I think Chester A Arthur and a whole slew of potential Chinese immigrants would differ on that, and change that estimate to the 1870s/1880s.
IIRC there were also a number of temporary measures to restrict immigration to specific groups (Russians in 1850s Oregon, for example) And of course the naturalization laws started in the late 1700s made it pretty clear who was "ok" to come in. On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, I stand corrected. Thank you for clearing that up. > > it was only into the 1920's or so that the entire concept of legal and > illegal immigration started. In the 19th century there were only > immigrants. I remember hearing of my great grandfather who initially > immigrated to the US then moved to Manitoba, then back to what is now > North Dakota, and then back again. No one checked his immigration > status on either side of the border. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320784 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
