#
|
Peak
|
Country
|
9,346,527
|
1990s
|
Mexico
|
7,353,498
|
1880s
|
Germany
|
5,584,287
|
1880s
|
United Kingdom
|
5,505,413
|
1900s
|
Italy
|
4,914,280
|
1920s
|
Canada
|
4,814,015
|
1850s
|
Ireland
|
4,067,571
|
1900s
|
Russia
|
2,853,692
|
2010s
|
China
|
2,569,552
|
2000s
|
Philippines
|
2,113,985
|
2020s
|
India
|
1,887,468
|
1900s
|
Austria
|
1,718,314
|
2010s
|
Cuba
|
|
#
|
Peak
|
Country
|
1,698,743
|
1900s
|
Hungary
|
1,669,782
|
2010s
|
Dominican Republic
|
1,299,334
|
1900s
|
Sweden
|
1,263,913
|
2010s
|
Vietnam
|
1,214,836
|
1980s
|
South Korea
|
969,767
|
2010s
|
Jamaica
|
946,375
|
1990s
|
El Salvador
|
934,622
|
1980s
|
Poland
|
923,757
|
1850s
|
France
|
854,818
|
2000s
|
Colombia
|
813,637
|
2000s
|
Haiti
|
780,014
|
1880s
|
Norway
|
|
Maybe they only asked a few questions (idk), but one of them was "where do you come from?", and if you didn't answer a country in western or northern Europe you'd have a LOT more trouble getting in (and even being from the "right countries" might not save you during WWII).
And somehow, some of them do, like the Irish and Italians... why is that?
Also "white" is a completely bullshit meaningless label that should not be applied to anyone. Nobody is white. Not the Irish. Not the Swedes. Not the English. Not Iranians. Same with "black," for that matter. Race in homo sapiens is made up nonsense.
"Which leads me to add one Remark: That the Number of purely white People in the World is proportionally very small. All Africa is black or tawny. Asia chiefly tawny. America (exclusive of the new Comers) wholly so. And in Europe, the Spaniards, Italians, French, Russians and Swedes, are generally of what we call a swarthy Complexion; as are the Germans also, the Saxons only excepted, who with the English, make the principal Body of White People on the Face of the Earth. I could wish their Numbers were increased. "
On that note, I was really surprised to see that the peak of Cuban immigration was the past decade. People are still coming from Cuba en masse? I assumed most of them would have been refugees in the 60s, 70s, and maybe 80s.
That’s when boat people (including my whole family and extended family, totaling ~50 people) left South Vietnam en masse.
I guess those who arrived through slave trade either weren't people or weren't lawful.
I do agree that it's worded funny though lol