Exclusion of Immigrants

Australia was a bit more subtle. It was unofficially called the 'White Australia policy' meaning anyone of a different colour would/could be excluded. But it was all very above board. They were given a language test when they entered the country. If they didn't want them to pass they gave the test in a language the person had no hope of knowing.

One thing I like to point out is that every single last one of us living in the US today are immigrants. It does not matter how many generations have been born into this Country, we stole it from the Native Americans.

Our treatment of the Chinese was also quite harsh. Eureka Stockade. It wasn't until the time of Gough Whitlam that he repealed the White Australia Policy in the early 1970s. I can get an exact date, but it will take time to find it. He was also the first Prime Minister to visit China & made it a priority. It was interesting to be fighting in the same war as allies with the Chinese, but not accepting any immigrants from there. We would have benefited greatly as a country to have Chinese immigrants earlier in history in place of all the Rednecks we have now, or the 100000 strong Fascist Army we had for decades pretty much controlling the country! It's surprising how little we know about our own history!

yes,your right.Heard this on the news this morning.

Well everyone hates to hear it, but it is 'one' solution. It's not the politically correct solution or the ethical solution, but it would be one that would stop foreign terrorists from slipping in under the guise of an immigrant. I like my idea, tell all Muslims to self-police their own religion. If they call it a religion of peace, then I want them all to become keepers of the peace by reporting the bad eggs among them. Solidarity because of religion is just stupid, because that person might be your religion but it doesn't mean they won't blow you up tomorrow!

I read somewhere today that Trump's proposal to ban Muslim's from immigrating would be overturned as unconstitutional, based on religious affiliation. Interestingly, I wonder if it would be possible to ban a group of people based on different set of criteria? Or, does a President have the authority to set the limit to the number of people who could immigrate? If that does fall under the legal authority of the President, then Trump (if he was President) could possibly stipulate that the US would only accept 10 refugees a year, or something ridiculous like that!

I didn't know about that exclusion, but I do know that more recently, Jimmy Carter blocked Iranian immigration. While it seems un-American on the surface, we have to realize that security of our own citizens comes first.

Great hero's from America always fight against categorizing humans in the name of color, religion and country. The current authorities will learn their history.

They (the government) is considering refusing visas to those who have lived in or visited certain countries that are known to harbor or produce terrorists. So that makes more sense to me. That gets rid of all the Muslim talk. Australia and even Hawaii strictly limit who can come and live there. Australia I believe limits people who want to move there to needed educational criteria. So, if you have a masters in iceberg formation, I guess you couldn't go there, unless you were on a trip. I wonder how many other restrictions Australia has. Other countries also have stricter rules as to who can get a visa to go there, and no one thinks much about it. You just don't go. But if America starts talking about immigrant restriction, all h---- breaks loose.