In the past decades, illegal immigration was prevalent in the United States. Illegitimate European immigrants who were undocumented faced few repercussions in contrast to today’s state of foreigners. The individuals who resided unlawfully in states in 1940 were secured from deportations by enactment, while in 1930, thousands of inhibits had amnesty to reside. The people who did not have the amnesty or statute of limitation had another medium of protecting themselves; until 1976, the authority seldom deported parents of children who were US citizens. There was no restriction on public reliefs that one was supposed to access when one was not a citizen in the states until 1980 when it was essential for a migrant to have documentation to be hired (Vimo, 2019). The enhancement of strict immigration laws was due to the transfer of immigrants out of Europe to foreigners from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Where in 1971, the governor created restriction laws on access to public benefits for authorized immigrants. In 1996 congress debated public benefits to immigrants where they added more restrictions on federal benefits.
Thus today, non-citizens face more severe consequences for their felonies than their white antecedents. Employees are not allowed to hire undocumented immigrants, which influences the low status of living to the co-inhabitants. The foreigners pay taxes, yet they are not eligible for public benefit if they fall ill or lose their jobs. Unlike the prior generation of documented immigrants, today’s policies have implications for illegal residents in the country. They are denied access to public associates and live in fear of separation via deportation, which integrates racism. President Trump used racial criticism to criticize the immigration of people from Haiti and Africa. However, the Biden administration’s immigration would help reverse racial inequity. Biden plans to allow undocumented residents already living in the US and are not victims of committing offenses to apply for legal status in the country. Through the use of this model, it will enable a creation of a society that is racial just.
Reference
Vimo, J. (2019). All (Immigration) Politics is local: Immigration politics in US cities from Hazleton to San Francisco. Migration Studies. Web.