I agree, those Russians should never have been admitted into the USA and most certainly should not be in the USA today without proper papers. I rued the day when such persons were allowed favored treatment for immigration because of political sympathy. Such political patronizing has not been, in my opinion, a plus for the USA be it Russian, Asians or Latinos.
>>>I agree, those Russians should never have been admitted into the USA and most certainly should not be in the USA today without proper papers. I rued the day when such persons were allowed favored treatment for immigration because of political sympathy. Such political patronizing has not been, in my opinion, a plus for the USA be it Russian, Asians or Latinos.<<<
In fact there were some four waves of Russian immigration into US for the last century.
The worst was of the late 1970s and it was mostly a fault of US politicians who slammed SU authorities in UN for preventing their citizens moving abroad.
Soviets finally said OK, get it into your face and established three panels in parts of Soviet Union including Stans to flood America with people they didn’t want for themselves. Felons, prostitutes, addicts, welfare recipients, muslim extremists and liberal artists had undisputed priority. Some convicts were actually forced by KGB to participate as an amnesty plan.
United States had to accept any of these people just to save face.
It was really difficult to emigrate for decent folks only. Commies has instituted an “emigration tax” of some $25,000 per family member who had any degrees to compensate for “free education”. It was unbearable for most Soviet families who averaged $9,000-12,000 annually.