Friday, June 15, 2007

Pop quiz - immigration

While leaders in Washington still try to bring back a stalled bill on immigration reform, we offer you a quiz.

Question: when was the following comment on immigration published in The Atlantic Monthly?

“The question today is not of preventing… our jails from being stuffed to repletion by new arrivals…but of protecting the American rate of wages, the American standard of living, and the quality of American citizenship from degradation through the tumultuous access of vast throngs of ignorant and brutalized peasantry.”

a) 2006

b) 1994

c) 1954

d) 1920

e) 1896

Answer: click here to find out.

(Hat tip: Andrew Sullivan)

Sources- BBC News, The Atlantic Monthly, Andrew Sullivan

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think you need to clarify your blog. There is a huge difference between immigration and illegal immigration. But it's possible you left that out for your political purposes.

Erwin C. said...

Anon- could you please provide an example?