Hmmm 1840’s to 1850’s, that is only a decade before what? Oh yeah THE CIVIL WAR! You sir are a rocket surgeon.
Go back more than a few hundred years and you’ll see that the ‘immigrants’ DECIMATED the Roman Empire. Have you ever heard of the phrase “The Barbarians at the gates”? That is exactly what can happen here without our vigilance.
We didn’t have SSI, Medicare, FREE schooling, etc... for the illegal Irish, Germans, etc to milk from in the 1850’s.
We didn’t have 30% of the illegal immigrant population in prison in the 1850’s.
I could keep going, but I digress...for now.
Sorry, I'm going to have to call BS on this one. Hispanics don't make up for anywhere near 30 percent of the prison population in the US, and to say that 30 percent of illegal aliens are in jail is patently ridiculous - especially if you buy into the numbers that are supposed to be here.
So, no matter which way you meant it, it seems to be patently false.
Feel free to clarify, and then please back it up with a credible link.
Immigrants did not cause the Civil War.
Or were you being tongue-in-cheek? :p