A fascinating essay by historian Victor Davis Hanson was published in National Review recently. As a native and permanent resident of California’s Central Valley, he’s seen the dramatic changes that have occurred with the removal of most barriers to emigration from Mexico and Central America.
Hanson’s piece attempts to unravel the dichotomy he sees in the state between an extremely zealous tax and regulatory regime aimed at long-time American citizens living in his state, and the relative absence of law enforcement and regulatory bodies from the vast territory where non-English speaking migrants live. It’s a thoughtful examination of some troubling issues that will become increasingly relevant as the rest of the nation becomes more like the Golden State.
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