Jewish Involvement in Shaping American Immigration Policy torrent

Jewish Involvement in Shaping American
Immigration Policy, 1881-1965: A Historical
Review
Kevin MacDonald
California State University-Long Beach


This paper discusses Jewish involvement in shaping United States immigration policy.
In addition to a periodic interest in fostering the immigration of co-religionists
as a result of anti-Semitic movements, Jews have an interest in opposing the establishment
of ethnically and culturally homogeneous societies in which they reside as
minorities. Jews have been at the forefront in supporting movements aimed at altering
the ethnic status quo in the United States in favor of immigration of non-European
peoples. These activities have involved leadership in Congress, organizing
and funding anti-restrictionist groups composed of Jews and gentiles, and originating
intellectual movements opposed to evolutionary and biological perspectives in
the social sciences.