"The new immigration as a class is far less intelligent than the old...Generally speaking they are actuated in coming by different ideals, for the old immigration came to be part of the country, while the new, in a large measure, comes with the intention of profiting, in a pecuniary way, by the superior advantages of the new world and then returning to the old country."
The Dillingham Report
1911
The report goes on to fault the new immigrants (from southern and eastern Europe) for lack of assimilation and English skills and urges a clampdown on immigration.
Hey, those were my grandparents!!! Were they yours?!??!?
2007-08-28
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