Comment on The USA prided itself on a nation of immigrant, heck even the Statue of Liberty says it. When did immigrants (US citizens from the old world) become anti immigrant and why?

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Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

And it wasn’t always a skin color thing either, the Irish were one of the big targets for a long time.

Irish and Italians were not considered white, so … it’s still a “where is the migration from” kinda thing

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