When I read this, I IMMEDIATELY, thought of the undocument migrant issue that we have today. Billions of taxes are paid to the U.S. government from these migrants, showing the value they add to business and society. Though there's no stats to show how many jobs they actually take up, it is a lot. I'd think businesses, especially the agricultural sector, would feel the opposite way as did these German shipowners, as undocumented immigrants mostly take labor jobs.

I'm curious as to why specifically it was Italians, since for me I'd assume for Jewish people it was about heavy persecutioin at the time. Considering Italy's geography, it seems more feasible to go to another more developed European country, and further other European countries like France and the UK also not having that many immigrants to the U.S despite it being more convenient. My guess would be economic conditions, and other Western European countries non-acceptance of immigrants.