Well, I’d just direct you to the Immigration Act, and let you draw your own conclusions. Italians and Greeks may not have been considered “colored,” but they were certainly seen as less desirable and therefore less “white” than those from England, France, Germany, etc. The Immigration Act put these preferences into law.
Which Immigration Act? The Immigration Act of 1924? It made no mention of race but it did set a country of origin system in place that restricted immigrants based on the make up of the US at the time.
It was one of the better laws every passed by Congress.
It did heavily restrict Eastern and Southern European immigration.
And the reason it passed so easily is because Southern and Eastern Europe were crawling with Commies and Anarchists and the Reds had just won the Russian Civil war 6 months earlier. Not because they didn't think Socrates was a White guy.
How many more Commies do you guys think we should have let in in the 1920s and 30s?