Trump's Perversion of the American Dream

You do know that, that is a poem added by leftists long after the girl was up.It is not State policy. If you came to the US in 1883 you had to pass all tests for entry You had to prove you could support yourself and have a sponsor. You had to pass a physical. But it was a nice lefty try all the same. FACTS do not care about your feelings

Correct about the poem, wrong about the rest.

Unless excluded by the Chinese Exclusion Act, prior to 1928 all any foreigner had to do to enter and stay and eventually become a citizen of the USA was simply get here. After '28, that was reserved mainly for Northwestern Europeans.

people came to Ellis Island from around the world because they wanted to become American citizens. After the boats docked, immigrants would disembark and walk into the Registry Room where they would see doctors who would check if they had any physical problems and officers who would look over their legal documents. Once they were given the OK to enter, the immigrants were allowed into the United States. Were there other ways to enter the U.S. at this time? Sure you could run over the border illegally : /

Yes, yes, Bx NY, NY, USA, born & raised. Nearly everyone I grew up with has parents right off the boat, some born over there themselves.

They were checked for diseases on Ellis for obvious reasons. Sheesh, anyone who ever saw The Godfather knows this.
What they don't know is the rest of what you said, and neither do you, cause it weren't true.
So when these people said their folks got here legally, they ain't lying. The arrival itself was legal.