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re: The Immigration Act of 1917 celebrates its centennial today - now that was a ban
Posted on 2/5/17 at 1:25 pm to slackster
Posted on 2/5/17 at 1:25 pm to slackster
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his act added to and consolidated the list of undesirables banned from entering the country, including: "alcoholics", "anarchists", "contract laborers", "criminals and convicts", "epileptics", "feebleminded persons", "idiots", "illiterates", "imbeciles", "insane persons", "paupers", "persons afflicted with contagious disease", "persons being mentally or physically defective", "persons with constitutional psychopathic inferiority", "political radicals", "polygamists", "prostitutes" and "vagrants".
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Posted on 2/5/17 at 2:23 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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quote:his act added to and consolidated the list of undesirables banned from entering the country, including: "alcoholics", "anarchists", "contract laborers", "criminals and convicts", "epileptics", "feebleminded persons", "idiots", "illiterates", "imbeciles", "insane persons", "paupers", "persons afflicted with contagious disease", "persons being mentally or physically defective", "persons with constitutional psychopathic inferiority", "political radicals", "polygamists", "prostitutes" and "vagrants". Bama
Oddly, we now encourage immigration of most of these groups.
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