The primary vehicle for the preservation of culture is the family. Others include Churches, Schools, and community organizations.

Depending on macro-level law (in a nation of 300 million) for the sole accomplishment of that task is a fool’s errand. We would all be better served to spend time investing in our own institutions rather than lobbying our reluctant Capital to do something they can’t really do in the first place, especially since a strong Federal government needs a certain amount of distrust, uncertainty and dis-function to stay healthy.

To me, that is the crux of the issue. I don’t really think “immigrants” per se are more likely to violate criminal laws (other than the ones relating to entering and remaining in the US) than other folks. Other factors, like age, poverty, and gender way very well account for what appears to be a higher crime rate.

But I don’t care. I want to live in a country where a wage is paid for every real job that allows the worker to lead at least a minimally acceptable lifestyle here, in the USA, not only by sending it somewhere else where the living is cheaper. Our citizens don’t have that luxory. Secondly, I don’t want anyone openly flouting our laws–that leads to bad results all around. Perhaps it’s better to change flouted laws (like the drug laws) than enforce them. But every country has immigration laws, and I don’t see why it is wrong for our country to have them too. This is what I see as an issue of social trust. Thirdly, there is the issue of political legitimacy. Too many immigrants all at once is not good, because many of them are (quite understandably) more loyal to their homelands than to the USA. And, finally, but, to me, most importantly, there is the issue of culture. Our culture IS a melting pot, and, I’ll admit, it’s a mosaic too. We definitely have been enriched in lots of ways by having folks from all over the world, with their art and music, their foods, and so on. Buuuuut, I also think we do better if we retain a core culture. And that core culture is an amalgam of Anglo Saxon traditions, including the English language, a predominantly European culture (religion, art,literature, philosophy, etc), and the mores, ,manners, and customs that have been built up by Americans (whatever their country, or, indeed, continent of origin) over the centuries.

The last thing mentioned is what I value above all. Certainly above law enforcement fears, but even above concern for the US as polity too. It is the culture of MY homeland. I want my descendants to have that culture too. Not that it should remain static, or hermetically sealed from others. But that it should endure.

Crime statistics are notoriously unreliable in minority heavy jurisdictions. Indeed political pressure to influence crime statistics is common even in suburban areas. As a former law enforcement officer I can assure you that cops laugh at most statistical crime reporting. Police respond to crime, they do not winkle it out. If people in the barrio are reluctant or afraid to report fights, thefts, etc. what good are the statistics going to be?

Hispanics engage in drunken driving and drunk and disorderly offenses at a very high rate. But when everyone involved is carrying bogus ID and disappear after they make bail, are they incorporated into the stats?

Wow, you mean no one’s ever studied America before? Not one study in nearly 250 years?