America’s ‘Frankenstein’ Out of Control Immigration System | Victor Davis Hanson

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🗓️ 17 March 2026

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Immigration used to be the U.S.’ great strength but now that’s changing. What’s new is illegal immigrants and naturalized citizens, who hate America but don’t want to leave, are going around and violently killing Americans, explains Victor Davis Hanson on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In a Few Words.” “But how did we create it where we're getting people killing us and yelling Islamic sloganeering and championing Hamas and Hezbollah and Iran at the same time we're at war with them?… The answer is: Dr. Frankenstein created the Frankensteinian monster.” (00:00) Immigrants as Strength (00:39) The Ungrateful Immigrant (02:34) Recent Attacks and Radicalism (04:23) Why Assimilation Fails (08:06) Frankenstein of Immigration 👉 The Daily Signal cannot continue to tell stories, like this one, without the support of our viewers: http://dailysignal.com/donate 👉Don’t miss out on Victor’s latest short videos by subscribing to The Daily Signal today. You’ll be notified every time a new piece of content drops: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Also on Spotify: https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9753340027 👉Want more VDH? Watch Victor’s weekly, hour-long podcast, “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words,” now! Subscribe to his YouTube channel, and enable notifications: https://www.youtube.com/@victordavishanson7273?sub_confirmation=1👉More exclusive content is available on Victor’s website: https://victorhanson.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Now, are all the traitors present?
0:02.0	Let's get started, shall we?
0:04.0	From rags to riches.
0:06.0	I'm so sick of this.
0:07.0	Working like a dog and being treated worse.
0:09.0	Yorkshire to New York.
0:10.0	Poor climbers, you and me.
0:12.0	A life dedicated to revenge.
0:14.0	Let's make this an occasion to remember.
0:16.0	A Woman of Substance on Channel 4, stream now.
0:20.0	It used to be in the United States that immigrants were our great strength.
0:23.7	Think of Silicon Valley.
0:25.2	I mean, Tesla, SpaceX, eBay.
0:28.4	I could go down the list.
0:29.6	They're all created by these wonderful legal immigrants.
0:32.8	But that's changing.
0:34.0	We had the synagogue attempt by a Lebanese naturalized citizen,
0:38.8	and he had ties with Hezbollah.
0:40.7	He tries to drive his car into a synagogue in Michigan and kill people.
0:44.8	And the question is, why do they do that?
0:46.8	Maybe better to rephrasing it would be, why don't they do it? Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen for The Daily Signal.
1:03.0	I'd like to talk about a very controversial topic.
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