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The Irish, yes, but not any non-whites. As far as I know, there is no constitutional requirement to let legal immigrants become citizens regardless of time of residence etc. It's hilarious that you say I'm being deliberately dense when you're ignoring that the act being cited did not enable...

That's a very dramatic map, and I would love to be able to trust it, but when it tells me that Iowa would go blue via white people, and blue via people of color, but red by over 8 points in actuality, how can I possibly trust that?

Sure, but the name being "Naturalization" and not "Immigration" points to the fact that this act did not touch on immigration, which is what I was arguing: Naturalization is not what I was questioning, although it is generally a prerequisite to immigrants voting.

There was no Immigration Act of 1790. And it would be more accurate to say that there was essentially no legal restriction on their ability to immigrate to the United States. Wikipedia suggests that no national immigration restrictions were passed before 1875 (and those didn't target the...

I'm only aware of naturalization laws that early in our history. What immigration laws are you referring to? Also I don't understand why you said "yes".

Was it even possible for the Irish to immigrate illegally?