Thanksgiving is probably the most American of holidays and I shouldn’t really post a rant, but…<\/p>\n
Those non-Americans didn’t have documentation when they sat down for the first Thanksgiving, and they didn’t really try to assimilate with those already living here.<\/p>\n
Whatever good intentions they might have had devolved into a simple invasion.<\/p>\n
Then we became a country and:<\/p>\n
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- Naturalization Act of 1790: <\/strong>Stipulated that “any alien, being a free white person, may be admitted to become a citizen of the United States”<\/li>\n
- 1875: <\/strong>Supreme Court declared that regulation of US immigration is the responsibility of the Federal Government.<\/li>\n
- 1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act: <\/strong>Prohibited certain laborers from immigrating to the United States.<\/li>\n
- 1885 and 1887: <\/strong>Alien Contract Labor laws which prohibited certain laborers from immigrating to the United States.<\/li>\n
- 1891: <\/strong>The Federal Government assumed the task of inspecting, admitting, rejecting, and processing all immigrants seeking admission to the U.S.<\/li>\n
- 1892: <\/strong>On January 2, a new Federal US immigration station opened on Ellis Island in New York Harbor.<\/li>\n
- 1903:<\/strong> This Act restated the 1891 provisions concerning land borders and called for rules covering entry as well as inspection of aliens crossing the Mexican border.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n
So in 1891 the Feds took responsibility and it seems they’ve been trying to wriggle out of the job since.<\/p>\n
That is history.<\/p>\n
Today there is this: Opponents of Alabama\u2019s immigration law say it causes fear, anxiety<\/a><\/p>\n