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Well, a lot of the most vehement anti-immigrants in my area (the Philly burbs near South Jersey) are descended from the ethnically diverse peoples you cite, and are acutely aware of that fact. They just want to pull the ladder up behind them, and continually moan about how *their* forebears allegedly came the “right” way, that is, via Ellis Island.

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