"The same exact things were said of the Italians, Jews, Poles, Irish and many others that poured into the US." This bears repeating. Exactly the same arguments

"The same exact things were said of the Italians, Jews, Poles, Irish and many others that poured into the US." This bears repeating. Exactly the same arguments were advanced by (otherwise) fairly intelligent people about whichever was the latest group. Those arguments were wrong, and this argument is wrong.