a federal judge called albert johnson, a famous canadian fugitive. he was a back beverage congressman from washington state whose whole public profile had been built around the defense of the white race and the threat that nonwhite immigrants posed to white civilization in the united states. albert johnson at home in washington state ran a rabl rousing anti-immigrant newspaper called the home defendeder. he about being part of mob violence that chased immigrants out of the united states and into canada. he had been a or tore on that bet issue for decades but never we'lled any national power until alberton's republican party took over leadership of the congress. that is what made it possible for albert johnson to take real power. he became chairman of the committee on immigration and naturalization. it was his life's dream to be in charge of something with something like that. he did what he could with it. soon the house p representatives committee hired themselves a expert eugenics agent. albert johnson the chairman in addition to serving in congress

that is what made it possible for albert johnson to take real power. it was his life's dream to be in charge of something like that, and he did what he could with it. soon after he took over, the house of representatives committee on immigration and naturalization hired themselves an expert eu genetics agent. he had become the president of the eu genetics research committee of america, and he brought on one of the officers from the eu genetics organ asian, to become an expert consultant to the immigration commit use he in congress. and together these two eu gene cysts got to work. they created this charge. science, it's a chart. the diagonal is the watermark of truman state university. they have preserved this goumt online as part of that i history of eugenetics project. what this chart purports to show is the relative social inadequacy of various immigrant races in the united states. what sounds as social inadequacy? feeble-mindedness, crime, epilepsy, tuberculosis, blindness, deafness, deformity and dependency. the chart ravens your likelihood of bei

heather: the four elementary schools honoring stonewall jackson, robert e lee, albert johnson and william know if it is too far but it is a matter of priority. dallas should be more concerned about the education of our can students considering dallas isn't doing so well educationwise. there is plenty of money to rename things and take down statues, in dallas alone, 500 k removing a statue of robert e lee, that money could be used to the benefit of our children and improving the black community, not so much names, that doesn't affect education. rob: how much attention to people pay these names and statues? i understand if it is a confederate general the sensitivity, makes sense to me but also, previously, went as far taking names of founding fathers off of schools, benjamin franklin middle school, thomas jefferson high school, james madison high school, men who started this country because they owned slaves at a time when slavery was the way in this country. that, it would appear, there was so much outrage. >> there is a national conversation about the confederacy but you have people like

albert johnson saying, quote, the day of indiscriminate acceptance of all races has definitely ended.ten to jeff sessions only two years ago. >> in seven years, we'll have the highest percentage of americans non-native born, since the founding of the republic. and some people think, well, we've always had these numbers. but it's not so. this is very unusual. it's a radical change. and, in fact, when the numbers reach about this high in 1924, the president and congress changed the policy. and it slowed down immigration significantly. and we then assimilated through the 1965 and created really the solid middle class of america, with assimilated immigrants. and it was good for america. >> well, let's get the inside scoop on all of this. joining me now is allen gomez, "usa today" immigration reporter, and "new york times" reporter. and msnbc contributor and jonathan capehart, "washington post" opinion writer and msnbc contributor. jonathan, it's a stunning revelation to hear jeff sessions only two years ago, he was a u.s. senator, and now is, of course, the attorney general of our land, t