Background-
Immigration is the act of immigrants entering a country of which is not originally their native land. Serious immigration conflicts began to rise in the late twentieth century. Many laws and immigration acts began to rise in the early 1900’s. The first federal law was passed by the U.S. congress in 1921, limiting the number of immigrants coming from a single country. Another law was later passed in the same year establishing a National Quota System which reduced the amount of immigrants from each country, coming into the U.S. per year. After the Great Depression and the stock market crash immigration rules and visa rules became very strict. However, these rules were not as much enforced on Mexicans due to the tremendous amount of labor that they could supply. This eventually led to job shortages and illegal immigrants began to be deported back to Mexico. Years later, the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed which abolished all quota laws and had a main objective of reuniting illegal immigrants with their families and it focused on the reasoning behind immigrating to a new country. This act led to an increase in both legal and illegal immigration because of its strict rules. This increase led to the Immigration Reform Act of 1986 which tried to control the high amount of immigrants by enforcing more immigration regulations and urged immigrants to seek opportunities of legal immigration. These laws were all federal therefore they were being controlled by the government. Congress completely controls all laws regarding immigration and controls what laws are passed while the white house enforces the laws. States have do not have a significant amount of immigration laws but they are permitted to do things such as limiting the amount of “undocumented immigrants” and account for the legal status of suspected immigrants. States are prohibited to create and pass their own immigration regulations without being overlooked by congress.
Immigration is the act of immigrants entering a country of which is not originally their native land. Serious immigration conflicts began to rise in the late twentieth century. Many laws and immigration acts began to rise in the early 1900’s. The first federal law was passed by the U.S. congress in 1921, limiting the number of immigrants coming from a single country. Another law was later passed in the same year establishing a National Quota System which reduced the amount of immigrants from each country, coming into the U.S. per year. After the Great Depression and the stock market crash immigration rules and visa rules became very strict. However, these rules were not as much enforced on Mexicans due to the tremendous amount of labor that they could supply. This eventually led to job shortages and illegal immigrants began to be deported back to Mexico. Years later, the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed which abolished all quota laws and had a main objective of reuniting illegal immigrants with their families and it focused on the reasoning behind immigrating to a new country. This act led to an increase in both legal and illegal immigration because of its strict rules. This increase led to the Immigration Reform Act of 1986 which tried to control the high amount of immigrants by enforcing more immigration regulations and urged immigrants to seek opportunities of legal immigration. These laws were all federal therefore they were being controlled by the government. Congress completely controls all laws regarding immigration and controls what laws are passed while the white house enforces the laws. States have do not have a significant amount of immigration laws but they are permitted to do things such as limiting the amount of “undocumented immigrants” and account for the legal status of suspected immigrants. States are prohibited to create and pass their own immigration regulations without being overlooked by congress.