Immigration in the United States
Article Summary
Immigration has been one of the issues that the United States has been grappling since time in history. In an article that featured in USA Today, in August 2019, Alan Gomez details how immigrants living in the United States will be affected by policies espoused by Trump administration on immigrants. This article analyzes how undocumented immigrants in the United States will be on the edge as new Trump immigration policies are implemented. Since illegal immigrants have been an issue that America has been countering for many years, the new regulations which call for more deportation might provide a long-lasting solution to the matter. The article emphasizes how the new policies will fast track deportation of illegal immigrants.
In the article, Gomez states that for the past 15 years, expedited removal, a deportation process mostly used by Border Patrol, was among the procedures used to deport immigrants. Under the new immigration policies and for the first time in America history Immigration and Customers Enforcement(ICE) can unilaterally probe, arrest, detain and deport undocumented immigrants who have been in the U.S for less than two years. The life of immigrants will become difficult since the above will occur whenever ICE encounters them anywhere in the country. This article provides some of the reasons why even people who have legal immigration status or have pending application will be subjected to expedited removal proceeding, and other get deported before they get a chance to make their case.
The article view that the move is among the strategies that the White House is espousing to combat illegal immigration. The only exception provided in the law is for undocumented immigrants that are seeking asylum due to their fear of returning to their home countries. Their deportation will be halted until the asylum officer hears their claims. It is believed that the United States has about 11 million undocumented immigrants, with the number remaining relatively steady in the past several years. Gomez notes that the new policies have expanded expedited removal from the border into every community in the United States. Some quarters of the American society have termed the rule as shocking as they believe that many immigrants will be helpless as ICE agents exercise their expanded powers. The article underscores that the law will drastically expand the number of people who will never get an opportunity to go before a judge to defend their immigration status, which will be an injustice.
The concept of history repeating itself is evident in the reforms on immigration policies that the Trump-led government is implementing. The past has much ascertained the events that are taking place in America today. The policies that the current administration is espousing is a reflection of what has been passed on from past generations. The information provided in the article connects with what we studied in units 3 and 4. In the article, the immigration reform, which is currently in place in the United States, have been discussed in detail. A link between what is happening today with what occurred several years ago regarding immigration regulation is also provided. This has been articulated by a description of the expedited removal that was first implemented by Congress in 1996. Further, the influx of undocumented and illegal immigrants, which American administration is trying to resolve today, did not occur in a vacuum and could be a result of past immigration policies. Appropriately, this proves that past events are connected to present happenings.
The current event elaborates that immigration matters in the United States have been thorny since the past. Just like the progressive era, the article delves into some of the ways that America has espoused to resolve problems that society faces. Immigration, which also escalated during the Gilded age and was one of the issues addressed in the Progressive era, is the primary focus of the article. The past immigration policies which we have also studied in detail allowed citizens from other countries to come into the United States in large numbers may have had loopholes that made undocumented and illegal migrants to the country increase. The article, however, provides reasons as to why American citizens should not despair on the volatile issue of illegal immigrants in the country as the government is relentlessly making efforts to address the matter. The implementation of new immigration policies discussed in the article may affect the future American political landscape as leaders attempt to espouse more measures to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in the country.
I found the information provided in the article insightful as it has enabled me to make an invaluable connection between the past occurrences with what is happening in America today. I have come to understand that evaluating the possible consequence of our actions is detrimental and should be a prerequisite in decision making. The volatility of immigration status in American today may have been fueled by policies implemented by past administrations allowing foreigners to move into the United States. Immigration also relates to historical occurrences that happened during the Gilded age, which we have studied in the past units.