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America was very much against immigrants between about 1925 and 1965. If you look at the history of the US they needed immigrants to settle the land, before the
by boelboel 6mo ago
America was very much against immigrants between about 1925 and 1965. If you look at the history of the US they needed immigrants to settle the land, before their expansion westward they were quite against immigration.
- petcat 6mo ago> America was very much against immigrants between about 1925 and 1965. And still despite immigration reforms and national origin quotas, USA still accepted by far more immigrants during this time period than any other country.
- boelboel 6mo agoPer capita far from (Australia and Canada, Israel, France, Taiwan, Switzerland , Belgium, Argentina...) on an absolute number sure because they were the most populous industrialized country. Even the latter you could argue against as west Germany had many after WW2 move from all over 'back to' Germany.
- expedition32 6mo agoBecause there was a difference between what the PEOPLE wanted and what the ELITES wanted. The railroad barron needed cheap labour and didn't give a flying fuck about the KKK clowns marching in Washington.
- johncole 6mo agoOur immigration policy has always been reactionary and counter productive to our interest. Yet people still want to come. Why?
- boelboel 5mo agoI don't think the immigration policy has always been counter productive to American interests. The US has good institutions regardless of being reactionary and has many structural advantages (e.g. geology, size, good neighbours, climate, waterways ...). People want to come to the US because it's rich and their home countries have deficiencies.