Apparently skepticism of strangers is a long tradition; an ongoing theme in California.
Immigration has always been a problem in the United States. Ask any Native American (Credit: Souix Nation)
“What are we to do then? Shall we remain supine, while these daring strangers are overrunning our fertile plains, and gradually outnumbering and displacing us? Shall these incursions go on unchecked, until we shall become strangers in our own land?”
Who said that?
—Pío Pico, Alta California’s last Mexican Governor !
