What gets me sometimes is people want to impart their motivations for today, on something created 150 years ago. Do judge the actions and outcomes then, you have to judge in terms of the context of the time.
I present a representation of how immigration was viewed in the latter 1800's.
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Don't get me wrong, I acknowledge that times have changed, that it's time to reexamine
jus soli as it pertains to those present in the country against out laws. I support amending the Constitution, but there is a process for that. EO's are not that process.
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