# Read A Fucking History Book **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 11, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178 "2006-04-11T02:38:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/21 "2006-04-12T00:11:04Z")
> [@GoKings57](#): > > I would assume that Cubans are classified as refugees rather than illegal immigrants due to the U.S.'s stance towards Cuba. > > Just throwing that out there. Yup, bet they even passed a law about it. Probably called it something like, oh I don’t know, maybe, the Cuban Adjustment Act, something like that. 😃 > [@Captain Amazing](#): > > …there were no restrictions on immigration before 1875. Got a site for that, that won’t get me laughed out of GD, or the pit? CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/22 "2006-04-12T00:39:40Z")
> [@GoKings57](#): > > I would assume that Cubans are classified as refugees rather than illegal immigrants due to the U.S.'s stance towards Cuba. > > Just throwing that out there. Cubans are asylees. Refugees are people like from Burundi or Kosovo (crossed a national border fleeing war or humanitarian disaster). ---
**Author:** ![GoKings57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/67e7ee/32.png) [@GoKings57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoKings57)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/23 "2006-04-12T00:42:14Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Yup, bet they even passed a law about it. > Probably called it something like, oh I don’t know, maybe, the Cuban Adjustment Act, something like that. > > 😃 > > Got a site for that, that won’t get me laughed out of GD, or the pit? > > CMC fnord! Suuuuuurreeee, pick on the new guy 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GoKings57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/67e7ee/32.png) [@GoKings57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoKings57)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/24 "2006-04-12T00:43:20Z")
> [@Brain Wreck](#): > > Cubans are asylees. Refugees are people like from Burundi or Kosovo (crossed a national border fleeing war or humanitarian disaster). Excellent point. Never really thought of the word “refugee” in those terms. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/25 "2006-04-12T00:54:27Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > Got a site for that, that won’t get me laughed out of GD, or the pit? Well, there’s this: [http://www.murthy.com/news/UDhist1.html](http://www.murthy.com/news/UDhist1.html) And there’s this, which is an overview of immigration statutes: [http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/legishist/index.htm](http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/aboutus/statistics/legishist/index.htm) Make sure you check the “Act of March 3, 1875”, which is summarized: > [@](#): > > Established the policy of direct federal regulation of immigration by prohibiting for the first time entry to undesirable immigrants. > > Provisions: > > a. Excluded criminals and prostitutes from admission. > > b. Prohibited the bringing of any Oriental persons without their free and voluntary consent; declared the contracting to supply “coolie” labor a felony. > > c. Entrusted the inspection of immigrants to collectors of the ports. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2006, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/26 "2006-04-12T01:09:23Z")
> [@GoKings57](#): > > Suuuuuurreeee, pick on the new guy 😃 Better that being ignored! Welcome to the boards! **Captain Amazing** a super-hero, and a scholar, T’anks! CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178/27 "2006-04-14T18:48:06Z")
Another American tradition is the concept that an “immigrant” is somebody who got here after you did. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/read-a-fucking-history-book/352178.md?page=1)