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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
But would they be considered illegal if there were no laws back then regarding immigration? 
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There were definitely laws back then because they had set up quotas by country and race.
The nativist lobby, including DAR which honeychile is a part of, really pushed for it.
This has a table of some of the quotas. Don't worry, the Polish did OK.
http://history.uchicago.edu/faculty/MaeNgai/ngai.html
-Rudey