Ya know the United States had always been known as the immigrant nation, it’s true to some extent. What not talked about (loudly) are those anti immigrant stance. When America was in it’s infancy we didn’t want those radicals from France. In the 30s, 1830s that is, hell there was a group who didn’t want German Catholics in because they claimed that they were beholden to the pope*. There was a group who didn’t want the Irish into America. And there was a call to keep Italians out by some after all they were just a bunch of gangsters. There was a call to keep those from Slavic countries out because they claimed that their I Q was so low that they would bring down the intelligence of the country, even the Jews were thought to bring down the intelligence of the country. Then there was the red scare were immigrants who were believed to be communists were deported including the poet whose words are on the Statue of Liberty ( Give me your tired ext). Then there was a quota on Jews coming from Nazi Germany claiming that they might be Nazi spy’s. Who can forget that after the railroads were built laws were set up to prevent Asians from becoming citizens. That brings us to now, yea we’ll steal immigrants with advance degrees and temporary migrants to pick our fruit and other backbreaking but other for those just trying to escape with there lives , nah just look at crimes that they are or might commit crimes and after all they might take jobs from our citizens, and ya know we giving them more benefits then we’re giving our homeless veterans. Yep there has always been a group in America that try to keep immigrants out.
* There has been an anti religious back drop of various religious groups by other groups in the US.
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