citizenship to, quote, any alien being a free white person. in the early 1800s with new migration roots came new racism towards chinese migrants passing the chinese exclusion act of 1882 barring all chinese immigrants. something called the gentleman's agreement with japan in 1907 limited the entry of japanese immigrants. things only started to get marginally better during the civil rights era when national origin quotas were abolished. even supporters of that change like ed kennedy said, don't worry, the ethnic mix of this country will not be upset. fast forward to our continuing failure to see migrants at the southern border as humans were striving for a better life. throughout history america's leaders knew this nation desperately needed immigrants yet enacted policies that they