The Daily Bubble

Fareed Zakaria points posits an interesting thesis: America's liberal immigration policy is protecting America:

One puzzle about post-9/11 America is that it has not had a subsequent terror attack—even a small backpack bomb in a movie theater—while there have been dozens in Europe. My own explanation is that American immigrant communities, even Arab and Muslim ones, are not very radicalized. (Even if such an attack does take place, the fact that four and a half years have gone by without one provides some proof of this contention.) Compared with every other country in the world, America does immigration superbly. Do we really want to junk that for the French approach?

The French are a typical European country: they may let in immigrants, but those immigrants can never become citizens. They are never permitted to adopt a French identity. What happens when you have a large minority group that feels isolated or abused by the local culture? Witness Europe's terror attacks over the last four years. Read all of Zakaria's piece.