[muawiyah]

Not exactly. Jews who sought entry without visas definitely had a problem. So few people were trying to get into the United States all the immigration control resources could be brought to bear on maintaining the border thereby forcing the visa issue. You'll want to read about the S.S.StLouis.

Tony Frank, former Postmaster General, came with his parents from Germany. They were Jewish. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright could tell you about how she learned her family were Jewish. They emigrated.

There was a national quota system in place.

So, no, the US didn't kill Jews. The Nazis killed Jews.

[Jonty30]

I never said the US killed Jews. Canada didn’t kill the Jewish people either.

I only said the US sent Jews back.

I’d have to see reference that it was only due to immigration policies to know that’s what happened.

The reality of the time was that anti-semitism was widespread.

[Jonty30]

I will give on the point that nobody could have predicted that the anti-semitism and pogroms would lead to extermination camps.

But we knew, as governments, about the pogroms and death within the ghettoes. That was not a state secret. We were definitely still guilty of sending Jews back to the ghettoes.

It’s just a question as to whether we can reasonably justify that.