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Immigration Nation[col. writ.  8/24/18 © ’18 Mumia Abu-Jamal] Say one thing about the Trump presidency, from day 1, issue 1 has been immigration. More specifically, the issue has been American anxiety about the rising tide of immigrants – especially Mexican or other ‘nonwhite’ immigrants. Several days ago, I’d been reading No One Is Illegal by Justin Akers Chacon and Mike Davis (Haymarket books: Chi.) I’ve learned new things on virtually every page, especially the harrowing history of how the U.S. treated immigrants over the years.The history of the U.S. is largely seen by the demand for workers from China, Japan, the Philippines, and later, Mexico. They would be invited, welcomed, super-exploited by growers, and then they would be demonized by politicians and media, to be assaulted, insulted and eventually – deported. These workers were paid a mere pittance, some, like Chinese, were spit on in the streets by white ruffians and vigilantes. Some were beaten.Some were killed. When Mexicans came North to take th