The Immigration Problem
Nonfiction work
By: Jeremiah W. Jenks and W. Jett Lauck Date: 1912 Source: Jenks, Jeremiah W. and W. Jett Lauck The Immigration Problem. New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1912, 198–203.
About the Author: Jeremiah Whipple Jenks (1856–1929) and William Jett Lauck (1879–1949) were both well-known economists who frequently wrote on the subject of immigration.
Introduction
By 1910 immigration (and all of its ramifications) had become one of the most pressing public issues in American life. Indeed, after a full decade of discussion on the matter, the United States wound up completely reorienting its national policy. The United States abandoned its opengate in 1921 in favor of tight restrictions that remained in place, virtually unchanged, until 1965.
During normal times, the immigration issue had pitted American business against American organized labor. The...
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