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No, Immigrants Are Not Stealing Our Jobs
• arcleinIt is good to recall that before 1882, US immigration policy was "Y'all Come." That is, immigration was unencumbered but immigrants had to work to survive. Restrictions began in 1882 when the first of three Chinese exclusion acts became law. More general restrictions simmered in Congress mingled with presidential vetoes starting in the 1890s until finally becoming law in the 1920s.