[...] the number of fires in Brazil this year is more than last year, but about the same as in 2016 and less than in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2012. [...]
> The ultimate goal of the immigration act according to the U.S. Department of State Office of the Historian was "to preserve the ideal of American homogeneity" and preserve racial homogeneity.
Interestingly it not only restricted the immigration of Africans and banned the immigration of Arabs and Asians but also restricted immigration of Southern Europeans and Eastern Europeans (especially Italians and Eastern European Jews).