"The attempt was made with the immigration quotas that began in 1924 to keep America a western European ethnic nation. That was the purpose of those quotas enacted at that time."
One could easily argue that the original Immigration Act that was enacted in 1790 had the purpose of keeping America as a western European ethnic nation. I assume by "western European ethnic" you mean White people. The Immigration Act of 1790 stated that you had to be White to come here. The act did use the word "white" as a descriptor so there should be no confusion as to who they were referring to. All US immigration laws prior to 1965 were essentially written to provide for legal immigration of Whites only and with little exception. Since the act of 1790 specifically limited immigration to "free white persons," that would have been the most restrictive quota of all the various immigration acts. Here is the text of the document:
"That any alien, being a free white person, who shall have resided within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States for the term of two years, may be admitted to become a citizen thereof, on application to any common law court of record, in any one of the States wherein he shall have resided for the term of one year at least, and making proof to the satisfaction of such court, that he is a person of good character, and taking the oath or affirmation prescribed by law, to support the Constitution of the United States, which oath or affirmation such court shall administer; and the clerk of such court shall record such application, and the proceedings thereon; and thereupon such person shall be considered as a citizen of the United States. And the children of such persons so naturalized, dwelling within the United States, being under the age of twenty-one years at the time of such naturalization, shall also be considered as citizens of the United States. And the children of citizens of the United States, that may be born beyond sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born citizens: Provided, that the right of citizenship shall not descend to persons whose fathers have never been resident in the United States: . ."
SOURCE: http://uscis.gov/graphics/aboutus/history/1790Act.htm
Re: "This Debate"
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Registered: 9/19/2005
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Duane Vick
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Duane Vick
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