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by ebaysucks 5351 days ago
People here arguing that the US should accept more immigrants from all over the world because "the US has been built on immigrants" need to get their facts straight:

The "National Origins Formula" was only abolished in 1965. Before 1965, US immigrants were 90+% white.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Origins_Formula [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_Nationality_Act...

This is fact, not opinion.

I'm not arguing a certain side here, but want to point out that those who say "the US has been built on immigrants" might be nostalgic to a past that never existed.