>>>Which is exactly what I thought (and thought I said originally). If you look back at the first half of the 20th century (and the 20-30 years before that), you'll see that new immigrant groups were not particularly welcomed.
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>>I think back then (the first half of the 20th century) the resentment and the hard time one group was giving to another was more because of the ethnic and racial bias (anti-irish, anti-italian, anti-semitic, anti-black etc.) and not so because they were immigrants. IMHO.
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>I was living in Houston when the big influx of Vietnamese hit the Gulf Coast and generally the complaint was "they're taking jobs away from Ammuricuns!". I generally found that the jobs being 'taken away' from Americans were jobs that no American really wanted - or thought they were too good to take. Really, how many of the people bitching about the illegal immigrants really want to spend 10 hours a day, every day, picking produce and fruit? Or cleaning sewers? Or cleaning someone's house? That's what a massive majority of the 'illegals' do. I guarantee you they wouldn't, especially at the wages being paid.

Jobs Americans Won’t Do?
http://www.cis.org/illegalImmigration-employment

Also, See Dirty Jobs. ;)