Capitol Journal - IIlegal Immigration
Back in studio Carter segues to history of immigration in U.S.
DO NOT USE b/w still photos of late 19th and early 20th century America and its immigrant groups
A bustling urban market place. Mostly immigrants.
Poor quality. Men sitting on bench reading newspapers.
DO NOT USE b/w photographs of immigrants arriving in U.S. and going through immigration checks,
Immigrants arriving in Ellis Island.
Poor quality. Unemployed men lined up on the street during the Great Depression.
Representative Martin Dies Jr. (D - Texas) Our unemployment problem was transferred to the United States from foreign lands. And if we had refused admission to the 16,500,000 foreign born in our midst, there would be no serious unemployment problem to harass us.
Women working around lumber in a factory,
Various immigrant trains. Refugees from Europe and Asia.
Men working in a field.
Asian civilians cheering a WW II by the Allies.
Excerpt from President Truman Radio and Television Address to the American People on the Situation in Korea. July 19, 1950. Furthermore, the fact that Communist forces have invaded Korea is a warning that there may be similar acts of aggression in other parts of the world.
Poor quality. Immigrants arriving and being deported in 50s.
Asian immigrants arriving in the United States. Other immigrant groups, some European.