Despite its status as the first immigration law, the Page Law of 1875, which prohibited the entry of Chinese prostitutes, has received little attention from immigration scholars because it seems to be so narrowly tailored and because it sidesteps the labor and national security issues addressed by later immigration laws, Abrams said.

Today's media sighting is again, the Letters to the Editor from our good old Daily.  As usual, we have the weekly dose of "immigration" complaints.  Just so that everyone understands that there is a learning capacity in everything, I want you all to know that I finally got tired of the rhetoric and forced myself to google "first immigration laws" and came up with the above information.

Unless I missed (correct me if I'm wrong, as I love to learn) immigration laws didn't start until 1875 and were directed at the Chinese (surprise....someone that isn't "caucasion").  This tells me that all sorts of "Europeans" could have come here for 100 years without one law restricting them, thus the claims of "legal immigration" are "true".....well....half true.

Today's writer intimates the old "Democrats buying votes with taxpayers money" because of legislation passed to provide healthcare to children (should we just let them die in the streets?)  I'm a bit confused as to how you can buy votes from "illegal" immigrants that can't vote.

Oh well.....I'm sure someone has an answer.