Youre right. Before 1924, the US didn't regulate immigratio
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n. After 24, the legal immigration system is similar to what we have today whereby quotas for each nation are supposed to be adhered to. Then in '65, we enacted a law that stated no more than 7% of immigrants could come from 1 nation. As far as numbers of illegals go, no we do not have numbers on that for any period. But Eisenhower deported 1.3 million illegals during his term.
The point I was trying to make is that the borders have been thrown open in a way that hasn't been seen in a century. Congress has the ability to make laws to regulate foreign incoming human capital the same as it does foreign trade according to the constitution.
And Pickle's original assertion that regulate with regards to foreign commerce means efficient is wholly incorrect. It doesn't even make sense. "To regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes;...." If we change regulate to highly efficient as he claims it would read, "to highly efficient commerce with foreign nations." The framers didn't care so much about efficiency in commerce as they did ensuring products detrimental to American interests did not flood American markets...especially during the period in the late 18th and early 19th centuries during the fledgling period of the American market.