Joseph: Under current law, almost all Jewish immigrants to America would have been illegal. Being in the United States without a “green card” was the norm – there was no “line” to get immigration status. You arrived, wern’t diseased (TB was a big issue back then), or a know criminal, and could sujpport yourself through honest work – you were welcomed. A lot of people complained that American was being overrun by undesirables – but except for the Indians (who were ripped off by illegal aliens), the “huddled masses” (a Yid wrote that) are what built up America. Indeed, the US’s relative economic strength is due to immigration (countries like Japan keep out foreigners, and they’ve been in a deep depression for over 20 years) – especially since the good “old stock” don’t like to have children. America’s strength is from immigration. The reason American is full of Jews, with more freedom than anywhere in the world (just try being hareidi in Europe or Israel if you want to see the comparison), is based on policies reflecting the pro-immigration, pro-diversity bias of the American people.
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