“In the interests of all of us…”: Theodore Roosevelt and the Launch of Immigration Restriction as an Executive Concern

Theodore Roosevelt enjoys a positive reputation as an innovative and progressive politician. He was the first president in office to explicitly link immigration with the changing welfare system in the United States. Sensing that a system run by the state would replace the private system of welfare a...

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Main Author: Hans Krabbendam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Association for American Studies
Series:European Journal of American Studies
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/ejas/11137