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26. True that when the country wanted cheap

Wed Oct 28, 2020, 10:19 PM

Oct 2020

labor for the Industrial Revolution, the immigration laws were not as strict as today. There was some vetting in an attempt to keep criminals out, and some screening for infectious diseases. Ellis Island included clinics for those who could be treated and expected to recover.

But most RW fools automatically equate immigration with "illegal." I mentioned to one guy that my great-grandparents were political refugees from the German Empire. He asked if they were illegal. I pointed out that it was not the issue in 1888 that it is today. So he latched onto the German part and asked if they were Nazis escaping defeat and prosecution. I told him there was no such thing as Nazis until about 40 to 50 years AFTER my great-grandparents reached the US. The ignorance of time periods and history among these yo-yos is astounding.

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