

Massachusetts,
7
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69
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144
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275–76

mass immigration,
48
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255
,
278
.
See also
illegal immigration
;
immigration

     
as boon to Democrats,
1
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223

     
as boon to the wealthy,
1
,
25
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31
,
223
,
225–26
,
270

     
labor and,
223
,
241

     
lopsidedness of debate over,
75–76
,
211–12
,
242

     
media treatment of,
70
,
75–76

     
Sierra Club support of,
210–12

     
societal problems caused by,
4

Matloff, Norman,
239–40

McCain, John,
43
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196
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269
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274
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276

McElhiney, Miranda,
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McTigue, Thomas,
109

measles,
4
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138

Mecklenburg County, NC,
192

Medellin, Jose Ernesto,
175–80

Medellin, Vernancio,
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178

media, the,
190
,
215
.
See also
conservative media
;
mainstream media

     
immigration debate and,
1–2
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4
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9
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28
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33–34
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40
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70
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86
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109
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116
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121–22
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237–38
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260–61
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276

     
nontraditional media reports,
204–7

     
reporting crimes committed by immigrants,
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96–98
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109
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116–17
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133
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137–38
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144–45
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148
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151–55
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160–61
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163–72
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178–79
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181–82
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187
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189
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199
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230–31

Medicaid,
267

Medicare,
3
,
28
,
110–13

Medina, Lina,
190

Medina-Liborio, Hector,
188

Medunjanin, Adis,
95

Meet the Press
,
61

Mendez, Jose Luis,
150

Menem, Carlos Saúl,
53

Metzenbaum, Howard,
224

Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund,
57

Mexican Revolution,
58

Mexicans,
21
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32
,
45
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57

     
as Democratic voters,
23

     
babies of illegal immigrants from,
71

     
crimes and,
28
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88
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91–93
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101–5
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111
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116
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121–26
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128
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145–46
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148
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153–56
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159
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161
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164–68
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175–80
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183–93
,
246

     
drugs and,
118–19
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121–22

     
environment and,
28
,
195–210

     
lack of assimilation among immigrants from,
26–27

     
poverty among immigrants from,
15
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23
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38–39
,
219

     
rate of immigration from,
16
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44
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66–79
,
116
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181
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213–26
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260–61

     
relationship with other minorities,
6

Mexico,
25
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40
,
54
,
56
,
69
,
111
,
120
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125–26
,
263
,
277

     
as immigrant source country,
69–70
,
128
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148–55
,
173
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178
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184–93
,
260