Brazilian blocos ignore ban on Carnival celebrations.
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In 1639 Puritan settlers in Massachusetts authorized the expulsion of “pauper aliens” in what is thought to be the first case of deportation in the country. Soon after, Virginia and Pennsylvania passed laws heavily restricting “the importation of paupers,” which included criminals and “foreigners and Irish servants.”
Better free in a strange land than a slave at home.
—German proverbMore MigrationGo to Issue Page >
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