Pat Buchanan

Last Updated: February 14, 2000

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REDUCE OVERALL IMMIGRATION - SUPPORTS

This is the third presidential campaign in which Mr. Buchanan has endorsed a return to more traditional immigration numbers. His proposals are similar to the contents of HR41 introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives. He would cut legal immigration numbers from around 1 million a year to between 250,000 and 300,000.

In a Jan. 18, 2000, address at the Richard Nixon Library, Mr. Buchanan stated: "Like all of you, I am awed by the achievements of many recent immigrants. ... The contributions that immigrants make in small businesses and hard work in tough jobs that don't pay well merits our admiration and deepest respect. And, many new immigrants show a visible love of this country and an appreciation of freedom that makes you proud to be an American.''

But the current numbers are too high, Buchanan said, citing the bi-partisan national commission chaired by Barbara Jordan. "That is why I am proposing immigration reform to make it possible to fully assimilate the 30 million immigrants who have arrived in the last thirty years. As President, I will ask Congress to reduce new entry visas to 300,000 a year, which is enough to admit immediate family members of new citizens, with plenty of room for many thousands with the special talents or skills our society needs. If after several years, it becomes plain that the United States needs more immigrants because of labor shortages, it should implement a point system similar to that of Canada and Australia, and allocate visas on a scale which takes into account education, knowledge of English, job skills, age, and relatives in the United States. "

To read the full speech, go to: http://gopatgo2000.org/new/speeches/yorba_linda_ca_reunite_nation.htm

CHAIN MIGRATION - OPPOSES

Pat Buchanan insists that Americans be allowed to decide who enters the U.S., based on the national interest. Chain migration, with its automatic acceptance of adult family members despite skills or age, does not fit this vision.

"We need. . . a new immigration law where we Americans decide who comes, and when. Our first concern must be the peace, stability and unity of our own country." http://www.iac.net/~davcam/pat_issu.html

Buchanan supports legislation that would eliminate the adult chain migration categories. His position is consistent with that of the late Barbara Jordan and the bi-partisan federal immigration commission she chaired. The U.S. House in 1996 narrowly defeated the Jordan recommendation to end chain migration which is the primary cause of immigration-driven U.S. population growth.

VISA LOTTERY - OPPOSES

Mr. Buchanan favors legislation that would eliminate the visa lottery.

The Visa Lottery, also known as the Diversity Program, was created to make America more diverse. Each year the State Department randomly chooses around 50,000 from lottery entrants who live in countries considered insufficiently represented in American society. The Year 2000 crop includes countries (e.g. Sudan, Pakistan and Jordan) where diverse social practices such as female genital mutilation and "honor" killing still persist. http://www.senate.gov/activities/101-2/vote_00323.html

AMNESTY FOR ILLEGAL ALIENS - OPPOSES

Pat Buchanan opposes rewarding people who have broken immigration laws with the right to become U.S. citizens. In 1986 for the first time in U.S. history, Congress gave such a reward to nearly all illegal aliens in the country. It was supposed to be one-time event, never to be repeated. But Congress approved another amnesty in 1997 and then another in 1998. Republican congressional leaders blocked the Clinton-Gore effort for another amnesty in 1999, but the Clinton-Gore administration has pledged to make the reward for illegal aliens a top priority in 2000.

Not only does Pat Buchanan not support amnesties, he believes the five to six million foreign nationals illegally in the United States should be deported to their home countries.

As he stated in his book, A Republic, not an Empire: "It should become the US policy in the year 2000 to declare that the era of mass immigration has ended, that henceforth 250,000 new immigrants will be permitted each year, and that illegal immigration will be halted - and illegal immigrants returned home." (p. 370-373)

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IMPORT WORKERS - OPPOSES

Mr. Buchanan rejects the idea that high-tech businesses need more foreign employees brought in under the H-1B visa program because there are not Americans available who can do the work. He cites the investigations of Prof. Norm Matloff that show widespread age discrimination against American programmers and other information technology workers. Buchanan concurs that high-tech moguls would prefer to hire younger, cheaper and more exploitable foreign "guest" workers (most of whom never return to their home countries). Furthermore, these same business owners were laying off American workers at the same time they were demanding that Congress increase the visa caps. http://www.vote-smart.org/speeches/index.phtml?func=speech&speech=B00000 0282&checking=&w1=&w2=&w3=&w4=&w5=

To read Professor Norm Matloff's Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage, see: http://heather.cs.ucdavis.edu/itaa.html

In another area of involvement with American workers, Pat Buchanan supported Teamsters in their attempt to prevent the expansion of NAFTA trucking, which would have allowed unregulated and uninspected Mexican trucks to roam throughout the U.S. Not only does this provision of NAFTA present dangers of drug and illegal alien smuggling, it also represents a major threat to the livelihood of American truck drivers. American workers should not have to compete with Mexicans making one-tenth their wages, according to Buchanan. http://issues2000.org/Pat_Buchanan.htm#Headlines

BORDER CONTROL - SUPPORTS

One of Mr. Buchanan's most consistent themes is retaking control of the American perimeter. He advocates installing fences in high-traffic areas and a strengthened Border Patrol. He would use the U.S. military if necessary.

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INTERIOR ENFORCEMENT - SUPPORTS

Mr. Buchanan advocates the deportation of the five to six million illegal immigrants now residing within the United States.

As he wrote in his 1998 book The Great Betrayal: "In 1953 Eisenhower directed the repatriation of all alliens with no legal right to be here. There was nothing racist, immoral, or xenophobic in this. Eisenhower was enforcing the law, as he had taken an oath to do. The president knew that a country that cannot control its borders isn't really a country anymore." (p. 292)

FEDERAL FORCED DOUBLING OF U.S. POPULATION - OPPOSES

Buchanan has been outspoken in opposition to the federal government using immigration to drastically change the shape of the country. His proposal to reduce immigration to 250,000 to 300,000 a year -- in tune with previous traditional averages -- would result in an America at the turn of the century with a population similar to today's 274 million. That is in start contrast to the 571 million that will be crowded into the U.S. if the federal government continues immigration at its present level, according to the Census Bureau.

Click here to view a detailed version of the future being created by current immigration numbers which this candidate is trying to reduce.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Patrick J. Buchanan was born Nov. 2, 1938, and was raised in a large, traditional Irish Catholic family in Washington DC. As one of nine boys, he was instilled by his father to be knowledgeable about politics and to be able to defend his position. In 1961, he received a BA from Georgetown University and earned an M.S. in journalism from Columbia the following year. After a brief stint as an editorial writer, he went to work for Richard Nixon in 1966, serving in the White House as a senior advisor. He also worked in Ronald Reagan's White House. At various times he has been a columnist and television commentator.

Buchanan has gone through something of an evolution in his public life of ideas, moving from being a conservative free-trader Republican to being a conservative non-free trader Reform Party candidate. He has written about how his travels pursuing his Presidential candidacy put him in touch with the many working class Americans who lost their jobs when factories were moved overseas or when immigrant labor was brought in to replace them here.

As he wrote in his 1998 book, The Great Betrayal, "Illegal immigrants in the United States now number 5 million, and the U.S. labor supply has grown by more tens of millions in the past twenty-five years than in any other period in history. How could the price of labor not fall?" (p. 15-16)

Mr. Buchanan advocates severely strengthening border enforcement, including the use of the military if necessary. He would return America to its "traditional" immigration numbers of 250,000 to 300,000 per year. He supports an expanded campaign of assimilation, teaching "adopted Americans our culture, history, traditions and English language."

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