Our immigration issues are hardly a new phenomenon…
These are from the 1800s, with the Irish and Italians but especially the Chinese as popular targets (leading to the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which wasn’t repealed until 1943).
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Yes ..and then the irish and italians were assimilated into American society with bribes of food, jobs and nice clothing and better living conditions...later when the American white folks wanted to pit them against the other poor people who were Black...to help voting against them as they were becoming too involved with politics. This was done under the guise of good Christian love.
@JaggedLittlePill True. The timing of the Immigration and Nationality Act (which eased limitations on the numbers of Chinese allowed to immigrate per year) was suspect, too—coming after the Civil Rights Act that made racial segregation illegal.
