This cartoon appeared in the popular press in the early years of the 20th century. The image is certainly supposed to connote a poor Eastern European Jew. Nowadays the image is of a poor Latin American Catholic.

Frank Beard was an extremely popular political illustrator and this imagery helped to create the restrictive immigration laws of the mid 20th century.

We can't let this happen again. The calls for an "immigration pause" are racist as well as being bad for the US economy.

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In this new book about the immigration debate Let Them In: The Case for Open Borders by Jason Riley performs an important service. He carefully takes each of the anti-immigrant arguments and presents good data, both historical and current to show why each of them is wrong.

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The Beyond Borders Screening in New York was extremely successful. Over two hundred people attended and more than one hundred joined the group.

There have also been screenings at LA Leadership High and

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Six things you can do to:

1. Email, call or talk to 5 friends about Beyond Borders film. Our goal is to get a million people to watch this film and think again about immigration. You can help. This is the beginning of a movement.

2. Be a personal advocate for the right to migrate. Argue forcefully against building walls and English only laws. Visit www.Radicalimmigration.com to learn how.

3. Actively support political candidates who are pro-immigrant.

4. Participate in events that demonstrate the size and extent of the migrant rights movement.

5. Engage in the national debate about immigration by writing letters, calling elected officials and letting others know where you stand. Don’t let the vocal xenophobes and haters win the next round.

6. Give generously of your time and money to immigrant support groups.

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