Cnn’s Lou Dobbs – The Minister Of ‘Propaganda And Enlightenment’ – [Part 2 Of 2]
[…Continued from Part 1]
Over the years, every wave of immigration into the United States has faced fear and hostility, especially during times of economic hardship, political turmoil, or war:
— In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act[1], one of America’s first immigration laws, to keep out all people of Chinese origin.
— During the “Red Scare”[2] of the 1920’s, thousands of foreign-born people suspected of political radicalism were arrested and brutalized; many were deported without a hearing.
— In 1942, 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent were interned in camps[3] until the end of World War II….Prompting the following: In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation which apologized for the internment on behalf of the U.S. government. The legislation stated that government actions were based on “race prejudice, war hysteria, and a failure of political leadership,” and beginning in 1990, the government paid reparations to surviving...