You are viewing a single comment's thread from:

RE: What the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Should Teach Trump on Immigration and Border Walls

in #history7 years ago

The summary of Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was
A large sweep of Chinese immigration was followed by an economic downturn (these two things are entirely unrelated, too). White laborers wanted to protect their jobs from outsiders, and created enough political pressure to make that happen.
I think trump should learn some lessons from this. You're damn right @streetstyle