The Hidden History of US Immigration Policy

⭐️ Woodrow Wilson's re-election campaign in 1916 was centered around the promise of the United States staying out of World War One.

🔍 In the 1918 midterm elections, the Republican party took control of the House, leading to the rise of Albert Johnson, a congressman from Washington state known for his anti-immigrant views.

💥 Albert Johnson's promotion gave him a platform to express his beliefs about the threat of non-white immigrants to white civilization.

⚠️ The US anti-immigrant policy has its roots in racist eugenics.

⚙️ Albert Johnson, chairman of the committee on immigration and naturalization, hired a eugenics consultant to support anti-immigrant measures.

📊 A chart was created in 1922 to show the relative social inadequacy of different immigrant races in the United States.

🌍 The roots of US anti-immigrant policy can be traced back to eugenics.

🔬 Eugenicist Harry Laughlin promoted compulsory sterilization laws to improve the American gene pool.

📜 The Johnson Reed Immigration Act of 1924 used eugenics to restrict immigration from specific countries and populations.

📜 The US anti-immigrant policy in the 1920s was based on a racist eugenic ideology.

🔍 The policy used the 1890 census as a benchmark to determine who could enter the country.

🌍 The intention behind the policy was to maintain the racial composition of America and protect the white race.

📜 US anti-immigrant policy has roots in racist eugenics.

🌎 Highest percentage of non-native born Americans since the founding of the republic.

🗽 Immigration policy changes in 1924 led to assimilation and the creation of the solid middle class of America.

📚 The Trump administration is planning to round up undocumented young people, raising concerns about the use of their information against them.

💡 Attorney General Jeff Sessions has a long history of opposing legal and illegal immigration, including advocating for eugenics-based immigration bans.

🗣️ Donald Trump has consistently made anti-immigrant statements and policies, such as calling Mexican immigrants rapists and proposing a ban on Muslims.

🔑 The US anti-immigrant policy has its roots in racist eugenics.

🌎 There are two clear through lines in this administration: the president's strange admiration for Russia and the vehement antipathy toward immigrants.

⚖️ Blaming and punishing immigrants taps into a deep old through line in the country's history that has been seen before with astonishment and shame.