Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster
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Alien Nation: Common Sense About America's Immigration Disaster is a 1995 national bestseller book by Peter Brimelow
. It criticizes US
immigration policy
after 1965 from a conservative
perspective. It highlights differences in post-1965 immigration policy with previous periods of immigration along with detailed responses to immigration enthusiasts’ arguments.
In June 2007, VDARE
, a controversial website founded by Brimelow that focuses on immigration restriction, made the book available as a free PDF
download. It is released under a Creative Commons
license.
Peter Brimelow
Peter Brimelow is a British American financial journalist, author, and founder of VDARE. Brimelow has been the editor of many publications, including Forbes, the Financial Post, and National Review...
. It criticizes US
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
immigration policy
Immigration to the United States
Immigration to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of the history of the United States. The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding ethnicity, economic benefits, jobs for non-immigrants,...
after 1965 from a conservative
American conservatism
Conservatism in the United States has played an important role in American politics since the 1950s. Historian Gregory Schneider identifies several constants in American conservatism: respect for tradition, support of republicanism, preservation of "the rule of law and the Christian religion", and...
perspective. It highlights differences in post-1965 immigration policy with previous periods of immigration along with detailed responses to immigration enthusiasts’ arguments.
In June 2007, VDARE
VDARE
VDARE.com, or VDARE, is a website that advocates reduced immigration, especially illegal immigration, into the United States. Former Forbes editor Peter Brimelow supports the site through his VDARE Foundation, also known as Lexington Research Institute Limited...
, a controversial website founded by Brimelow that focuses on immigration restriction, made the book available as a free PDF
Portable Document Format
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download. It is released under a Creative Commons
Creative Commons
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license.