It wasn’t just the Know Nothings of the 1850s. The reason for the immigrant quotas adopted in 1921 and 1924 was to keep out Italians and other southern and eastern Europeans who were considered undesirables.
Haha. My Italian great grandparents slipped in legally from Mexico. They built up the county to which they came. All its roads, the first radio station, State’s first airline. My grandfather was called a genius because of inventions he built for a mining company. They integrated and they spoke perfect English. Vetting for such builds a country. Open borders destroys
Maybe, but the pause in immigration made assimiliation and higher wages possible, so even the people who were discriminated against weren’t entirely opposed to it.
Maybe, but the pause in immigration made assimiliation and higher wages possible, so even the people who were discriminated against weren’t entirely opposed to it.