Lesson Abroad: Unassimilated Sikhs, Hindus, disrupt Australia with Indian independence protests

The United States should enforce a simple and effective punitive policy wherein immigrants who engage in disruptive behavior see their families barred from entry applications.

Outside India’s Consulate on St Kilda Road, a small pro‑Khalistan contingent tried to drown out an Indian Independence Day flag‑raising while counter‑protesters waved Indian tricolours and shouted things unintelligible to English-accustomed ears. Victoria Police formed a line, separated the groups, and the ceremony went ahead. Videos show shoving and shouting; the incident was brief, but telling.

This was not an Australian argument. It was two sets of foreigners replaying a dispute about India and Punjab on Australian pavement. That is a policy failure and it’s happening here, too.

Events like this show why the United States must slash immigration, not just preach “integration.” Large, continuous inflows import other countries’ feuds and build parallel power centers that ignore American norms. The fix is to tighten the gate: sharply lower admissions, end chain migration, bar organizations tied to overseas political causes, require English and civic competence before any benefits, and revoke entry for agitators who carry foreign conflicts into our streets. America is a nation, not a hostel or a satellite lobby; entry is for people ready to drop old-country politics and adopt ours. A durable republic demands fewer arrivals and hard assimilation standards, not a permanent intake that warehouses unresolved antagonisms under one flag.

What’s the lesson here?

America Needs an Immigration Moratorium

It’s time to pause mass immigration and rebuild our capacity for genuine assimilation

America faces an immigration crisis, but not the one politicians typically discuss. The crisis isn’t at the border alone—it’s in our abandonment of the fundamental principle that immigration should serve American interests first.

For six decades, America has conducted a massive social experiment, importing over 45 million people since 1965 while simultaneously dismantling the assimilation infrastructure that previously transformed newcomers into Americans. The results speak for themselves: parallel societies, declining social cohesion, and the emergence of ethnic political blocs that view America as a collection of competing tribes rather than a national community.

The Assimilation Deficit

Immigration without assimilation is simply colonization by other means. When we import populations faster than they can be absorbed into American civic culture, we create what amounts to foreign settlements on American soil. This isn’t the immigrants’ fault—it’s a predictable outcome of policy failure.

Consider the numbers: America now admits over one million legal permanent residents annually, plus hundreds of thousands of temporary workers, refugees, and asylum seekers. No society can successfully integrate such volumes while maintaining cultural continuity. The 1924 Immigration Act, which served America well for four decades, recognized this fundamental truth about carrying capacity.

Selective Service, Not Open Borders

Immigration should function like military recruitment—selective, purposeful, and designed to strengthen the institution. America needs immigrants who arrive with English proficiency, relevant skills, and demonstrated commitment to American civic culture. We need people who come to become Americans, not to recreate their homelands here.

A points-based system would prioritize applicants based on their likelihood of successful integration: English fluency, educational attainment, and cultural compatibility. This isn’t about ethnic preferences—it’s about practical realities. Someone from Ireland or Australia will integrate more seamlessly than someone from Somalia or Afghanistan, regardless of individual merit.

The Democracy Question

Perhaps most importantly, ongoing demographic transformation without explicit democratic consent violates basic principles of self-governance. Americans never voted to become a minority in their own homeland. They never approved converting their nation into a global experiment in multiculturalism.

A temporary immigration moratorium—perhaps five years—would allow America to absorb current populations, rebuild English-language requirements, and restore the civic education infrastructure that historically created Americans from immigrants. This isn’t “ending immigration”—it’s hitting the pause button on a failed experiment.

National Formation

Successful nations don’t merely manage diversity—they create unity. America’s founders understood that a republic requires a coherent people sharing language, culture, and civic commitments. Mass immigration undermines this project by encouraging ethnic separatism and linguistic fragmentation.

America needs immigration policy designed for American ethnogenesis—the formation of a distinct American people with shared identity, values, and allegiances. This means smaller numbers, better selection, longer integration periods, and policies that reward assimilation over ethnic preservation.

The choice is clear: continue the current trajectory toward a low-trust, balkanized society, or return to the wisdom of selective immigration serving national purposes. America’s immigration policy should create more Americans, not more residents who happen to live here.