Immigration Law Joseph Justin Summary

There are many vulnerable populations within the United States. One of the many vulnerable populations are undocumented immigrants. Undocumented immigrants also known as illegal immigrants according to Wikipedia (2016) is defined as “the migration of people across national boarders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country” (para 1). The United States of America has one of the largest population of immigrants. In this paper, I will be discussing the multiple stressors related to undocumented immigrants as well as the programs that can be used to help alleviate those stressors.

Brannon, Ike, and Logan Albright. Immigration’s Impact on the Texas Economy. Austin: Texas Public Policy Foundation, Mar. 2016. PDF.

In 1952, the McCarran-Walter Immigration Act was passed. The law was meant to branch off of the Immigration Act of 1924 and became a continuation of the controversial system of immigration in the United States. The act received different opinions and now, more than ever, is exceedingly influential. With the recent election of President Donald Trump and his muslim ban, the act has been revived and is being questioned by many. The constant questioning sixty five years later makes the need for a change very apparent. In 1952, when the act became law, the United States were deep in the Cold War and much of the country feared communism and its power. The McCarran-Walter Immigration Act of 1952 is immensely outdated and it continues to put the

A spiral of events lead Mr. Jose Vargas to unrightfully apologize to former bosses and employers regarding his immigration status. Many undocumented citizens, Vargas states approximately, “11 million undocumented immigrants” have endured a battle to gain their citizenship. Obtaining proper documents, Green Cards, social security numbers and drivers licenses is undesirably long and difficult. Mr. Vargas, a college graduate and acclaimed author for major newspapers was denied of jobs, opportunities and scholarships despite the numerous accomplishments he gained.

The article “How the Supreme Court’s immigration decision hurts all of us” (2016) Roberto G. Gonzales. Roberto G. Gonzales is an assistant professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of “lives in limbo:Undocumented and coming of age in america”. Gonzales sounds sad and disappointed through his article. Gonzales claims that the Obama administration had created a new and life changing program to help young undocumented immigrants. The program was named DACA which stands for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. The program gives young immigrants deportation relief and other benefits such as a work permit a driver's license and some even open bank accounts and build their credit, which can benefit the economy. Gonzales explains

To ensure to not dilute the purity of whiteness many anti-immigration groups were formed to prevent the mixing of races. The Immigration Restriction League was founded in 1894 by a group of Harvard graduates. They were the group who advocated for literacy requirements to enter America. America has a fear immigration it was at a peak in the 1880s and 1890s. Many people held a negative sentiment toward immigrants believing they would not hold “American Values”. The Immigration Restriction League made sure to specify “old immigrants” who were desired to come as English,Anglo-Saxons, German and the “new immigrants” undesirable as Italian and Eastern Europeans. They took measures to educate Americans through books, advertisements, newspaper to

We are now in the 21st century and like the beginning of the 20th century the United States finds itself in the throes of a period of mass immigration. More then one million immigrants enter the Unites States, both legally and illegally every single year. Many argue that this new wave of mass immigration may help sustain the success that our nation is having in regard to the way of living that many American have come accustomed to and yet others believe that although our nation was created by immigrants it is time to "shut down" our borders. The truth of the matter is that there will always be issues in regard to immigration and the policies that the government sets forth in order control who comes into this country. Also now

Abrego (2011) calls attention to the role that an immigrants’ legal consciousness plays in the incorporation process. Research suggests that adult immigrants with an undocumented legal status often live in a constant state of fear due to threat of deportation. The internalization of the “illegal” stigma criminalizes undocumented immigrants and legitimizes the exploitation of migrant workers (Menjivar and Abrego, 2012). Their submissive attitude and passive lifestyle under oppression is reinforced through the U.S. structure and ultimately prevents their achievement of assimilation. On the other hand, those considered as being “with the law”, that is, those with a strong legal consciousness, “are aware of their rights and are likely to make claims for redress or inclusion”. Immigrants aware of their legal rights under American legislation are shown to have more successful rates of incorporation.

Over the years, laws have been put into place to handle issues dealing with immigrants and the law. Immigrants are still held responsible for their actions regardless of their legal status in the country. The Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) was established to define the consequences of laws that are broken by immigrants. The laws that are analyzed are ones that would result in deportation and or possibly detention. IIRAIRA may have limited the scope of immigration-related litigation in the United States is that it frequently puts immigrants in the same category as criminal defendants, which most likely influences how they are viewed by courts and by policy makers. Indeed, this conflating of the criminal and the immigrant has had its own subconscious negative effect on the view of immigrants (particularly those from Mexico and Central America) within the judiciary and, one would

Back in the 1990s, immigration has been a huge deal in the United States. In fact, the history of the America is deeply rooted in immigration. For many years, the United States were open the door for the immigrants. However, these immigrants created a huge impact on U.S. economically, politically, socially and many more. Since then, the United States passed out law to restrict the number of immigrant for admission into the United States. In short, this paper attempts to analyse the law and restriction that the United States passed out in order to solve the immigration issues.

The United States population is growing each and every second. “Americans manage to accept 1.2 million legal immigrants into the United States annually. Continuing that mass immigration guarantees an added 100 million people to the United States by 2035” (Wooldridge, par. 6 ). Although this immigration benefits the growth of the American society, some argue to build a barrier to completely stop immigration. In Dr. John Tanton's essay entitled “International Migration” he asks, "What restrictions are appropriate to today's world?”(par. 8). America is the result of years of immigrants adding to the economic growth of the country, and without changes to immigration laws it will have a negative impact on the country’s future.The United States government

The United States immigration policy has never pleased all Americans and probably never will. Throughout the 20th and 21st centuries, politicians have toiled continuously with the broken system. For example, Congress attempted to strengthen the western border by passing the Illegal Immigrant Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act in 1996 ("Historical Overview"). Although the proposed increase in Border Patrol agents seemed promising, insufficient funding kept the act from adequate enforcement ("Historical Overview"). Now, President Obama is trying to fix the immigration policy. Last November, the president issued an executive order so that his immigration proposal would be passed. In his proposal, his main focus was removing people who pose a threat to our country, as well as continuing to dispose of illegal immigration along the southern border ("Immigration"). Even though a few of the President 's critical points may be effective, it simply is not enough to remedy what has been broken for so long. Changes need to be made to our country 's immigration policy in order for it to be effective.

Phillip Martin, Professor Emeritus, is with the department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis. There Martin is the Chair of Comparative Immigration and Integration Program, and editor of the monthly Migration News and the quarterly Rural Migration News. In this article, he talks about immigration in the United States, and some possibilities of what Trump plans to do in the future.

Daniel Rodriguez a professor of religion and Hispanic studies expressed his thoughts from a Christian perspective about Immigration and Undocumented Immigrants living in the United States of America. I found it very important to attend this summit session because I’m an exchange student from Trinidad and Tobago and always heard so much negative stories about how Americans see people from other countries.

James Madison, fourth President of the United States, once said, “America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity”. If we really think about it, everyone who is not Native American is an immigrant (or has descended from an immigrant). In light of the prosperity of the United States today, to which immigrants have contributed in no small amount, it is interesting to think about Joseph Carens’ idea of open borders.