文档介绍：Jewish Involvement in Shaping American Immigration Policy, 1881-1965: A Historical
Review
Kevin MacDonald
Department of Psychology
California State University-Long Beach
Long Beach, CA 90840-0901
Population and Environment, in press.
Jewish Involvement in Shaping American Immigration Policy, 1881–1965: A Historical
Review
ABSTRACT
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 posed of Jews and gentiles, and
originating intellectual movements opposed to evolutionary and biological perspectives in the
social sciences.
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Jewish Involvement in Shaping American Immigration Policy, 1881-1965: A Historical
Review
INTRODUCTION
Ethnic conflict is of obvious importance for understanding critical aspects of American history,
and not only for understanding Black/White ethnic conflict or the fate of Native Americans.
Immigration policy is a paradigmatic example of conflict of interest between ethnic groups because
immigration policy influences the future position of the nation. Ethnic groups unable
to influence immigration policy in their own interests will eventually be displaced or reduced in relative
numbers by groups able to plish this goal.
This paper discusses ethnic conflict between Jews and gentiles in the area of immigration policy.
Immigration policy is, however, only one aspect of conflicts of interest between Jews and gentiles in
America. The skirmishes between Jews and the