One of the many sad signs of our times is the way current
immigration issues are discussed. A hundred years ago, the
immigration controversies of that era were discussed in the context
of innumerable facts about particular immigrant groups. Many of
those facts were published in a huge, multi-volume 1911 study by a
commission headed by Senator William P. Dillingham.
That and other studies of the time presented hard data on such things as which groups’ children were doing well in school and which were not; which groups had high crime rates or high rates of alcoholism, and which groups were over-represented among people living on the dole.
Such data and such differences still exist today. Immigrants from some countries are seldom on welfare but immigrants from other countries often are. Immigrants from some countries are typically people with high levels of education and skills, while immigrants from other countries seldom have much schooling or skills.
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/06/04/abstract-immigrants
That and other studies of the time presented hard data on such things as which groups’ children were doing well in school and which were not; which groups had high crime rates or high rates of alcoholism, and which groups were over-represented among people living on the dole.
Such data and such differences still exist today. Immigrants from some countries are seldom on welfare but immigrants from other countries often are. Immigrants from some countries are typically people with high levels of education and skills, while immigrants from other countries seldom have much schooling or skills.
http://spectator.org/archives/2013/06/04/abstract-immigrants
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