reading comprehension deficiency noted again ... In the first decade of the 20th century, an average of 200,000 Italians had entered the United States each year. With the 1924 Act, the annual quota for Italians was set at less than 4,000.
On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 12:00:43 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Once again, this shows your ignorance Plain Ol. Most of the immigrants > who had already arrived prior to the Immigration Act of 1924, the > predomiance of immigrants came from Great Britain and Germany. What this > biased report fails to mention, is that the "Provision" was that family > members or relatives could come in addition to the quotas mandated, (which > the report fails to mention!) > > In all actuality, the 1924 Immigration Act allowed for more foreigners > other than from Great Britain or Germany! > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:50 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > There's never been a movement or a concerted effort to stop the Italians, > the Greeks, or the Spanish from immigrating to the United States. Ever. > --- > ignorance noted again. > > In response to growing public opinion against the flow of immigrants from > Southern and Eastern Europe in the years following World War I, Congress > passed first the Quota Act of 1921 then the even more restrictive > Immigration Act of 1924 (the Johnson-Reed Act). Initially, the 1924 law > imposed a total quota on immigration of 165,000—less than 20 percent of the > pre-World War I average. It based ceilings on the number of immigrants from > any particular nation on the percentage of each nationality recorded in the > 1890 census—a blatant effort to limit immigration from Southern and Eastern > Europe, which mostly occurred after that date. In the first decade of the > 20th century, an average of 200,000 Italians had entered the United States > each year. With the 1924 Act, the annual quota for Italians was set at less > than 4,000. This table shows the annual immigration quotas under the 1924 > Immigration Act. > ------------------------------ > > *Northwest Europe and Scandinavia* > *Eastern and Southern Europe* > *Other Countries* > *Country* > *Quota* > *Country* > *Quota* > > *Country* > *Quota*Germany51,227 Poland5,982 > Africa (other than Egypt) > 1,100Great Britain and Northern Ireland34,007 Italy3,845 > Armenia > 124Irish Free State (Ireland)28,567 Czechoslovakia3,073 > Australia > 121Sweden9,561 Russia2,248 > Palestine > 100Norway6,453 Yugoslavia671 > Syria > 100France3,954 Romania603 > Turkey > 100Denmark2,789 Portugal503 > Egypt > 100Switzerland2,081 Hungary473 > New Zealand & Pacific Islands > 100Netherlands1,648 Lithuania344 > All others > 1,900Austria785 Latvia142 > Belgium512 Spain131 > Finland471 Estonia124 > Free City of Danzig228 Albania100 > Iceland100 Bulgaria100 > Luxembourg100 Greece100 > > *Total (Number)*142,483 *Total (Number)*18,439 > *Total (Number)* > 3,745*Total (%)*86.5 *Total (%)*11.2 > > *Total (%)* > 2.3 > *(Total Annual immigrant quota: 164,667)* > > > Source: *Statistical Abstract of the United States* (Washington, D.C. > Government Printing Office, 1929), 100. > > On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 11:01:29 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Hey Plain Ol'; > > I really didn't have an idea of what you were talking about until you > posted the article, (of which I read only the first two paragraphs) > > Bull Hockey. There's never been a movement or a concerted effort to stop > the Italians, the Greeks, or the Spanish from immigrating to the United > States. Ever. > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 11:56 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Who/What is "Non-White Europeans" > --- > don't act stupid. > > In the early 20th century, Congress, backed by the "science" of eugenics > <http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/essay9text.html>, > restricted immigration by the "races" of southern and eastern Europe, which > were generally viewed as inferior stock. Madison Grant's 1916 book, "The > Passing of the Great Race," argued for Nordic supremacy to maintain the > nation's stature. A 1917 law created the Asiatic Barred Zone to further > curtail already limited immigration from most of Asia and the Middle East. > And in 1921 and 1924 new immigration restrictions > <https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act> were > imposed to privilege admission to the U.S. of immigrants from Germany, > Ireland and the U.K. and to reduce the flow of most others. > > Current resistance to nonwhite immigration -- including opposition to the > legalization of undocumented immigrants who are already here -- is weak by > comparison. According to a December Pew Research Center/USA Today survey > <http://www.people-press.org/2014/12/11/immigration-action-gets-mixed-response-but-legal-pathway-still-popular/>, > > 70 percent of Americans supported legal status for undocumented immigrants > living in the U.S., with 43 percent also supporting a path to citizenship. > Specifically among whites, 64 percent said undocumented immigrants should > be allowed to stay in the U.S. legally if certain requirements are met. > > White fears of being overrun aren't entirely dead, and evidence ofwhite > backlash <http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9954.html> isn't hard to come > by. In a 2013 poll > <http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-03-21/conservatives-fear-discrimination-against-whites> > by > Latino Decisions, 61 percent of white conservatives and 56 percent of > whites 65 or older agreed that growing racial diversity would fuel > discrimination against whites. Conservative efforts to clamp down onvoting > rights <http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300182033> and even > birthright citizenship have a distinctly racial cast. Likewise, the racism > that has percolated > <http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/12/obamas-challenge-building-a-bridge-over-americas-racial-divide/383649/> > throughout > the presidency of Barack Obama -- himself a symbol of the nation's > demographic future -- suggests that many Americans are resistant to change. > > But given how momentous the transition is, it's remarkable that white > backlash isn't broader and more intense. "It really is a puzzle," said > Deborah Schildkraut, a political scientist at Tufts University > and the author of "Americanism in the Twenty-First Century: Public > Opinion in the Age of Immigration > <http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/politics-international-relations/american-government-politics-and-policy/americanism-twenty-first-century-public-opinion-age-immigration?format=HB> > ." > > It's "very normal" for an ethnic group to fear the loss of dominance in a > changing society, Schildkraut said. Yet white support for legalizing the > roughly 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. is "at or near > majority support," she added. "I'm honestly not sure what to attribute it > to." > > Schildkraut cited a few theories, including increasing acceptance of the > notion that American identity has been decoupled from racial ancestry. That > could be one reason that the overt white nationalism of European right-wing > parties has struggled to gain stronger purchase in the > U.S. Instead, Republican immigration restrictionists appear likely to be > eclipsed by those > <http://www.nationaljournal.com/2016-elections/rubio-pollster-gop-must-top-40-with-latinos-to-win-white-house-in-2016-20150331> > who > view political support from Hispanics (and Asians > <http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-11-08/asian-voters-send-a-message-to-republicans>) > > as the only viable route to the party's national success. On the Democratic > side, restrictionists already have been routed. When Hillary Clinton > recently announced her solidarity with undocumented immigrants, promising > to surpass Obama in the aggressive use of executive action in their behalf, > there was no rebuttal from Democrats and the mainstream Republican response > was strikingly muted > <http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-05-06/hillary-clinton-just-escalated-gop-immigration-war>. > > > > Given the nation's peculiarly brutal > <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/05/books/review/the-half-has-never-been-told-by-edward-e-baptist.html?_r=0> > racial > history, the relative quiet is a great achievement. As the U.S. moves > rapidly toward a white minority (unless, like Italians before them, > Hispanics generally come to identify as "white" > <http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/22/upshot/more-hispanics-declaring-themselves-white.html>), > > American culture and politics will change accordingly. Yet beneath the > surface agitation, powerful sectors of U.S. society -- including much of > the federal government, big business, education, the military -- are moving > not to block the transition, but to ease it. Conflict, racist and > otherwise, will continue to arise; it inevitably does. But for a nation > that only half a century before produced bloodshed as whites sought to > block a small black minority from accessing democratic power, it's so far, > so good. > > This column does not necessarily reflect the opinion of Bloomberg View's > editorial board or Bloomberg LP, its owners and investors. > > > > On Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at 10:32:57 AM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Who/What is "Non-White Europeans" > > > > On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 12:58 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> > wrote: > > and who lobbied for non-white european immigration? > > On Sunday, January 10, 2016 at 7:39:32 AM UTC-6, Travis wrote: > > > > > > > > > > http://www.barenakedislam.com/2016/01/09/obama-regime-cover-up-113-more-muslim-immigrants-to-the-us-have-been-implicated-in-terrorist-plots-against-the-u-s-just-since-2014/ > > > OBAMA REGIME COVER UP: 113 more Muslim immigrants to the US have been > implicated in terrorist plots against the U.S. just since 2014 > > *[image: Description: immigration-300x194]**Following the discovery of a > Muslim terrorist cell in Texas operated by an Iraqi who entered the U.S. as > a refugee, it has been revealed that an additional 41 individuals > <http://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/VOLUNTARILY.pdf> who have > been implicated in terrorist plots in the U.S. since 2014, bringing the > total number of Muslim terrorists discovered in that time to 113.* > > *Washington Free Beacon > <http://freebeacon.com/national-security/disclosure-another-41-foreign-born-individuals-snagged-on-terror-charges/>** > > Since August, however, the Obama administration has stonewalled > <http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news-releases?ID=9045A921-6A74-45EC-9F55-3D44C8A1AB5B> > Congressional efforts > <http://www.sessions.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2015/12/sessions-cruz-to-obama-admin-release-immigration-history-of-san-bernardino-attackers> > to > obtain more detailed immigration histories of these individuals.* > > [image: Description: SYRIA-REFUGEES1] > > *The disclosure of these additional 41 individuals linked to terror > operations—many already identified as immigrants, others’ immigration > histories shrouded in secrecy—has stoked further concerns about flaws in > the U.S. screening process and is likely to prompt further congressional > inquiry into Obama administration efforts to withhold details about these > suspects, sources said.* > > *As the number of legal immigrants connected to terrorism continues to > grow > <http://freebeacon.com/national-security/more-recent-migrant-terrorists-found-operating-in-us/>, > > the Obama administration has sought to quash congressional inquiries and > rally its allies behind an effort to fund efforts to boost the number of > immigrants and refugees from the Middle East.* > > [image: Description: green-cards-issued-to-muslim-migrants] > > *Many of these immigrants have been caught by authorities planning > terrorist attacks on American soil, while others were found to be involved > in efforts to provide funding and material to ISIS, according to an > internal list of migrant terrorists codified by congressional sources and > viewed by the Free Beacon.* > > *“A growing number of foreign-born terrorists are being identified > operating within the United States, and yet the Administration will not > provide any information about their immigrant histories,” said one senior > congressional source apprised of the issue. “And one can only imagine that > for every identified terrorist, there are many more individuals around them > who are radicalized, extreme or otherwise detracting from American society > in ways beyond the threat of terrorism alone.”* > > [image: Description: student visas country origin] > > *As congressional calls for increased screening methods go mostly ignored, > local authorities are dealing with an uptick in terror-related crimes > committed by legal immigrants.* > > *On Thursday, the Justice Department accused > <http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/texas-man-charged-attempting-provide-material-support-isil> > two > <http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-arrested-making-false-statements-terrorism-investigation> > Iraqi > refugees legally in the U.S. of conspiring to provide support to ISIS.* > > *Omar Faraj Saeed Al Hardan, a 24-year-old Palestinian born Iraqi refugee > who had been living in Texas, was charged with aiding ISIS. The man had > been granted legal permanent residence in Houston in 2011, though it was > later determined that he “swore untruthfully on his formal application when > applying to become a naturalized U.S. citizen,” according to the Justice > Department.* > > [image: Description: > u.s.-issued-680-000-green-cards-to-migrants-from-muslim-nations-over-the-last-5-years] > > *Aws Mohammed Younis Al-Jayab, also a Palestinian born Iraqi, allegedly > <http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-man-arrested-making-false-statements-terrorism-investigation> > “traveled > overseas to fight alongside terrorist organizations and lied to U.S. > authorities about his activities,” according to the Justice Department* > > *Al-Jayab entered the U.S. as a refugee in 2012 and later travelled back > to Syria, where it is believed that he resumed “fighting with various > terrorist organizations,” according to the charges.* > > *Additional information viewed by the Free Beacon outlines another 20 > previously unknown individuals brought up on similar terrorism-related > charges in 2015 alone.* > > [image: Description: > usa-muslim-refugees-91-4-on-food-stamps-68-3-on-cash-welfare] > > *Those who have been charged were legally residing in the U.S. after > entering from countries such as Egypt, Uzbekistan, Albania, Pakistan, and > Syria, according to information provided by Congressional sources.* > > *“The terrorism-related arrests of two more Iraqi refugees on American > soil proves once again our screening process is weak and needs to be > updated,” Sen. Mark Kirk (R., Ill,) said in a statement Friday.* > > *With incidents and indictments of this nature continuing to rise, critics > of the Obama administration’s immigration policy are expressing concern > about a last-minute funding effort in 2015 to fully fund refugee > resettlement and visa programs.* > > [image: Description: refugees not welcome_0] > > *These priorities, which were granted full funding as part of a yearly > spending bill approved by Congress last year, will permit around 170,000 > new migrants from Muslim-majority countries to enter the United States in > 2016, according to the Senate’s immigration subcommittee.* > > *“The omnibus gave the green light for the administration to continue this > failed immigration policy over the objections of the electorate,” the > senior Congressional source quoted above said.* > > *“Preventing and responding to these acts is an effort encompassing > thousands of federal agents and attorneys and billions of dollars: In > effect, we are voluntarily admitting individuals at risk for terrorism and > then, on the back end, trying to stop them from carrying out their violent > designs,” Sen. Jeff Sessions (R., Ala.) warned last year as Congress > considered the spending bill.* > > [image: Description: 7] > > [image: Description: Share] > <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.barenakedislam.com%2F2016%2F01%2F09%2Fobama-regime-cover-up-113-more-muslim-immigrants-to-the-us-have-been-implicated-in-terrorist-plots-against-the-u-s-just-since-2014%2F&title=OBAMA%20REGIME%20COVER%20UP%3A%20113%20more%20Muslim%20i> > > By BareNakedIslam • Posted in EnemyWithin-America > <http://www.barenakedislam.com/category/enemywithin-america/> > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOHBiYW1uBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NTIzNzE2NjM-> > > > > ... -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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