rep. joe kennedy iii (d-ma) claimed the host-city of his response to president donald trump’s state of the union address, fall river, massachusetts was “built by immigrants.” fact-check: mostly false what is now fall river was first established in the 1600s by english settlers who were not “immigrants” but colonists. a native-born family, the bordens ran a mill in what became the town for generations before and after the american revolution. industrialization began when col. joseph durfee, a native-born revolutionary war hero built the first factory in 1811. later, at the end of the 19th century a wave of immigrants swelled the town’s population. immigrants, however, never made up a majority of the population of bristol county, where fall river lies, even at their early 20th century peak.
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