In the early 1900s the nativists and the labor leaders felt that the annexing would encourage immigration that harmed U.S. citizens.
The nativists had feared that the annexing would cause a lot of these people to come to the United States. The fear that they had was that if they did, they would harm Americans by taking their jobs.
The fear was that the Philippines would come to America and they would be providing jobs in the country for wages that are too low. And this would cause issues to the Americans.
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