Is America a ‘Nation of Immigrants’? Immigration Agency Says No(nytimes.com)

17 pointsby farnsworthy8 лет назад1 comments

Is America a ‘Nation of Immigrants’? Immigration Agency Says No

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/22/us/uscis-nation-of-immigrants.html

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brudgers8 лет назад

The phrase appears at least as far back as 1874, in an editorial published in The Daily State Journal of Alexandria, which praised a bill passed by the Virginia Senate appropriating $15,000 to encourage European immigration.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, 1874 is also approximately the culmination of the US's policies toward its indigenous peoples -- 1875 marks the concerted campaign against the Apache. A nation of immigrants is a phrase that expresses both the good and the bad of American history.