Yes, I don't like that either. But to ignore the opportunities America affords immigrants - which few other nations do - is also a mistake.
Probably depends on the period but I think the literature on whiteness & immigration offers a suggestive way to think about this
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We have a natural experiment, though - the Immigration Act of 1924. Did that act weaken white supremacy, do you think?
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Similarly, Jeet, if we were now to pass the RAISE Act and deport all the undocumented, would it weaken white supremacy, do you think?
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I recommend strongly Rogers Smith's Civic Ideals on the interaction of race and immigration over the history of the US.
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