[Political Junkie Too]

The difference is that the woman on the ship 1) had her travel documented, 2) had no intention of going back once arriving. She was emigrating, not crossing the border for the convenience of having her baby here.

-PJ

[JCBreckenridge]

The difference is that her husband was already over here - and was given land to farm off of (that’s right, given!) and to start a family.