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Jones points out that Roosevelt’s rhetoric did not attack people of color specifically, but was concerned mainly with European ethnic identities. He observes that contemporary political language sometimes falsely equates immigration with race, ignoring the fact that race is a complex social construct beyond just ethnicity.
He further reflects on how the modern narrative around immigrant loyalty has been manipulated to create divisions, implying that accusations of dual loyalties or "hyphenated Americanism" serve to undermine immigrant communities and foster exclusion.