WI: FDR gets the European Jews to America

The immigration legislation then in effect is unlikely to be vacated completely. For example, FDR might have an easier time with an effort to pass a "European Refugees Act" than a law that actually repeals in full the laws governing immigration then in effect.
 
If the Americans do this then it just might butterfly into the British making greater efforts to resettle Jewish refugees in their own Dominions, I believe a rather ambitious and cool sounding plan involving Rhodesia was in the works at the time but never widely publicised. Maybe even the hurdles at the Home office to enter Britain will be eased, all sounds too good to be true though.
 

maverick

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Cute...but no

This is still the same Roosevelt who in 1938, when the Jewish refugees of the SS St. Louis tried to come to America, pretty much told them "sorry, no vacancies" (this after they were rejected in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the UK...the ship was sent by Goebbels to point out: "we are not so different, you and I"...and he nearly won)

Also, there were many other reasons already pointed out...
 
Cute...but no

(this after they were rejected in the Netherlands, Belgium, France and the UK...the ship was sent by Goebbels to point out: "we are not so different, you and I"...and he nearly won)

Also, there were many other reasons already pointed out...

Just a nitpick, I believe the ship went to Cuba first, was denied permission to land, had the same thing happen off the US and after a while the passengers were eventually allowed in the aforementioned European countries.

Still getting the original premise to take place is hard enough unfortunatly.
 
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