What is Immigration?
People came from all around the world to the dream land called America. Here we let anyone in who wanted to get away from a their current country to start a new life. Back in the late 1500's the first immigrants were the Spanish Conquistadors within the next 40 to 50 years the English and French Settlers came to America in the South-Eastern parts. Once immigration got very popular within the United States, quotas were put in place to make sure that no immigrant group was dominant in the US.
In the United States there are a many types of immigration. Each year the U.S. has a "limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants" (3). The most common type of immigration is family immigration; The USA has a limit of about 480,000 people immigrating due to family but because of visas given out they often exceed this amount.
Many people enter the USA through Employment-based Immigration. Within this type of immigration are two categories "temporary visas" and "permanent immigration". "Temporary employment-based visa classifications permit employers to hire and petition for foreign nationals for specific jobs for limited periods" (3). While
Another way into the United States is through a program "Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" it is also know as DACA. DACA allows minors and adults ages 15-31 to apply for a grant which allows them to work and live in the US for two years before it's up for renewal. There are many guidelines to follow for consideration to be in this program.
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The last election sparked lots of controversy due to the fact our new president wanted to create a border wall between the most southern border in the United States and where it meets Mexico. "Trump claimed he was not only going to all but duplicate the Great Wall of China to keep illegal immigrants out, but would in conjunction with his plan round up those already in the United States and send them back to Mexico" (2). Immediately their became a huge divide in the culture of Americans. People set barriers and the politics of America tore families and friendships apart. The media has played a continuous huge role in swaying people's opinions of the idea of border wall due to the ability celebrities have on speaking to their audiences.
Money is another huge factor within the decision of how to deal with immigration. President Trump's current plan to build a border wall will cost about "$2.8-$3.9m per mile" this would make the overall cost of the wall about "$25bn" (2). Many Americans are for the wall due to the protection and security it will bring to America but there is also many Americans who are against the wall not only because of their political reasonings but due to the burden of the cost to build it.
Immigration is going to become harder into America and deportation is going to become very common. President Trump has plans on deporting illegal immigrants in the masses as soon as it get's approved. During the first 30 days of his precedency he put in place a travel ban, "now, most citizens of Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Chad and North Korea will be barred from entering the United States, along with some groups of people from Venezuela" (5). Because of this many sanctuary cities have arose. Currently the Federal Government is suing the State of California because they feel that some of the immigration laws are two strict and inhuman so they have refused to conduct proper protocol for these illegal immigrants. "Mr. Trump ha[s] threatened to pull federal grant money from cities and states that have sanctuary laws to protect undocumented immigrants" (6).
Overall Immigration is playing a huge part in American politics currently. Towards the end of March there was speculation that the Southern Border Wall had been started near San Diego when Trump tweeted about it. After further discussion the photos he posted to twitter ended up being images for Border Control replacing a section of the current fence in place."'This isn’t the infrastructure that Trump is trying to bring in…. This new wall replacement has absolutely nothing to do with the prototypes that were shown over in the San Diego area,' Jonathan Pacheco "(7). This lack of credibility that the President is portraying is definitely a concern for many American citizens.
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4. “Consideration of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA).” USCIS, www.uscis.gov/archive/consideration-deferred-action-childhood-arrivals-daca.
5. Liptak, Adam. “Supreme Court Allows Trump Travel Ban to Take Effect.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 4 Dec. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court.html.
6. www.nytimes.com/2018/03/06/us/politics/justice-department-california-sanctuary-cities.html.
7. Steinbuch, Yaron. “Trump Tweets Misleading Pictures of Border Wall.” New York Post, New York Post, 29 Mar. 2018, nypost.com/2018/03/29/trump-tweets-misleading-pictures-of-border-wall/.
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