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Americans’ preference of old immigration rather than new immigration
reflected a sudden rise in conservatism... ...Before the “flood” which occurred in the 1870s was a period called “old” immigration. Old immigrants were mostly from Western Europe, especially Britain, Germany, Ireland and Scandinavia. Since most of them, with the exception of the Irish, had Anglo-Saxon or Protestant backgrounds, they were quickly incorporated into American society, welcomed into the "asylum of liberty." However, beginning in 1870, “new” immigration began, with large numbers of people arriving from eastern and southern Europe as well as Asia, Russia, and Japan. They were predominantly Jewish and Catholic, which sparked tensions. .... The issue of “whiteness” arose after 1790 when the U.S. congress began to restrict naturalization to “white persons.” [26] While the requirements for naturalization changed over time, they still existed in one form or another until 1952. .... The unfortunate circumstances that the new immigrants arrived in made their image even worse. They came to the new urban America, where disease, overcrowding and crime festered. As a result, relations became openly hostile, with many Americans becoming anti-immigrant, fearing the customs, religion, and poverty of the new immigrants, considering them less desirable than old immigrants. In reality, this perceived difference did not exist; the new immigrants, although seeming different, brought the same sort of values as old ones did. Statistically, they did not commit any more crime or contribute to any more of the misfortunes as any previous immigrant generation. .... Congress passed the Emergency Quota Act in 1921, followed by the Immigration Act of 1924, which was aimed at further restricting the Southern and Eastern Europeans who had begun to enter the country in large numbers beginning in the 1890s. Most of the European refugees (principally Jews) fleeing the Nazis and World War II were barred from coming to the United States.[24] .... In 1954, Operation Wetback forced the return of thousands of illegal immigrants to Mexico... ...The program was ultimately abandoned due to questions surrounding the ethics of its implementation. Citizens of Mexican descent complained of police stopping all "Mexican looking" people and utilizing extreme “police-state” methods including deportation of American-born children who by law were citizens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History..._United_States Yes, 2pid, people like you have been around for a very long time indeed. And even though your backward views have been run over by "the will of the people" at every turn, the world didn't end...again. In the ultimate irony, 2pid (a self-proclaimed 'patriot') is anti- American. Isn't that funny? |
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