President Theodore Roosevelt Signs Important Immigration Act

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TimeLine: February 20th, 1907 - Washington, DC

President Theodore Roosevelt approves and signs immigration act which excluded: "idiots, imbeciles, feeble minded, epileptics, insane persons" from being admitted in to mainstream population of the United States. 

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Avatar eddessaknight -
#1
Doesn't sound like that would eliminate bout 50% of current Congress???
Avatar eddessaknight -
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President of The United States :Theodore Roosevelt
“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
Avatar jarasan -
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Teddy had it right, I don't know if they used "mainstream" back then but.......................... Bully Bully Bully.
Avatar eddessaknight -
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Very good jarasan-

And how about CHARGE! (San Juan Hill)

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