It's been a while since I studied the topic, so there may be some holes, but my recollection is that this is not quite true. In the 1800s, laws were passed tha

It's been a while since I studied the topic, so there may be some holes, but my recollection is that this is not quite true. In the 1800s, laws were passed that produced immigration quotas, where each country was assigned a number of immigrants permitted as a percentage of national origins of current Americans as indicated by the census. This law permitted plenty of immigrants from "favorable" countries like England and France, but few from countries like Italy, Ireland, or China. At the same time, the US saw very few people attempting to immigrate from England and France but large amounts coming from Italy, Ireland, and China. For those immigrants who got in, the attitude towards them is well documented...