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Yes, these are the people that came and made America great....more please
You must be a real history buff...
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When America Despised the Irish: The 19th Century’s Refugee Crisis
The refugees seeking haven in America were poor and disease-ridden. They threatened to take jobs away from Americans and strain welfare budgets. They practiced an alien religion and pledged allegiance to a foreign leader. They were bringing with them crime. They were accused of being rapists. And, worst of all, these undesirables were Irish.
And in the opinion of many Americans, those British landlords were not sending their best people. These people were not like the industrious, Protestant Scotch-Irish immigrants who came to America in large numbers during the colonial era, fought in the Continental Army and tamed the frontier. These people were not only poor, unskilled refugees huddled in rickety tenements. Even worse, they were Catholic.
In 1849, a clandestine fraternal society of native-born Protestant men called the Order of the Star Spangled Banner formed in New York. Bound by sacred oaths and secret passwords, its members wanted a return to the America they once knew, a land of “Temperance, Liberty and Protestantism.” Similar secret societies with menacing names like the Black Snakes and Rough and Readies sprouted across the country.
It helps that there's no need for a visa to travel from Ireland to the USA. From that point, it's very easy to overstay your visit. Never been to Boston, have you?
The IRISH helped build this country in the 1800-1900's..Why not bring it immigrants that actually benefit the country? Not a bunch of third worlders that do nothing but breed and use resources .
The IRISH helped build this country in the 1800-1900's..Why not bring it immigrants that actually benefit the country? Not a bunch of third worlders that do nothing but breed and use resources .
Alot of other ethnic groups helped build this country, not just the Irish. And Ireland back in the 1800s was pretty close to 3rd world status in those days, as was Italy, Poland, and other countries in Eastern and Southern Europe during that time.
It helps that there's no need for a visa to travel from Ireland to the USA. From that point, it's very easy to overstay your visit. Never been to Boston, have you?
Just saying.
They do need an ESTA, a required travel permit. At least they are documented before they enter the country. On the Southern border, well different story.
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