Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190814:17:53:00
Acting citizenship and immigration services director ken cuccinelli referred to 140 years of expectations that people who i emigrate to this country would not be a burden on taxpayers and the government. well, for gosh sake, let's take a look at history. they passed the first immigration law in 1882. that law said any lunatic, idiot or any person unable to take care of himself or herself without becoming a public charge was prohibited from emigrating to the united states. but here's the thing. the very definition of a public charge has changed so much in the last 100-plus years. the law was wr...