At least\n20 percent of arrivals at Ellis Island were temporarily detained, often due to\nconcerns that they might become a public charge \u2013 someone who would become\ndependent on government handouts in order to survive. <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\nOf course, for those who\nattempt to racialize all discussions of immigration enforcement, what actually\nhappened at Ellis Island is an inconvenient truth. Most of the migrants who\nprocessed through \u201cAmerica\u2019s Golden Doorway,\u201d were Caucasians, of European\nancestry. And European immigrants were screened, and some sent home, for many\nof the same reasons we deport people today. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Modern immigration has\nchanged in two ways: 1) Most migrants are coming from regions other than\nEurope; and 2) the entire process has become easier on the migrants. But, if\nthere is one lesson that should be drawn from the Ellis Island experience, it\nis that the U.S. must properly screen anyone who is seeking a new life in the\nU.S. \u2013 to ensure that their admission is in the national interest of the people\nof the United States. That is an idea that is as old at the nation itself and\nit ensures that immigration works both for Americans and those who aspire to be\nAmericans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who use Emma Lazarus\u2019s poem thinking that they are justifying the status quo<\/em> of mass immigration, or use the poem as a way to criticize the notion of detaining or properly screening new immigrants, are completely misrepresenting the history of U.S. immigration policy and essentially hijacking the facts. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anyone who has ever tried to discuss the need for immigration control with a friend or colleague has \u2013 at least once \u2013 had all of their fact-based arguments quickly dismissed by someone who spits out the most well known phrases from the poem attached to the base of the Statue of Liberty. \u201cGive me<\/p>\n
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