Contemporary Immigration Policies and Their Implications on the United States

US Immigration: Trends, Impact, and Demographics

Who are these people rushing by you on the street’? More than 200 million people now call America ‘home,’ but most of them can trace their families back to other parts of the world. There is great freedom of choice among ideas, dresses, food, and social customs in America. Everyone can find some part of his or her familiar place in America. In the past half-century, immigration has been very popular; every well-developed country has an influx of thousands of immigrants each year, and the United States is one of the most popular countries to people immigrate to. Since Trump took office, the new immigration rules are one after another. Even if they enter the US visa, they may be refused entry or even repatriated. Immigration ban recently implemented more and more strictly.

The United States is the country with the largest number of immigrants in the world. Immigrants are hailed as a way of migration on the planet. Such demographic changes have a positive effect on global economic and population optimization. According to the American Community Survey (ACS) data table, in 2015, the number of immigrants exceeded 43.7 million, accounting for one-fifth of the total number of global immigrants that year. The number of immigrants in the United States has increased significantly since 1970. The number of immigrants in the 1970s accounted for a percent of the US population. By 2015, the immigrant population had accounted for 13.5 percent of the total population of 323.1 million, almost three times that of 1970.

Immigrants are mainly concentrated in 20 cities in three states in the U.S. About half, 46 percent, of the nation’s 43.7 million immigrants live in these three states, California, Texas, and New York. California is the most populous state, with more than 10 million immigrants, and each of Texas and New York has about 4.5 million immigrants. The reason why immigrants choose to settle in these three states, in addition to the economic living environment, the most fundamental reason is that the first generation of immigrants is mostly rooted in this area, such as Chinatown gathering Chinese immigrants. Immigrants are distributed in 20 cities across the United States. New York, Los Angeles, and Miami are the most immigrant cities. The remaining cities with more immigrants are San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, and Seattle. These 20 cities have about 30 million immigrants, accounting for 65% of the total number of immigrants in the United States. Some illegal immigrants also live in these areas.

Evolution of US Immigration Laws & Policies

The United States has always been an immigration country, it is common to know America is a country with very strict immigration laws. However, the government didn’t create anything restrictive against immigration in the first one hundred years of the history of America. At the time, there were numbers of people who came from Western Europe, including Great Britain and Ireland; there were also large numbers of people who came from China looking for a better life.

Most of the American public disliked immigrants and disapproved of the religion practiced. Seem Asian immigrants as outsiders, competing for jobs or people that steal American technology. Sadly a Chinese Exclusion Act was placed in 1882; none of the Chinese immigrants was allowed to enter the country for ten years; then, it became known as the first significant law restricting immigration. Over the years, many immigration bans have been passed, blocking millions of people away from us.

Since Trump took office, the US immigration policy has been tightening. When the controversy over the “zero tolerance” policy against illegal immigrants has not subsided. The Trump administration has successively released a series of signals of immigration ban. Three new immigration policies recently issued by the United States are becoming more and more demanding.

F/J/M visa overdue detention will be severely punished. The “F” visa is issued to international students who are studying in the United States for academic study. The “M” visa is issued to international students who are not academic or professional, and the J visa is issued to exchange visiting scholars. According to the US Chinese website, starting from August 9th, the illegal stay of F/J/M visa holders in the United States will be calculated strictly according to the new algorithm and increase the penalty effect. If the expired visa is not extended before August 9, the overdue days will be counted as illegal stays. The penalty is: if the single entry accumulates for 180 days, it will be subject to a 3-10 year immigration waiting after departure. If the illegal stay has accumulated for more than one year, I am sorry that I will never be able to obtain entry.

Recent US Immigration Policy Shifts and Impact

Legal immigrants who enjoy public welfare programs may be deprived of their status. The Trump administration is expected to sign a proposal in the coming weeks for immigrants legally residing in the United States if individuals or family members have used Medicaid, child health insurance, food stamps, women and infant nutrition programs, and other welfare programs, Its legal immigration status may be deprived, and it will face greater resistance when applying for a green card. Making it harder for legal immigrants to obtain green cards and US citizenship is the biggest change in the legal immigration system in the United States in the past decade. According to statistics, more than 20 million immigrants will be affected.

US visa applications with incomplete information will be rejected directly. Recently, the US Immigration Service issued a new policy memorandum: In order not to waste human resources, from September 11 this year, when submitting a US visa application, if the materials are incomplete, the US immigration officer can directly refuse. The immigration application category covered by the new regulations covers multiple immigrant visas. Previously, when submitting a visa application, if the materials provided by the applicant were incomplete or did not meet the requirements, the immigration office should issue a supplement notice unless there is no approval. After the New Deal, the immigration officer does not need to issue supplementary materials or veto the notice of intent. It can be directly refused.

In fact, prior to this new regulation, the Immigration Department issued another statute that corresponds to it: Non-citizens who apply for a visa extension or change their status, apply for a green card or citizenship will be deported if rejected. This rule knows that if a visa application is rejected due to incomplete information, it will be sent back to the country, and it will not give you a chance to reason! Throughout the three US immigration policy reforms, it can be said that the intention is very obvious.

First, those who legally enter the country but overstay, and then abuse the legal immigrants who abuse the welfare, and then refuse to sign the visa application with incomplete information and repatriate to the country. US President Donald Trump ordered a moratorium on all refugees and temporarily banned entry from seven citizens of Muslim countries. This decision triggered protests in many places across the United States and was condemned by a wider international public opinion.

Controversial US Travel Ban: Legal Battles and Implications

The order temporarily suspends the US Refugee Admissions Programme for 120 days. There is also an indefinite ban on Syrian refugees. Everyone from seven Muslim-dominated countries – Iraq, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen – is temporarily ineffective against a 90-day visa. Some of these visa categories, such as diplomats and United Nations personnel, are not included in the ban. The order also set a maximum of 50,000 refugees in 2017, and the previous president Obama set a ceiling of 110,000. Minority believers facing prosecution in their respective countries will receive priority. On one visit, Trump specially circled Syrian Christians.

After the ban was issued, several federal courts banned the deportation of the deportees, creating a confrontation between the judicial and executive branches of the US government. In the past, the United States has banned people from certain countries and even entire regions. However, in 1965, the US Congress passed the Immigration and Nationality Act, stipulating that no individual can “discriminate in the immigration visa issue because of his race, gender, nationality, place of birth or place of residence. ‘.

Therefore, the order to exclude all Syrian entry permits is sufficient to bring Trump to court. The fact that all the countries involved in the ban are Muslim countries also provides evidence that the ban is an “anti-Muslim” argument – ​​and this is what Trump’s team has been actively denying. Supporters of the Trump executive order mentioned the terrorist attacks in the post-9/11 era and the government’s ability to take measures to protect national security.

Moreover, they also pointed out that the law enacted in 1952 on ‘non-admitted foreigners’ stipulates that the president has the power to ‘suspend entry’ to ‘any type of foreigner’ as long as he believes that the person concerned will bring the United States It is not good. They also said that the US president could ignore the 1965 immigration bill. The most cited example is Jimmy Carter, who used to ban some Iranians from entering the United States during the hijacking of 52 Americans in Tehran in 1980. Activist organizations say that Trump’s order targets Muslims and targets their religious beliefs, so they will challenge his orders through legal channels. They also stated that no refugees were convicted of terrorism-related crimes. They also stated that some of the recent attacks in the United States were carried out by US nationals or nationals from outside the ban list.

Adaptation and Emphasis on Skilled Workers

Although Trump is currently adjusting immigration policies, it will not stop the pace of immigration. The United States is still a country of immigration, and immigration will not be closed. No matter how you adjust your immigration policy in the future, you will be charged. Immigration from all countries to increase population and talent accumulation will not be easily changed. From the changes in the education level of the immigrant population, the United States will pay more and more attention to highly educated immigrants.

It is even possible to protect the immigrant population by reducing the number of visas for people such as EB1 or NIW and to protect them by suppressing illegal immigrants. In the US labor market, it is also certain that the US population has been growing. Controlling the immigration population by raising immigration requirements is a hidden rule for immigration cases.

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