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COPYRIGHT 2002 Society for the Advancement of Education
WHEN JEAN-MARIE LE PEN placed second in the first round of the French presidential election in April, Europe and the world were shocked. Le Pen, a far-right nationalist who favors tight restriction on immigration and the withdrawal of France from the European Union, was considered a fringe figure in French politics. That he may be, but the impulses he articulates are seeping into European politics. Political asylum is now becoming more difficult throughout the EU, as Europeans are growing more resentful of illegal immigrants, blaming them, as do many in France, for rising crime rates and high levels of unemployment. Center-right parties with less enthusiasm for immigration have gained power in Italy, Spain, Austria, and Denmark. Before the year is over, France and Germany may be included.
What of the U.S., the land of immigrants, going back to the ancestors of the American Indians, who migrated from North Asia more than 10,000 years ago? Since the first...
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