The Declaration of Independence

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4. This paragraph seems quite relevant today (as does much of the Declaration)

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.

The following paragraphs are word-for-word from a Gemini (AI) query:

The British government grew terrified of how fast the American colonies were expanding in population and economic power. To control them, the King implemented two major policies:

The Royal Proclamation of 1763: After the French and Indian War, the King banned colonists from settling anywhere west of the Appalachian Mountains. This completely choked off new land grants (Appropriations of Lands) that immigrants and colonists expected to settle.

The Plantation Act Obstructions (1773): King George III issued a royal ban on colonial assemblies passing their own naturalization laws. He wanted to strictly regulate who could come to America, stopping the flow of German, Scotch-Irish, and other European immigrants who were ready to claim land and build up the colonies.