Restriction mostly racist ones. They were not welcome. Congress said they endangered the good order. Politicians did what politicians do. The they wept adding mo keptg more rules. Importers of prostitutes, pol li lig mists, anarchists. By the time they came from ellis island there were more rules you couldnt be sick or noticeably sick. Doctors were supposed to check for 60 symptoms of disease. They had only a few seconds to decide. They asked children their name to see if they were deaf or dumb. If you coughed or limped you might be turned away or quarantined. 3,000 immigrants died on ellis island while they were quarantined. In all about 2 percent of the people who arrived at ellis island were sent back. Most got in. But racism still prevailed. If you were white and from europe you probably got in. That was good for me because my parents got in. Germany in 1930. Today we have many more rules. Basically you can come here legally only if you are related to someone already here, you have