As illegals continue to flood holding facilities near America’s southern border, further taxing the already limited resources of border agents, many of the citizens most outraged by the policies that have allowed this influx are those who immigrated to the U.S. through the proper channels.
One such American, Dinesh D’Souza, recently discussed the contentious issue in an interview with Western Journalism.
A bestselling author and driving force behind the groundbreaking films 2016: Obama’s America and America: Imagine the World without Her, D’Souza is a prime example of the opportunities that await foreign-born individuals who choose to legally become Americans. He explained that he made a decision to leave his homeland behind when he came to the U.S. as a teenager more than three decades ago.
“As an immigrant, I chose America,” he said. “I love America. I can see ways in which America is very unique in the world.”
After completing high school and college in the U.S., D’Souza went on to become a prominent writer and speaker, known around the world for his defense of concepts such as American exceptionalism. Instead of courting immigrants like him, however, the Obama administration chooses to extend even more leniency to those who enter the nation illegally.
“It’s quite appalling to see the Obama administration use the border as a kind of shaming device,” D’Souza said, calling the existing policy an “Alinskyite strategy.”
In the mold of ‘Rules for Radicals’ author and community organizer Saul Alinsky, he said the federal government is playing on the sensibilities of good-natured Americans in subverting the nation’s laws.
He said the embrace of de facto amnesty is a way to “exploit the goodness … of ordinary Americans” who are genuinely concerned for the foreigners who show up at our border.
One of Alinsky’s methods of reshaping a person’s opinion, D’Souza explained, is to “constantly shame him and make him do what you want.”
Obama, he continued, is quite adept at employing that technique.
“Obama is encouraging people to show up at the border with arms outstretched,” he concluded. “This is then used as a pretext for violating our immigration laws.”
D’Souza’s latest film, America: Imagine the World without Her, opens in theaters nationwide July 2 following a strong showing in limited engagements in Texas and Georgia. An early review of the film by Variety heralded the film as a “slick, sprawling celebration of American exceptionalism.”