stackyFACTSTransatlantic luxury was great, unless you were stuck in steerage. Thanks to the draconian 1924 U.S. National Origins Act, shipping clerks were forced to act as deputized bouncers for the American dream, ruthlessly screening and turning back third-class passengers before they could even smell dry land.
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