Is anti-immigration policy a continuation of the Holocaust?

Question

"In 1938 the Nazis burned every synagogue in the nation, shattered the windows of every Jewish establishment, hauled twenty-five thousand innocent people to concentration camps, and forced the Jews to pay 1,000,000,000 marks for the damage.

"Five days later, at a White House press conference, a reporter asked the President "Would you recommend a relaxation of our immigration restrictions so that the Jewish refugees could be received in this country?"

'This is not in contemplation," replied the President. "We have the quota system.'

"The United States not only insisted upon its immigration law throughout the Nazi era, but administered it with severity and callousness. In spite of unprecedented circumstances, the law was constricted so that even its narrow quotas were not met. The lamp remained lifted beside the golden door, but the flame had been extinguished and the door was padlocked."
- Arthur D. Morse
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0691a.asp

Answer 1

Wow , such a warm reception. LOl. I get what you are saying, the indifference( by inaction to the jewish plight) parallels the lack of compassion we have now for the MILLIONS of mexicans who are born and die poor in a violent and corrupt country, its sad that we cant find a reasonable solution, the illegals, for the most part, just want a better life......

Answer 2

You're comparing apples to oranges. Those were different times with a different world consciousness.

Although most Jews had the education and/or skills we needed, anti-semitism was rampant throughout the world 70 years ago. I do not see any significant prejudice against Hispanics in this country today except toward those who are here illegally. I think prejudice against Hispanics could increase however if we can't stem the tide of illegal immigration.

Even if the quotas were raised 100 fold, almost all the illegal immigrants coming over our borders today would not be legally admitted primarily due to their lack of education and skills.

BTW, I think the quotas should be drastically raised for Hispanic countries. I just object to the large majority arriving unscreened for education, skills, criminal history, contagious diseases, etc.

Answer 3

You're getting defensive responses because we are all so used to "the race card" being pulled when the illegals and their supporters can't come up with a semi-intellectual argument.

I, however, understand what you're getting at. No, it's not a continuation of the Holocaust, for many reasons. The US is not denying entry for millions of legal immigrants and/or refugees. No one would even bat an eye at legal immigrants or refugees, who are often given asylum in the US. No problem. The problem is that there are 20 million people in our nation, who took it upon themselves to have "asylum" in the US, without the USA's permission or even knowledge to some degree.

We are a nation that needs to be protecting its own people, its own borders, and hopefully prevent any more tragedies that COULD HAVE BEEN stopped.

Answer 4

This is a really silly "question". The fact is that any foreigner who applies can win consideration for admission to the United States. There are certain requirements to be met. I do not weep for those who want to jump the line and sneak in without obeying our laws.

Try this experiment. Go into Mexico and apply for a job. Try buying a house. Try publicly criticizing the government. When the Mexicans fix up their own country then I may listen when they complain about the way we run ours. Their corruption is legendary and their government is highly incompetent. That is NOT our fault.

Answer 5

There is zero zero comparison to the Jewish Holocaust resulting in refugees, and the massive Illegal immigrations by citizens from South America who are poor but not skinny starving refugees...they are causing America to lose it's middle class turning America into a third world country.

Answer 6

Every thing Hitler did was legal in Germany, this is from the corruption , and control he instilled in his government. He slaughtered thousands of human beings, for reasons we still ponder. The Jewish population at the time were fleeing for their lives.

The illegal immigration problem this country is facing is formed out of greed, corruption, ignorance, and hate. The same elements that gave birth to the Holocaust. It is the American public that are rising up together, to stop the conflict, secure our land from trespassers, and stop the oppression of our country.

To make a analogy between boarder security, and the holocaust is a weak argument. I further look at it as a insult to the Jewish population of this country.

Answer 7

No, and Iresent the comprison. My grandfather fought to free the Jews, and we're not putting illegal immigrants to deat. In fact we have a generous program to help Jews imigrate, as well as Mexicans. We actually make it easier for people who are under religious prosecution to come here. Jews are not a nationality, under our books. Israel may have a lot of jews, but they're not looked upon that in our laws. As for Mexico, Half of all legal immigrants are Mexican. I think we discriminate too much for Mexicans, since their are other nationalites who want in too. I think we need to improve diversity and give other people who are less previlege a chance to come too.

Edit: Oh wait our you suggesting to cut the number of quota to letting Mexicans come in and replacing it with more Jews???

Answer 8

Just because one is against this awful bill that awards
illegal behaviour does not mean we are anti immigration.

The govt shoud get their act together and have a guest worker
program. Issue id's know where your going. If you commit
a crime...bong...your gone....dont care how many bambinos you have.

Also we should adapt Canada's policy, just because your prego...when you get here doesn't mean your anchor baby keeps you here. If you dealing in drugs running our borders, you shot on site. If your running a gang....deported don't care where.

One last important note.
LEARN ENGLISH...YOU WILL NEVER BE SUCCESSFUL
WITHOUT IT.

Answer 9

No.

Keep in mind that, to reach the US, a person fleeling the Holocaust would have to escape Nazi Germany, and either pass through multiple European nations, or take a ship (I don't think there were transcontinental flights) from the sole German port, to reach America. Whether granted entry to the US or not, that's a successful escape.

Answer 10

No. The holocaust had no bearing, and has no bearing on our immigration policy. While I agree with you that we may not have handled the holocaust situation properly, the Mexicans are not facing any type of genocide in their home country, and there are no extenuating circumstances that would warrant a radical shift in our immigration policy.