Security at the Southern Border - History and Sending the Military to the Border
Can we send the US military to secure the southern border? First, some background.March 26, 1790. President George Washington (no party affiliation) signed the Naturalization Act into law. This law laid the groundwork for future US citizenship and immigration laws and reflected the racial and social biases of the time. It excluded Native Americans, indentured servants, enslaved people, free black residents, and Asians from eligibility for naturalization.March 3, 1875. President Ulysses S. Grant (R) signed the Page Act. The Page Act represented the first ban on immigration into the US. The…
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