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Crummy immigrants. SARCASM alert!
“The refugees seeking haven in America were poor and disease-ridden. They threatened to take jobs away from Americans and strain welfare budgets. They practiced an alien religion and pledged allegiance to a foreign leader. They were bringing with them crime. They were accused of being rapists. And, worst of all, these undesirables were Irish.”
https://www.history.com/news/when-america-despised-the-irish-the-19th-centurys-refugee-crisis
Approx 150 years ago....sound familiar? ( my GGGfather btw)
It was Bull crap then and it’s bull crap now..
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Btw, THIS is who Paul Ryan brings over here ?