Actually the Europeans would not have given a thought to whether or not they would be welcomed when they arrived in the colonies...if they were on a ship heading that way they knew they could just get off when it arrived in New York or Charleston or Boston...no customs no immigration...just gather the kids and their stuff and go down the gangplank...
Leftists try to make the argument that since we didn’t have immigration agents in the early days, we should not have any now. We no longer have so many vast uninhabited areas, plus Dems trying to import voters and destroy the nation, make things different.