At York's Book Nook Bonanza earlier this month, I bought an amazing old encyclopedia — the 1946 edition of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Fact-Index. The illustrations, typography and graphics throughout the 15-volume set are just stunning, and I know we'll be returning to it again and again. I also expect it to make many appearances here on Papergreat.
Today, I thought I'd share this infographic from the article titled "Immigration" in Volume 7. Here are some excerpts (not necessarily endorsements) from that entry:
- "Only the Indians can properly call themselves native Americans, and even they are believed to have come from Asian centuries ago. All the rest of the people of the United States are immigrants or descendants of immigrants."
- "At first, the United States held out open arms to the stranger. There were canals to be dug, railroads to be built, minerals to be mined, forests to be cut, farm lands and prairies to be cultivated, great industrial plants to be manned. ... They brought their families with them. They were eager to become citizens. Stalwart, courageous, and upstanding, they were, as a rule, intelligent, educated, and skilled in the use of tools."
- "The 'new immigration' [1905-1915] differed from the old in several respects. ... They were largely illiterate; and they were not so easily Americanized. Many of them had no intention of becoming citizens. They had a tendency to be clannish, to live together in the same part of a city, and to cling to their national customs. They became easy tools in the hands of unscrupulous politicians."
- "Quotas are not applied to immigration from Canada or Latin American countries. Until 1929 Mexicans came in large numbers, particularly for common labor in the Southwest."
- "Everywhere today [1940s] immigration is strictly regulated by law. Nations which still need people want immigrants who will readily become assimilated with their populations, and they want particular classes of workers. ... Totalitarian nations followed a mixed policy."
Immigration is very much in the news right now in the United States. Here are some tweets and posts of relevance, now and for the historical record...
If you don’t have Borders, you don’t have a Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2018
We must always arrest people coming into our Country illegally. Of the 12,000 children, 10,000 are being sent by their parents on a very dangerous trip, and only 2000 are with their parents, many of whom have tried to enter our Country illegally on numerous occasions.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2018
Democrats are the problem. They don’t care about crime and want illegal immigrants, no matter how bad they may be, to pour into and infest our Country, like MS-13. They can’t win on their terrible policies, so they view them as potential voters!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 19, 2018
Infest? We’re not talking about insects, these are children! These are human beings. You are talking about kids who are scared, alone and being held in cages. You have the power to stop it, do it. https://t.co/D1kgSi4hNb
— Senator Bob Casey (@SenBobCasey) June 19, 2018
@SenBobCasey to reporters: Policy of separating undocumented children from their families is "straight from the pit of hell."
— Tracie Mauriello (@pgPoliTweets) June 19, 2018
This is, quite literally, the most oft-repeated talking point of America's white nationalist movement https://t.co/plo6M2JUW7
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 19, 2018
Acknowledging race's role in Trump's political ideology should not be relegated to opinion journos or "race" reporters. It's fact-based and has been from the campaign announcement to this very moment. It's not a show of bias to acknowledge that, it's a show of bias to ignore it
— Astead (@AsteadWesley) June 19, 2018
I don't talk about politics. I'm not allowed to talk about politics. I don't consider it politics to say that listening to children cry desperately for their parents made me feel physically ill. That is a truth, and perhaps my insistence that I'm still a human.
— Linda Holmes (@lindaholmes) June 18, 2018
Sarah Sanders says the White House will not consider standalone legislation to stop family separation. They'll only consider legislation that includes funding for a border wall, etc.
— Caroline O. (@RVAwonk) June 18, 2018
So yea. The White House just confirmed that these children are, in fact, being used as pawns.
This one's a screen shot, in the event they try to delete the tone-deaf tweet.
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