Pros And Cons Of The Immigration Act Of 1986

The immigration Act of 1986 also called Immigration reform and control Act provided more reform and significant processes by which immigrants who had either entered the country illegally or legally on tourist or other visas and overstayed their stay in the U.S could legalize their stay and eventually apply to be naturalized (Daniels, 148). The process is often referred to as “amnesty” program but the term does not appear in law. Under this program, almost 2.5 million persons were legalized. Immigration Act of 1990 provides flex cap certain number and amends the immigration and nationality act to change the level, and preferences system for admission, of immigrants to the U.S and provide for administrative naturalization, and for other purpose (149). The Diversity lottery was also established to reserve space

The United States was colonized with very little internal influence; most decision making about who could come to the New World arose in the governmental bodies of Europe (4). However, after the revolution, the newly formed American government found itself with a plethora of issues that needed resolution, one of which was citizenship and immigration. In today’s America government, people move around the world every day. The rapid population growth, armed conflict, hunger poverty and diseases have driven people to our shores (5). The United States is a preferred for many in the world. But the drawback of this argument to open our doors to large wave of immigration can causes problems here and abroad. Our school and health care system would be overburdened (5). It keeps wages of low-skilled workers low like historically in California gold rush with Asian migration. It attracts poor countries of many of their most educated, highly skilled workers. America should work with other wealthy countries to coordinate the resettlement of existing refugees and prevent future refugee crises (