In a sense, they changed it a bit.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong: Did the Irish come over hear waving the flag of their native country, claiming they had a "right" to the territory they were settling in? Did they demand free healthcare, free education for their kids, and services in native Gaelic? My history is a little rusty.
Your words need to be printed in the letters-to-the-editor section of the devious rag. Spot on!
In a sense, they changed it a bit.
Well, they did try to burn NYC down during the war between the states. Haven't seen the hispanic immigrants try that yet.
Mexicans doing that are really morons, but there has been some issues with pro-Ireland Irish in America. Like funding terrorist organizations that caused problems for our main ally the UK. And many following the Pope's lead in being against the Iraq war.
There was NO health care per se, though there was NO "welfare", there WAS the infamous DOLE, their kids went to public schools, when public schools began in earnest, though many Irish kids didn't go to school, but hung out and joined gangs and robbed; yes, even little ones.
The first Irish immigrants took over FIVE POINTS, in lower Manhattan and turned it into a far worse slum than it was. They also destroyed the Bowery, turning it into a place no civilized person went to, without fear and trepidation; if at all. The Bowery was where the FIRST "MICKEY FINN" was used and if you don't know what that is, just ask me.
Even though most of the early Irish spoke English, the Americans claimed that they were speaking a foreign tongue, because their accents were so thick. And yes, many DID speak Gaelic, to the exclusion of English. Neither could many of them read and write, so the Tammany Hall Dems filled in their voting ballots for them.