When is this instituted? Because D.C. can't handle it (anytime really). Unless immigration is greatly reduced.
Funnelling immigrants through a malarial swamp isn't a great idea.
Now, instituting anything like that after the Civil War would definitely have huge consequences! Among the many ideas floated during Reconstruction, one was to attract foreign immigrants to the South - depending on the speaker's side, either to dilute the old planter influences, or to replace the blacks as a plantation labor force. Nothing came of it, however, because hardly any immigrants actually wanted to go to the South. But, if Hampton Roads actually does become a major center of immigration, the effects on Virginia might be very significant!Looking at the map, the Hampton/Newport News area might be a more natural port of entry for immigrants than Washington DC, which is pretty far from the ocean.
Now, instituting anything like that after the Civil War would definitely have huge consequences! Among the many ideas floated during Reconstruction, one was to attract foreign immigrants to the South - depending on the speaker's side, either to dilute the old planter influences, or to replace the blacks as a plantation labor force. Nothing came of it, however, because hardly any immigrants actually wanted to go to the South. But, if Hampton Roads actually does become a major center of immigration, the effects on Virginia might be very significant!
... Among the many ideas floated during Reconstruction, one was to attract foreign immigrants to the South - depending on the speaker's side, either to dilute the old planter influences, or to replace the blacks as a plantation labor force. Nothing came of it, however, because hardly any immigrants actually wanted to go to the South. ...
It's an amusing thought.
"Say, Dago/Jewboy/Ivan, come with me and pick cotton!"