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Oh god I hope this lie is part of an attempt to get right-wingers on board with a “let’s roll immigration policy back to what we had in 1950!” push. I hope thi
by retvrn 1mo ago
Oh god I hope this lie is part of an attempt to get right-wingers on board with a “let’s roll immigration policy back to what we had in 1950!” push.
I hope this because it’d be hilarious if they got what they wanted and realized that meant actual open borders with most or all of the Americas.
- profdevloper 1mo agoBefore Hart-Cellar we had national origin quotas, it wasn't a free-for-all.
- retvrn 1mo agoFor those outside the Americas, yes. Western hemisphere immigration had no meaningful restrictions until 1965.
- rayiner 1mo agoWe had little meaningful immigration pressure from the america at the time. The foreign born population dropped from 15% in 1921 to under 5% by 1970.
- retvrn 1mo agoWe’re backing away from: > The U.S. had a draconian restrictive immigration policy from 1921-1965. to “well ok not really but it didn’t matter”?
- rayiner 1mo agoIt did matter. It was restrictive in actual effect, in that it blocked immigration from the places it was mainly coming from, and dropped the foreign born population under 5% by 1970.