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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by the_gastropod on Saturday May 23, 2026 @09:54AM (#48247717)
“Open borders” was pretty much standard across the world prior to World War 1. These tightly controlled immigration policies are, historically speaking, incredibly new.

I think it’s self evident that the U.S. benefited greatly from its mass immigration inflows in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by romaaeterna on Saturday May 23, 2026 @10:02AM (#48247791)
Your statement has no basis whatsoever in reality. The US, for example, had a four-decade moratorium on immigration beginning in 1924. Mass immigration flows appeared at various times and places in the past (often accompanied by bloodshed and suffering), but it's highly incorrect to imagine that 21st-century 1st world demographic shifts are some sort of historical norm.
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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by Timon3 on Saturday May 23, 2026 @03:10PM (#48250385)
How is the moratorium of any relevance considering WW1 ended a few years before 1924?
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Re:DHS Quits Granting Green Cards–Almost by gib444 on Saturday May 23, 2026 @09:58AM (#48247753)
It's a different world now
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