CASA EMIGRANTI ITALIANI: PART 2


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IMMIGRATION WAS RAMPANT AND IT WAS PERCEIVED AS THE GREATEST DANGER TO AMERICA! SOUNDS FAMILIAR?



IMMIGRATION WAS A SURE FIRE POLITICAL BUTTON AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY AS IT IS TODAY 2024





This 1891 cartoon shows a man holding a top hat in one hand and gesturing toward horde of arriving immigrants labeled "German socialist," "Russian anarchist," "Polish vagabond," "Italian brigand," "English convict," "Irish pauper," etc., at Castle Clinton in New York City. A scowling Uncle Sam leans against a building, at his feet is a sheet of paper on which is written, "Mafia in New Orleans, Anarchists in Chicago, Socialists in New York." The man (Judge) says to Uncle Sam: "If Immigration was properly Restricted you would no longer be troubled with Anarchy, Socialism, the Mafia and such kindred evils!"





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