08-19-2019, 12:53 PM
(08-19-2019, 12:48 PM)Dill Wrote: Is it possible that, in his view, some immigrants who can support themselves are still "worthless"? I.e., could the economic criteria have the desired effect of explicitly ethnic or racial criteria--without stating such criterion?
While it would never be admitted, absolutely. I would wager my life's earnings that these rules, if implemented and left for the long haul, would result in not just a lower level of immigration, but whiter immigration at that.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
