This is not your momma's immigrant nation

An excellent article here about why baby boomers, especially the older ones, may be less tolerant of immigration than their children.

Boomers, due to changes in immigration law, especially in 1924, grew up in a low-immigrant America. But, then, LBJ liberalized immigration, especially non-European immigration, in 1965. Today? The percentage of immigrants in our society is about the same as it was a century ago. But, more than double what it was 45 years ago.

That said, the percentage of illegal immigration is higher today. At the same time, there were plenty of ship stowaways who came her illegally a century ago.