Yeah, I thought about my choice of the word “infirm” later. The correct phrase is “not in sufficient health to work and support yourself.”
As for the communicable disease thing: If you came to Ellis Island sick (and, after many days at sea in steerage) you didn’t get sent into the general American population until you got better. If you didn’t get better, you were sent back.
Notice how the number of cases of whooping cough in California is higher than it has been any time since 1954? Do you really believe it’s because our vaccinations stopped being effective? It’s far more likely whooping cough is spreading across California because millions illegally there from Mexico and elsewhere were never vaccinated.
“Whooping Cough”?
Are you retarded?