[Verginius Rufus]

The academic left seems to view the history of immigration as a way of (1) encouraging sympathy with illegal immigration and (2) propagandizing for organized labor (by emphasizing that part of the earlier immigration which ended up as factory workers or mine workers). The agenda always seems to be: Vote Democratic!

I had some ancestors who were here before the Revolution (I belong to the SAR), and six immigrant ancestors, but only two of them came through Ellis Island. A lot of 19th-century immigrants (such as Irish and Germans) came before Ellis Island was in operation, and many came though ports other than New York.

[DoughtyOne]

I agree with your comments. The part about knowing the information about your pre-revolutionary war ancesters, was particulary interesting. Very good.