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To: Jedidah
From the Wikipedia article on Ellis Island:
Generally, those immigrants who were approved spent from two to five hours at Ellis Island. Arrivals were asked 29 questions including name, occupation, and the amount of money carried. It was important to the American government that the new arrivals could support themselves and have money to get started. The average the government wanted the immigrants to have was between 18 and 25 dollars. Those with visible health problems or diseases were sent home or held in the island's hospital facilities for long periods of time.
So, why aren't we doing this today?
9 posted on 10/16/2014 12:18:27 PM PDT by mc5cents ("Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: mc5cents

because Obama is either a total idiot or trying to bring destruction upon the US.


10 posted on 10/16/2014 12:19:38 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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