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Actually, i am a storyteller by trade obviously as an actor. words are our tools, which can be used for a variety of purposes to inspire, to entertain, but also to deceive and so with cryptocurrency, our degree in economics. they are not currencies, they dont function like currencies, there instead investments. people are using them like currencies either. they are investments, they are unregulated investments. unfortunately we have a sad history of this in the 1920s before we had regulation and...

Welcoming immigrants, overwhelmed by a global crisis. >> the leadership in el paso, the mayor was forced to declare a state of emergency there. >> they come to small towns like eagle passion, texas, which saw more migrants in one month than it had total residents. >> even several hundred coming into a town can really have an impact on sort of the psyche of the people that were there. >> the border turmoil has had a big impact on border politics. >> a shocking twist came out of the border region....

>> the leadership in el paso, the mayor, was forced to declare a state of emergency there. >> reporter: theyve come to small towns like eagle pass, texas, which saw more migrants in one month than it had total residents. >> even several hundred coming into a town can really have an impact on sort of the psyche of the people that were there. >> reporter: the border turmoil has had a big impact on border politics. >> the shocking twist came out of the border region. >> this county in texas had not...

Haitians, africans and other groups were severely restricted. >> ellis island will be their first taste of the promised land. >> reporter: the system that began in the 1920s, which adolf hitler had admired, was still going strong. >> those who do come will come because of what they are and not because of the land from which they sprung. >> reporter: but in the shadow of the statue of liberty, everything would change. >> with my signature this system is abolished. >> reporter: president lyndon jo...

Electing 100 congressmen, eight governors and a presidential candidate. >> the fact of the matter is what is happening now has a long lineage. >> america accepted chinese workers so that it could build out the west. that led to another violent backlash. and the chinese exclusion act, which restricted a nation from americas shore. but the ugliest crusade against immigrants happened in the 1920s. a huge wave of immigrants was landing in america, the largest this country has ever seen. 100,000 peop...

Electing 100 congressmen, eight governors and a presidential candidate. >> the fact of the matter is, what is happening now has a long lineage. >> reporter: america accepted chinese workers so that it could build out the west. that led to another violent backlash, and the chinese exclusion act which restricted a nation from americas shore. but the ugliest crusade against immigrants happened in the 1920s. a huge wave of immigrants was landing in america, the largest this country has ever seen. 10...

Chapter of the civil rights movement, and it would change the face of america. setting it on a path to become a much more diverse country. this demographic revolution happened largely by accident thanks in part to a congressman who wanted to keep america white. >> we are a prospering people. wherever we live or earn our livelihood -- >> reporter: by the 1960s, the authors of the racist immigration laws of the 1920s had gotten exactly what they wanted. america was overwhelmingly white. >> they wr...

White. >> we are a prospering people. wherever we live or earn our livelihood -- >> by the 1960s the authors of the racist immigration laws of the 1920s had gotten exactly what they wanted. america was overwhelmingly white. >> they wrote laws to ensure that that would happen and it worked. >> immigration had plummeted. the percentage of foreign-born americans dropped by nearly two-thirds. as a the "new york times" headline had predicted, americas melting pot had effectively come to an end. but s...

It was 1965. freedom and racial equality were on the march from selma to montgomery. >> we are standing before the forces of power in the state of alabama saying we aint going to let nobody turn us around. >> and yet americas immigrants were still effectively chosen based on the color of their skin. haitians, africans and other groups were severely restricted. >> ellis island will be their first taste of the promise land. >> the race-based system that began in the 1920s, which adolph hitler had ...

Bunt and run. >> base stealing.g. >> r reporter: f for black b ba players inin the 1920s0s, 30s 40s this, ththe negegro league home.. >> the major leaguers said the negro leagues didnt play the right waway. really, that was they didnt play the g game t the white way >> reporter: notable owners, managers and players who never made it into the history books are a major part of a new dodocumentary,y, "the league," h recounts the dramatic ups and downs of the negro leagues. >> its amazing the trials...