Was it a mistake to let in such high numbers of Irish, Italians, and Germans in the mid-19th century?

[OtterMan68]

According to GOP Vice President nominee JD Vance: "You had this massive wave of Italian, Irish and German immigration," Vance said, continuing with, "and that had its problems, its consequences.

You had higher crime rates, you had these ethnic enclaves, you had inter-ethnic conflict in the country where you really hadn't had that before."

Yes, we should have not let so many foreigners in back in the 19th century.

No, the nativist xenophobia propaganda today was said back then

No, it should be just as easy to immigrate to the US today as it was for our ancestors in the 1840s

We should have closed the borders in 1789

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I thought Vance was scotch-irish. I guess his ancestors were thugs

[LiamS95]

The Italians called Dagos back then and the Irish called Anglos built America as they did the labour/construction jobs/work that others wouldn't do. They dug the canals, built the big city buildings, worked on the rail roads as did the Chinese immigrants later on.

[DrPepper12]

Everyone assimilates eventually. You have to give it three generations before you can even come to a reasonable conci

[Filthy_Immigrant]

those people "migrated" here. in other words they came in here in a civilized manner. they came in, signed papers, did what they had to in order to get their greencard, then became citizens.

they didn't envade this land by crossing the border illegally to commit crimes and terrorize our citizens and then have everything handed to them like the what's going on today here and in all of Europe

[OtterMan68]

Should we go back to make it as easy for people to immigrate today as back then?
And what proof do you have illegals commit crimes at a higher rate than legal immigrants or citizens?

[Filthy_Immigrant]

wtf are you talking about? back then immigrating was never "easy." again they had to travel here and sign paperwork. today all these illegals have to do is cross the border and they are officially citizens, whether they are criminal or not. how the fuck can that be any easier?

dude have you not seen the news or anything? not just here in America but in Europe as well. these illegals are harming, raping and even killing innocent civilians from left to right because again all they have to do is cross the border, unlike normal immigrants who had to jump in the line and sign paper work to get their visa; this alone descourages criminal to come in

[OtterMan68]

back then, they showed up at the border, filled out paperwork, were given medical and mental tests, and that was it!
Today, it takes MUCH longer and it starts before people show up to the border
I see all kinds of crimes in the news, and most are committed by citizens.
Disprove this: The study found that undocumented immigrants had substantially lower crime rates than native-born citizens and legal immigrants across a range of felony offenses.
www.ojp.gov/.../comparing-crime-rates-between-undocumented-immigrants-legal-immigrants-and