They Came Like Gypsies in the Night: Immigration Regimes, Race, and Romani Representations in New York City 1890-1960

Wakeley-Smith, Dalen

From 1890 to the 1960s there was a significant increase in the numbers of “undesirable” people coming to New York City from afar. These “undesirable” people were affected by immigration concerns involving those “likely to become a public charge”, which was revitalized prior to World War One with the