Time was NOBODY could emigrate to the US unless they had a job, or sponsor, that they were of good moral character, and carried no communicable diseases.
I fail to see the "controversy" of that.
What country, no matter how liberal, wants diseased welfare mooches?
My honest opinion? We Italians and Irish should have NEVER been allowed to come over by millions and millions!!
How do you vet all those people? Many came with little or no money and the 5 points were a disaster and there was a lot of crime from both groups early on.
But America got lucky. They were still Europeans with at least an IDEA of freedom and opportunity.
Tough 20 or 30 years but that was it.
Blacks haven’t changed in 140 years. Hispanics aren’t exactly racing up the economic ladder either.