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53.

International Court of Justice, “Accordance with International Law of the Unilateral Declaration of Independence in Respect of Kosovo, “ July 22, 2010; available online at http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/141/15987.pdf.

54.

“Kosovo independence move not illegal, says UN court,” BBC, July 22, 2010; available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10730573.

55.

Alberto Alesina and Enrico Spolaore,
The Size of Nations
(The MIT Press, 2005).

56.

Remarks made before the United States Congress in Washington, D.C., November 7, 2007; available online at http://www.nysun.com/national/speech-by-president-sarkozy-before-congress/66054/.

57.

Joe Klein, “Yes, It’s Racism . . . but it’s Complicated,”
Time
, September 16, 2009; available online at http://swampland.time.com/2009/09/16/yes-its-racism-but-its-complicated/.

58.

Jonah Goldberg, “Joe Klein Loves Diversity,” National Review Online, September 17, 2009; available online at http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/187380/

joe-klein-loves-diversity/jonah-goldberg.

59.

Jared Taylor, “Jared Taylor Remembers Joe Sobran,” VDare.com, October 1, 2010; available online at http://vdare.com/taylor/101001_sobran.htm.

60.

Philippe Legrain,
Immigrants: Your Country Needs Them
(Princeton University Press, 2007).

61.

Christopher Caldwell,
Reflections on the Revolution in Europe
(New York: Anchor, 2010).

62.

Giovanni di Lorenzo, “Drinnen vor der Tür,”
Die Zeit
No. 41, 2004.

63.

Chistopher Caldwell, “Think Tank: New Ideas For The 21st Century: Immigration and welfare: a bad mix,”
The Times
, April 26, 2009; available online at http://

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6168821.ece.

64.

“Somali Refugees Settle in Maine Town,” ABC News; available online at http://

abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=130098&page=1.

65.

Federation for American Immigration Reform, “Birthright Citizenship,” August 2010; available online at http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle& id=16535&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1007.

66.

“Stockton School Trustee Used District Credit Card For Personal Purchases,”

CBS Sacramento, February 10, 2011; available online at http://sacramento.

cbslocal.com/2011/02/10/stockton-school-trustee-used-district-credit-card-for-personal-purchases/.

67.

Sherry Jacobson, “Across Texas, 60,000 babies of noncitizens get U.S. birthright,”

Dallas News
, August 8, 2010; available online at http://www.dallasnews.com/

news/state/headlines/20100807-Across-Texas-60-000-babies-3859.ece.

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68.

Ronald J. Hansen, “Arizona children becoming more diverse, census report says,”

The Arizona Republic
, April 7, 2011; available online at http://www.azcentral.

com/news/articles/2011/04/07/20110407arizona-census-results-diverse-kids.

html.

69.

Brian Montopoli, “Obama Criticizes ‘Misguided’ Arizona Immigration Bill,” CBS

News, April 23, 2010; available online at http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20003274-503544.html.

70.

RealityUncovered.net forum; comment available online at http://www.

realityuncovered.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=1088&start=45.

71.

Note to Marquis de Lafayette, May 1807; available online at http://www.

napoleon-series.org/research/napoleon/jefferson/c_jefferson3.html.

72.

Tami Luhby, “Maywood, Calif., to city cops and employees: You’re fired,” CNN, July 1, 2010; available online at http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/29/news/

economy/city_fires_employees/index.htm.

73.

“Town creates sanctuary for illegal immigrants,” MSNBC, March 27, 2006; available online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11964275/.

74.

Heather Scroope, “Suspect Pleads Not Guilty in New Jersey Students’ Execution-Style Deaths,” FOX News, August 10, 2007; available online at http://www.

foxnews.com/story/0,2933,292717,00.html.

75.

George P. Hassett, “Feds raid local shop; arrest one,
The Somerville News
, August 28, 2007; available online at http://www.thesomervillenews.com/archives/2934.

76.

Michelle Malkin, “Sanctuary Nation or Sovereign Nation?” MichelleMalkin.com, August 15, 2007; available online at http://michellemalkin.com/2007/08/15/

sanctuary-nation-or-sovereign-nation-its-your-choice/.

77.

“Mexican Drugs, U.S. Markets,” NPR, April 17, 2009; available online at http://

www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103224933.

78.

Ken Ellingwood, “A side of Cancun not seen during spring break,”
Los Angeles
Times
, March 2, 2009; available online at http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-world/world/la-fg-mexico-cancun-drugs2-2009mar02,0,3441309.story.

79.

“6 bodies found in cave, 3 with hearts cut out,”
Associated Press
, June 7, 2010; available online at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/world/7039966.html.

80.

Alfredo Corchado and Lauren Villagran, “Drug violence in Mexico hit new level of brutality in 2010,” The
Dallas Morning News
, January 1, 2011; available online at http://www.dallasnews.com/news/nation-world/mexico/20110101-drug-violence-in-mexico-hit-new-level-of-brutality-in-2010.ece.

81.

“Ciudad Juárez Hits 3,000 Murders in 2010,” FOX News, December 15, 2010; available online at http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2010/12/15/border-city-hits-dead/.

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82.

“Timeline: Toronto 18: Key events in the case,” CBC, June 2, 2008; available online at http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2008/06/02/f-toronto-timeline.html.

83.

Jim Benning, “In Tijuana, the Real ‘Nacho Libre’,”
Washington Post
, July 9, 2006; available online at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/

article/2006/07/07/AR2006070700419.html.

84.

“Headless, mutilated bodies hung from Mexico bridge,” Reuters, August 22, 2010; available online at http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/08/22/us-mexico-drugs-idUSTRE67L1Y620100822.

85.

“Mexico arrests 14-year-old ‘drug hitman’,” BBC, December 3, 2010; available online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11913976.

86.

Gustavo Ruiz, “Small-Town Mayor Stoned to Death in Western Mexico,” Associated Press, September 27, 2010; available online at http://abcnews.go.com/

International/wireStory?id=11739050.

87.

David Frum, “Mexico drug war a nightmare scenario,” CNN, January 3, 2011; available online at http://articles.cnn.com/2011-01-03/opinion/frum.mexico.

risk_1_drug-violence-mexico-drug-war-mexican-born-people?_

s=PM:OPINION

88.

Jason DeParle, “Struggling to Rise in Suburbs Where Failing Means Fitting In,”

New York Times
, April 18, 2009; available online at http://www.nytimes.

com/2009/04/19/us/19immig.html?_r=1&ref=us&pagewanted=all.

89.

Mickey Kaus, “JournoList Revealed! Inside the Secret Liberal Media Email Cabal,”

Slate.com, March 26, 2009; available online at http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/

kausfiles/archive/2009/03/26/journolist-revealed-inside-the-liberal-media-email-cabal.aspx.

90.

Martin Peretz, “No Special Envoy, No Crisis,”
The New Republic
, March 23, 2009; available online at http://www.tnr.com/blog/the-spine/no-special-envoy-no-crisis.

91.

NAACP Urges Hallmark to Pull ‘Racist’ Card From Shelves,” FOX News, June 11, 2010; available online at http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/11/naacp-urges-hallmark-pull-racist-card-shelves/.

92.

Jon Richards, editorial cartoon,
The Albuquerque Journal
, August 4, 2010; available online at http://web.mac.com/moviecritic1/Site/Cartoons.html.

93.

B.F. Skinner,
Beyond Freedom & Dignity
(Indianapolis, IN: Hackett Publishing Company, 2002).

94.

Graeme Wilson, “Tories face fury over air travel taxes,”
The Telegraph
, March 12, 2007; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1545262/

Tories-face-fury-over-air-travel-taxes.html.

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95.

Pew Hispanic Center, “Unauthorized Immigrant Population: National and State Trends, 2010,” February 1, 2011; available online at http://pewhispanic.org/

reports/report.php?ReportID=133.

96.

Victor Davis Hanson, “Two Californias,”
National Review
Online, December 16, 2010; available online at http://www.victorhanson.com/articles/hanson121610.

html.

97.

“Politicians narrate Peter and the Wolf,” BBC, February 5, 2003; available online at http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2730119.stm.

98.

“Sharks in Shallow Water,”
New York Times
, July 27, 2001; available online at http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/27/opinion/sharks-in-shallow-water.html.

99.

“Woman killed by cougar identified,” CBC, January 3, 2001; available online at http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2001/01/03/frost030101.html.

100. Cory Ruf, “Coyote in Nova Scotia attacks sleeping girl, bites her head,”
The
National Post
, August 10, 2010; available online at http://news.nationalpost.

com/2010/08/10/coyote-in-nova-scotia-attacks-sleeping-girl-bites-her-on-head/.

101. Craig Medred, ”Wildlife author killed, eaten by bears he loved,”
Anchorage Daily
News
, February 5, 2003; available online at http://www.alaska.net/~jlanders/

Fatal/Treadwell%20Huguenard%2010-05-03.htm.

102. Ibid.

103. “Flashdance for Boycott of Israeli Hummus Hits West Philly Supermarket,”

PhillyIMC.org, October 26, 2010; available online at http://www.phillyimc.org/

en/flashdance-boycott-israeli-hummus-hits-west-philly-supermarket.

104. Jonathan Kay, “War within Pride leaves anti-Israel group on the outside,”
The
National Post
, May 25, 2010; available online at http://fullcomment.nationalpost.

com/2010/05/25/war-within-pride-leaves-quaia-on-the-outside/.

105. “Ahmadinejad Blasts Israel, Denies Existence of Iranian Gays During Columbia Speech,” FOX News, September 24, 2007; available online at http://www.foxnews.

com/story/0,2933,297823,00.html.

106. “Profile: Mullah Mohammed Omar,” BBC, July 6, 2010; available online at http://

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1550419.stm.

107. Stephanie Chen, “Pressure for female genital cutting lingers in the U.S,” CNN, May 21, 2010; available online at http://articles.cnn.com/2010-05-21/health/

america.female.genital.cutting_1_female-circumcision-cultural-beliefs-somali-immigrant/3?_s=PM:HEALTH.

108. Remarks during interview with lailatalqadr.com, October 4, 2001; available online at http://www.memri.org/report/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/533.htm.

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109. Elisabetta Povoledo, “Performance Artist Killed on Peace Trip Is Mourned,”
New
York Times
, April 19, 2008; available online at http://www.nytimes.

com/2008/04/19/theater/19peac.html.

Chapter Seven

1.

“Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the UN,”
New York Post
, September 24, 2009; available online at http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/item_

ix2gXkzh5VFshJUxxcb5HJ.

2.

Julian Borger, “Poll shows Muslims in Britain are the most anti-western in Europe,”
The Guardian
, June 23, 2006; available online at http://www.guardian.

co.uk/world/2006/jun/23/uk.religion.

3.

Robert Mackey, “Is Ahmadinejad a ‘Gift’ for Israel?”
New York Times
, September 25, 2009; available online at http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/is-ahmadinejad-a-gift-for-israel/.

4.

Richard Ingrams, “Who will dare damn Israel?”
The Observer
, September 16, 2001; available online at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/sep/16/

september11.usa19.

5.

Nick Collins, “Shark ‘sent to Egypt by Mossad’,”
The Telegraph
, December 7, 2010; available online at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/

africaandindianocean/egypt/8185915/Shark-sent-to-Egypt-by-Mossad.html.

6.

Paul Schemm, “Bill Clinton: Mideast peace would undercut terror,” October 5, 2010; available online at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39522892/ns/world_

news-mideast_n_africa/t/bill-clinton-mideast-peace-would-undercut-terror/.

7.

Remarks made on the Nine Network in Australia, October 2002; available online at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/14/1034222719974.html.

8.

Ross Colvin, “‘Cut off the head of the snake’ Saudis told US on Iran,” Reuters, November 28, 2010; available online at http://www.reuters.com/

article/2010/11/28/wikileaks-iran-saudis-idUSN2862745120101128.

9.

John Podhoretz, “The Danger of Normaliut,” Commentary, January 2010; available online at http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article/the-danger-of-normaliut/.

10.

“2010 Arab Public Opinion Poll,” Zogby International, August 5, 2010; available online at http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/reports/2010/08_arab_

opinion_poll_telhami/08_arab_opinion_poll_telhami.pdf.

11.

“2008 Annual Arab Public Opinion Poll,” Zogby International, March 2008; available online at http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2008/0414_

middle_east/0414_middle_east_telhami.pdf.

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