Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores

Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores
Author Michelle Malkin
Language English
Publisher Regnery Publishing, Inc.
Publication date
 2002
Pages 256
ISBN 0-89526-146-4
OCLC 50155291
325.73 21
LC Class JV6483 .M29 2002

Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores (ISBN 0-89526-075-1) is a 2002 book written by political commentator and author Michelle Malkin. In it, she states that the U.S. immigration system is plagued by bureaucratic inertia, political correctness, corruption and pressure from corporate special interests, that weaknesses in the US immigration system played a role in the September 11, 2001 attacks, and that criminals and terrorists are able to exploit loopholes to get into the United States.

In an interview on the Dr. Laura Show, Michelle Malkin summarized her book as follows:

“ Invasion shows how every component of immigration enforcement has failed — from overwhelmed consular offices, to overwhelmed borders, to overwhelmed detention centers and deportation proceedings. I tell the buried stories of dozens of Americans who died as a result of lax and incompetent immigration enforcement: grandmothers, teenagers, rookie cops and veteran troopers brutally murdered by criminal aliens on the loose. I analyze the immigration failures that led to September 11, and I expose the shocking stories of torturers and other suspected war criminals who waltzed through our front doors along with foreign terrorists. ”

Reviews

The book was reviewed primarily in conservative opinion journals. Malkin complained that the mainstream media ignored it.[1]

“ There have been no reviews in major newspapers ... Conservative advocates of illegal alien-friendly policies ... presumably are aware of the book but may not want to call attention to it ... Left-leaning advocates of illegal alien-friendly policies seem not to be aware of the book. ... In most cases, I attribute the silence not to willful neglect or ignorance but to lack of interest. Most editors and pundits, including conservative opinion leaders, simply do not care about illegal immigration, even after 9/11. ”

VDARE founder Peter Brimelow wrote of Malkin's book: "It may not advance her career. But it is a signal service to her country."[2] NewsMax.com gave it positive coverage.[3] FrontPage's review stated that "Malkin deserves praise for calling attention to problems that even many conservatives would prefer to ignore."[4]

The book was reviewed in National Review,[5] Reason Magazine,[6] and Human Events,[7] and reached #14 on the New York Times best-seller list.[8]

References

  1. ↑ W. James Antle III (January 13, 2003). "An interview with Michelle Malkin". Frontpagemag.com. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  2. ↑ Peter Brimelow (October 7, 2007). "Malkin's Invasion: The Review". The American Conservative. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  3. ↑ Wes Vernon (September 25, 2002). "How P.C. State Department and INS Abet Terrorists". Newsmax.com. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  4. ↑ W. James Antle III (November 27, 2002). "Homeland Security Begins at the Border". FrontPageMagazine.com. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  5. ↑ Mark Krikorian (9 December 2002). "Welcoming the Enemy - "Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores" - Book Review". National Review. Archived from the original on 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  6. ↑ Cathy Young (March 2003). "Guilty by Association. Note to conservatives: Most immigrants aren't terrorists.". Reason Magazine. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  7. ↑ Roberts, James C (November 18, 2002). "Invasion, How America Still Welcomes Terrorist, Criminals and other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores". Human Events. Retrieved 2008-01-15.
  8. ↑ "BEST SELLERS: November 17, 2002". New York Times. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
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