Definitions of important terms are included below. For additional information, also see the section Islamic terminology you should know.
The ad hominem attack is a formal debating tactic of attacking your opponent's character as opposed to answering their argument. It is a de facto admission of the inability to win the debate on the merits of one's argument alone. Example: calling an immigration reductionist racist, nativist, or xenophobe. The ad hominem attack is a tool of cultural Marxism.
An alien is defined by the U.S. Citizenship and Naturalization Services as "any person not a citizen or national of the United States". The term is defined by United States statute, in Section 1101(a)(3) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (with amendments by Congress through 2001). Aliens can be either legally or illegally present in the U.S.
The term "alien" is purposefully and appropriately used in US Government documents, such as in:
"AR-11, Alien's Change of Address Card", and
"Immigration and Nationality Act(INA) - An Act of Congress that, along with other immigration laws, treaties, and conventions of the United States, relates to the immigration, temporary admission, naturalization and removal of aliens".
For more information, see:
Under anarcho-tyranny, government neglects to enforce laws and perform functions it has a legitimate duty to enforce and perform, while inventing laws it has no legitimate duty to make or enforce.
"Criminals aren't punished (which is why it is anarchy), but the innocent are (which is why it's tyranny)." - Samual Francis. See Anarcho-Tyranny, U.S.A. by Samuel Francis, Chronicles, July 1994.
An anchor baby is a child born to illegal alien parents within the borders of the United States. The child is born as an American citizen and under the 1965 immigration Act, can be used to facilitate citizenship for the immediate - and ultimately the extended - family.
The 14th Amendment was ratified in 1868 to protect the rights of native-born black Americans, whose rights were being denied as recently-freed slaves. The amendment states that "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States..." In 1866, Senator Jacob Howard clearly spelled out the intent of the 14th Amendment by writing: "Every person born within the limits of the United States, and subject to their jurisdiction, is by virtue of natural law and national law a citizen of the United States. This will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners, aliens, who belong to the families of ambassadors or foreign ministers accredited to the Government of the United States, but will include every other class of persons."
The original intent of the 14th Amendment was clearly not to facilitate illegal aliens to defy U.S. law at taxpayer expense.
For more information, see the 14th Amendment and Anchor Babies website.
One who dislikes and discriminates against individual immigrants.
Open borders proponents often label those who favor reducing immigration numbers as "anti-immigrant". Their intent is to discredit immigration reductionists by making false associations with racism, nativism, and xenophobia. The correct term is immigration reductionist. The truth is that nearly all immigration reductionists favor immigrants and immigration, but at a drastically reduced level.
Supporting replacement-level immigration does not mean that one hates immigrants, any more than supporting replacement-level levels of births means that one hates babies.
Balkanization is the separation of a country or region into smaller units, often hostile to each other, sometimes involving the forcible expulsion of entire populations from their homelands by stronger powers. High levels of immigration without assimilation may lead to balkanization.
A big lie is a preposterously false statement that when repeated often enough is regarded as true. The big lie was coined as a propaganda technique by Adolf Hitler. Joseph Goebbels stated that "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State." Related book: The Big Lie: Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left, by Dinesh D'Sousa.
The maximum population of a given species that can be supported indefinitely in a defined habitat without permanently impairing the productivity and functioning of that habitat.
Humanity has been able temporarily to avoid carrying capacity issues through the use technology, preemption of supporting ecosystems normally used to sustain other species, and by transporting and importing resources. Thus, a more appropriate definition of carrying capacity with regard to humanity is the maximum "load" that can safely be imposed on an environment by humanity without permanently impairing the productivity and functioning of that environment. Shrinking carrying capacity may soon become the single most important issue facing humanity.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform is code for amnesty for illegal aliens. The code phrase is used by open borders radicals, liberal Democrats, and establishment politicians.
One who wants to preserve our sustaining natural resources for the benefit of future generations and for the living organisms who exist in our natural environment. By definition, conservationism is conservative, but not all conservatives are conservationists.
The belief that natural resources are essentially of limitless supply and that technology will find solutions to environmental, overpopulation, energy, and resource depletion problems. Cornucopianists hold a subservient, anthropocentric view of the environment and reject the realities of finite resources and the limitations of carrying capacity.
The permanent bureaucracy consisting of approximately 4,000 political appointees ostensibly ruling 432 agencies and approximately 2.9 million employees (not including the military and postal service). These agencies and permanent employees operate outside the control of Congress, the President, and the judiciary. See The Astonishing Implications of Schedule F.
Diversity is defined as noticeable heterogeneity, and often is used in a social context to mean noticeable presence of multiple races and cultures, without significant assimilation. Diversity is frequently promoted as the desirable condition for American society by those who favor open borders and unlimited immigration.
One who promotes cultural and racial diversity at the expense of an indigenous culture and society, without regard for ecological and social consequences.
The effective land area and corresponding resources required by an individual, city, or nation in order to supply resources and dispose of wastes. It is a measurement of capital stocks, physical flows, and corresponding ecosystem areas required to support a given human population and economy.
For more information, see EcoFuture environmental information.
The extraction of vast numbers of people from developing countries. Additional workers, renters, and consumers inflate stock values by shrinking American wages and spiking rents and real estate prices. Used to grow the economy after allowing investors to move high-wage manufacturing to low-wage countries.
Fascism grew out of Marxism. Fascism's founder, Benito Mussolini, was a Marxist and lifelong socialist. Fascism is named after the fascia, the bundle of sticks wrapped around a Roman spear - a symbol of Roman power.
Fascism in the United States is expressed in the milder form of progressivism - as a softer form of totalitarianism more in alignment with American culture. See Fascism - a phenomenon of the left. "Fascism should more properly be called corporatism, since it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Mussolini
Fertility is the actual reproductive performance of an individual, a couple, a group, or a population. It is typically used in reference to the average number of live births per woman. Native-born Americans voluntarily achieved replacement-level fertility (2.1 children per woman) in 1972. See EcoFuture Population Terms and Definitions and The Fertility Conundrum.
The "Great Replacement" is the systematic dispossession of White Americans and Europeans by Third World immigrants. See The Great Replacement In Action.
A hate group is an organization that practices hatred or hostility against another group, based on unsubstantiated premises. A hate group may also be an organization that practices unfounded hatred or hostility against other groups or individuals in order to enforce political correctness or to bolster their bottom line. For example, the SPLC - Southern Poverty Law Center hate group.
An artificial ethnicity contrived in 1976, originally meaning "Americans of Spanish origin or descent", but subsequently changed to mean "A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".
In the 1930s, "Hispanics," led by LULAC, opposed identifying Mexicans as "non-white." After affirmative action programs were implemented for Blacks in the 1970s, "Hispanics," dominated by LULAC and La Raza (The Race), changed their racial identity from "white" to "non-white" in order to be eligible for affirmative action programs.
The "Hispanic" category was created on June 16, 1976 by Public Law 94-311, "Economic and Social Statistics for Americans of Spanish Origin." The law contained two significant components: 1) the subject: "Americans of Spanish origin or descent" and 2) the legal status: "American citizens." Both of these qualifiers were soon dropped in an effort to magnify political influence by maximizing numeric size.
In 1977, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) adopted the title of "Hispanic". Subsequently, "Hispanic" has come to be de defined as "A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race."
According to Mark Lopez of the Pew Hispanic Center:
[A]bout two-thirds of Hispanic-Americans identify themselves not as belonging to the general Latino culture, but to their specific country of origin or their parents' homeland.
"The notion of a pan-ethnic identity is actually an American concept," said Lopez, an American citizen whose grandparents emigrated from Mexico. "If I go to El Salvador and I say I'm Hispanic, they're going to think I'm from Spain, or they're not going to know what that means. They don't see a pan-ethnic identity. They see themselves as Salvadoran."
See:
Funding Hate - Foundations and the Radical Hispanic Lobby, Part I, The Social Contract, Fall, 2000.
Hispanics Extend Reach Beyond Enclaves, Wall Street Journal, March 19, 2003.
The Origin of the Term ‘Hispanic’, Hartford Guardian, July 27, 2009.
Illegal Alien Propaganda: A Critical Lesson in Terminology and Tactics, Accuracy in Media, April 12, 2013.
Human Biodiversity (HBD) is the diversity found among and between human populations that has a biological basis.
Resources on HBD include:
HBD Fundamentals by JayMan.
HBD Bibliography.
HBD chick - blog focusing on research and analysis.
West Hunter - blog related to HBD by Gregory Cochran and Henry Harpending, authors of The Ten Thousand Year Explosion which discusses human evolution.
DNA Explained - blog on genetic genealogy.
HBD resources, CAIRCO.
An illegal alien is "a foreigner who has entered or resides in a country unlawfully or without the country's authorization." An illegal alien is an alien - that is, a foreign national - who has illegally entered the United States, or who enters legally and then deliberately overstays their visa. An illegal alien is a criminal subject to as much as six months in jail for first offense and subject to federal felony charges for subsequent entries after initial deportation.
Colorado defines an illegal alien as "anyone who has entered the United States illegally and is deportable, or anyone who has 'overstayed a visa' or otherwise violated the terms of his or her legal admission into the United States. Sometimes known as an 'illegal immigrant.'" (From Implementation of Senate Bill 06-090 Performance Audit, Colorado State Auditor, Department of Public Safety, Department of Local Affairs, May 2009.)
The term "illegal alien" is purposefully and appropriately used in US Government documents, such as:
"Immigration Investigations, Enforcement, Detention and Removal: For information about immigration investigations, enforcement, detention or removal of aliens from the U.S., or to report suspected illegal aliens or other illegal immigration activity, please visit the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement website at www.ice.gov." and
"An illegal alien who entered the United States without inspection, for example, would be strictly defined as an immigrant under the INA but is not a permanent resident alien." and
"Certain illegal aliens who were eligible to apply for temporary resident status under the legalization provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986."
For more information, see:
An immigrant is "a person who comes to a country to take up permanent residence". An immigrant is an invited guest - a person who comes to a country where they are not a citizen in order to settle there. The term "immigrant" implies permanent, legal, residency. (Although because of amnesties and status adjustments, about 25% of currently legal immigrants first came to the U.S. illegally).
The term immigration reform originated in the mid 1990s to mean true reform of incongruous United States immigration policy which blatantly ignored laws regarding interior immigration enforcement and US border security. Over time, open borders radical groups sought to preempt the term "Immigration Reform" to codify their agenda to open American Borders to illegal aliens and to legalize foreign job-seekers who were successful in sneaking into America and avoiding capture at our border. To be clear, one might refer to patriotic immigration reform, as opposed to the open borders kind, which amounts to treason.
An immigration reductionist is one who favors a return to sustainable immigration numbers. Often those favoring immigration reduction are called racist or anti-immigrant, but the truth is that nearly all immigration reductionists favor immigrants and immigration, but at a drastically reduced level.
Immigrants rights advocates promote the rights of legal immigrants - this is a productive and valuable effort. Often open borders advocates and organizations are referred to as "immigrant rights" advocates and organizations. This is a misnomer, designed to be deliberately misleading. Supporting illegal immigration and open borders under this umbrella is by no means supporting immigrant rights; it is supporting the nonexistent rights of illegal aliens to enter our country. The most salient right of illegal aliens who escaped apprehension at our border is to be treated humanely as they are returned to their home countries to reunite with their families.
The concern about the well-being of future generations. This concern is often discounted in light of short-term issues. See the article Intergenerational Justice.
Government run by unprincipled career / deep state politicians, corporations, and thieves that has little regard for the rights of American citizens. Government under the control the worst or least-qualified citizens.
Rule by thieves which arises when a country's elite begin to systematically steal from public funds on a vast scale. Kleptocrats nationalize risk while privatizing profits.
Rule by judges. Under the United States Constitution, the judiciary does not have the power to enact laws. Only Congress can enact legislation.
Emphasis on proximal but distinct cultures within a given region or country.
American is not a "nation of immigrants." America is a nation of citizens. America's vast territories were populated by settlers. Settling in an undeveloped land and building a civilization is not comparable to moving to a post-industrial nation and signing up for welfare.
Nativism is the policy of favoring native inhabitants over immigrants. Establishing a goal of stabilizing U.S. population requires addressing both fertility and immigration numbers; however this is not a nativist agenda. Calling an immigration reductionist a nativist is an ad hominem attack.
Government by the few where a small group of elite individuals, families, or corporations control a country.
One who supports the anti-American agenda of illegal immigration and open borders, notwithstanding the express intent of the laws of the land. Typically this is coincident with an anti-nationalist perspective.
Exceeding the carrying capacity of a habitat, which usually leads to a population crash and dieoff. See:
Political correctness is a belief that language and practices that could offend a minority group should be actively suppressed and censored. Taken to extremes, political correctness becomes a filter that prevents a society from understanding the true nature of issues and events. For example, immigration-driven population growth is often not discussed because of the fear of racist allegations or of being called a hate group.
Political correctness is a form of cultural Marxism. Political correctness was coined in the late 1920s by the Soviets. "Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small." "Political correctness is a weapon used to silence people who tell the truth." - Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
Population momentum is the tendency for population growth to continue beyond the time that replacement-level fertility has been achieved because of the relatively high concentration of people in the childbearing years. It takes a period of time equal to the average life expectancy (approximately three generations or 73 years in the U.S.) for a reduction in fertility to be manifested as a change in actual population numbers. See additional information on fertility and population momentum. Also see this short discussion of population momentum, and Population Terms and Definitions. Also see: Population momentum: If the number of children is not growing, why is the population still increasing?
Racism is the prejudice that members of one race are intrinsically superior to members of other races, and/or prejudice against those of another race. Some racists indeed might want to eliminate immigration of certain races. However, immigration reductionists are not inherently racist, and the goal of stabilizing U.S. population is not predicated upon a racist agenda. Calling an immigration reductionist a racist is an ad hominem attack. See Race and immigration - the final taboo and Setting the record straight on slavery. Also see Critical Race Theory.
Preserving natural ecosystems and keeping resources intact for future generations - of humans and all species.
The terms "undocumented worker", "unauthorized worker", "undocumented immigrant", "unlawful immigrant", "undocumented alien", "undocumented student", "undocumented migrant", "unauthorized immigrant", and "illegal immigrant" are often used to describe those who have broken the law of our land to enter and work in our country illegally. These are all misleading terms, deliberately used to "soften" the issue of illegal entry into the United States.
The term "undocumented" implies that foreign nationals have the unconditional right to violate America's borders and immigration laws, and that the worst offense they may have committed was forgetting to complete some paperwork. The reality of the situation is the illegal aliens have all kinds of Social Security cards and other documents - it's just that those documents are forged or stolen.
An "immigrant" is an invited guest - a person who comes to a country where they are not a citizen in order to settle there. The term "immigrant" implies permanent, legal, residency. (Although because of amnesties and status adjustments, about 25% of currently legal immigrants first came here illegally).
The accurate description of a foreign national illegally residing in America is "illegal alien". An illegal alien is a criminal subject to as much as six months in jail for first offense and subject to federal felony charges for subsequent entries after deportation.
For more information, see definitions of alien and illegal alien.
Xenophobia is an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers. Americans have every right to establish a population and immigration policy for their own country, based upon the goal of population stabilization and a rational fear of unending population growth. This has nothing to do with fear of other people. Calling an immigration reductionist a xenophobe is an ad hominem attack.
Zero population growth means that a population is in equilibrium, with a growth rate of zero, and is achieved when births plus immigration equal deaths plus emigration. See EcoFuture Population Terms and Definitions.
For additional information, also see the section Islamic terminology you should know.
