Irish deserve special recognition by US as emigration clampdown looms

The chaos in immigration laws in the US must be tackled, but the distinct role played by Irish people in American history should be addressed, writes John P Collins.

I am the son of an Irish immigrant father from Co Limerick. He very much wanted to come to the US in 1924, but the country allowed no legal immigration at that time. Instead, he went to Canada. He worked in Ontario for five years and then immigrated lawfully to the US, as a Canadian resident, from Montreal. He obeyed the US immigration laws of that era.

Understandably, I have been a keen observer of the US immigration policies for some time.