Mexifornia

Victor Davis Hanson is a classicist at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a professor emeritus of California State University,Fresno. He is the author most recently of The Second World Wars and The Dying Citizen.

“European countries have learned the hard way how massive imports of a foreign culture can undermine your own culture, polarize your population and create internal dangers that are irreversible. Victor Davis Hanson’s chilling and insightful book Mexifornia shows similar patterns in California.”—Thomas Sowell, Orange County Register“Victor Davis Hanson writes powerfully about how California has become ‘Mexifornia.’There is no reason to think that such a trend will stop at the state’s borders. To the contrary, California offers a window onto the future.”—Heather Mac Donald, City Journal“Hanson is immensely sympathetic to poor Mexicans ... and the most powerful chapter outlines the harried life of the illegal alien. But he hates to see the ordered culture in which he grew up drowned by alien inundation whose undeserving beneficiaries are Mexico’s kleptocratic rulers, for whom an open border is a safety valve expelling the potential for democratic change.”—Booklist“Hanson’s criticisms are directed at The System, especially a left-right alliance winking at an open boundaries policy that first beckons, then exploits and corrupts industrious illegal immigrants.”—Los Angeles Times “One of the most enlightening books yet written on one of our most difficult subjects.”—National Review“The strength of this book lies in the unique perspective Hanson brings to his material.”—Commentary“A controversial, fascinating argument about immigration from Mexico and the effect it has on both California and the immigrants.”—Weekly Standard