1. Woodrow Wilson and Immigration Laws
While immigration grew in number, the political reactions and decisions were doing it. ... The first federal law on immigration restriction was enacted in 1875 and 1882. ... Finally, this fact of hostility to immigration in the late 19th century was strong in the United States and culminates as we will see later, with the Immigration Act in 1924. ... One of his most famous speeches supporting immigration was on St. Patrick's Day in New Jersey, where Wilson faced those who were against the new waves of immigration, saying, "Some people have expressed a fear that there is too much im...
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