For most white Americans in this country, the rules when your family arrived were: If you made it here, you could stay.
Sure, we can have a debate whether that still makes sense, but to pretend your circumstances were somehow different than those arriving at the southern border is uninformed/hypocritical.
Most of my family came to this country from Europe, fleeing poverty and hunger, in the late 1800s/early 1900s.
Did they come here "legally"?
Sure, because the US was letting just about everyone in.
Sure, because the US was letting just about everyone in.
"From 1900 to 1914 – the peak years of Ellis Island’s operation – some 5,000 to 10,000 people passed through the immigration station every day. Approximately 80 percent successfully passed through in a matter of hours..." history.com/topics/ellis-i…
When did the US start restricting immigration?
"The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States." history.com/topics/chinese…
Guess what? It was a very racist law.
"The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States." history.com/topics/chinese…
Guess what? It was a very racist law.
Why this rant this morning? Because I watched @frontlinepbs last night and I'm so appalled by what's going on. pbs.org/wgbh/frontline…
