The History Of Anti-Immigrant Sentiment

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Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1902. / Wikimedia Commons

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown has led to an uptick in arrests nationwide. New federal data show arrests in Georgia and the Carolinas are also up from the last fiscal year. The president’s push to be tough on illegal immigration also includes policies to build a massive wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. Historian Kenneth C. Davis explained that anti-immigrant sentiment is older than America itself.