Immigration is Racist

Do not be fooled by those who claim that being opposed to immigration is not racist just because some immigrants are opposed to more immigration. I can return to that later. The history of immigration laws in the UK is entirely about race. The first major acts of modern times were in the very early twentieth century.  The purpose was to keep the Jews out. There had been a large influx of Jews from Eastern Europe as a result of the Russian pogroms. One has only to watch the Fiddler on the Roof to get some idea of what life was like for Jews under Russian control.

 A number of the well established Jews supported the proposed restriction. it was called  Aliens Act 1905. The reason for the support was fear that an increasing number of poor Jewish immigrants would damage their position.

The next major act in the UK was  Immigration Act 1971 whose sole purpose was to cut the immigration form the Indian subcontinent and the West Indies. We could not as a society admit that so we made it apply to all Commonweatlh citizens so really pissing off  the Aussies etc. But be clear it intent was entirely racist!.

So be clear controlling immigration is about racism and those whom you might think would be opposed aften are just frightened that their own position will be damaged by more immigration so get caught up in the proposals and get used to camouflage the real reasons for the anti-immigration stance,