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The US has always taken particular issue with those that look different, whether black or oriental. It passed that act whilst essentially retaining open borders
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
The US has always taken particular issue with those that look different, whether black or oriental. It passed that act whilst essentially retaining open borders for the rest, and famously continuing to encourage net immigration...
- masonic 7y agoThere were not "open borders for the rest". Illegal immigration across the southern border was prosecuted aggressively by the FDR administration, for one example.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoFDR was after WW1, coming back to my original point. Policy and extent of caring about borders and passports globally in the developed world, came with WW1.