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Great points, all of you. Thanks.

Other factors conveniently ignored by progs/subversives:

1. 1798. Alien and Sedition Acts provided for DEPORTATION of “dangerous” aliens.
2. 1882. Convicts, lunatics, and those who were UNABLE TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES were barred from entering.
3. 1885. Illegal to import unskilled aliens as laborers.
4. 1891. Those who had financial assistance in getting here were barred from entry. (i.e., if you are poor and dependent on others, you are not welcome)
5. 1892. Women traveling alone and not met by a man were immediately deported.
6. 1903. Anarchists, epileptics, polygamists, beggars denied entry to U.S.
7. 1906. English proficiency required.
8. 1907. People with physical defects, mental defects, tuberculosis barred from entry. UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN barred from entry.
9. 1917. Literacy tests.
10. 1940. All aliens fingerprinted and registered.

At various times, people from certain countries were barred from entering and/or from citizenship, including Chinese, all of Asia, Japan.

One big factor that seems to escape a lot of liberals is that in the past, traveling to the US was a huge undertaking and most often a one-way trip. People arriving here intended to assimilate and become Americans. They did not return to their countries of origin for frequent visits. They did not take advantage of opportunity here in for the primary purpose of sending money back to their HOME countries. Today, the US is looked on by far too many as a place where you can run multiple scams to get easy money and live off the American taxpayers, not as a place that you can become a part of.