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We lost that concept way before Trump. Any immigration law that gates entry likely runs afoul of the poem on the statue of liberty. Blocking entry from specifi
by _heimdall 2y ago
We lost that concept way before Trump.
Any immigration law that gates entry likely runs afoul of the poem on the statue of liberty. Blocking entry from specific countries may be a gray area, but anything that blocks based on merit is a problem and those laws have existed for quite some time now.
- Hammershaft 2y agoA fellow ellis island enjoyer?
- soerxpso 2y agoDespite the poem, Ellis Island has always turned away individuals with known criminal records (although a 'known' record was much rarer at the time) and anyone they thought was likely to become a public charge. Our immigration policy in the previous 4 years was actually significantly more permissive than when that poem was put on that statue.
- Hammershaft 2y agoIt absolutely is not more permissive today because legal pathways to migration are hideously convoluted, and let a sliver of the people that ellis island did.