“‘Wretched,’ ‘poor,’ refuse’ - right? That’s what the poem says America is supposed to stand for. So what do you think America stands for?” Burnett asked Cuccinelli.
“Well, of course, that poem was referring back to people coming from Europe,” Cucinelli answered, “where they had class-based societies, where people were considered wretched if they weren’t in the right class … And it was written one year after the first federal public charge rule was written.”
What is the difference between an immigrant from Europe and one from S. or Central American? I mean, other than the obvious.
There was plenty of push back on their immigrating as well, for the same reason. This country has had much more restrictive immigration policy through much of our history.
and for most of American history the immigration policy favored labor over skilled/education, are we seeing a shift into more high skilled / educated policy like other countries have (Canada, etc).
