The 1920s Immigration Mistake America May Repeat

The New York Times recently reported that the Trump administration is “considering a radical overhaul” of the refugee system in the US that would, in the publication’s estimation, “favor White people” by restricting immigration to English speakers, Europeans and White South Africans.

At first glance, this may seem like just another provocation on par with President Donald Trump’s profane rant against Haiti and African countries; his stated preference for immigrants from Norway, Denmark and Switzerland; his bizarre comments about immigrants carrying “bad genes” and other invective.