Fifty years after the signing of the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 59 million people have migrated to the United States, according to a new report. Before 1965, many of the immigrants coming to the United States were European. The Hart-Cellar act ended the legislation of placing quotas on immigration by national origin and instead granting those who are skilled workers and have family members in the country. Over the course of four decades, policies but into effect in 1965 would change the geographic makeup of the American population drastically. The immigrants entering the United States under the new legislation came increasingly from countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America, as opposed to the earlier majority of European immigrants. …show more content…
My scope begins in 2017 with the election of a new President, President Donald Trump. One of President Donald Trump’s initiatives in his First 100 Days of Office was to crack down on illegal immigrants and the acceptance of refugees in the country. His methods of extraction of these immigrants have been some of the most aggressive the country has ever seen. The first method was the implementations of a travel ban which restricted entry to the country from seven countries. These seven countries, Iraq, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Sudan, Libya and Somalia, are Muslim-majority countries which led the public to assume this was more of a religious targeted ban than simply banning immigrants. This also points to the belief that Middle Eastern countries are looked at with a negative …show more content…
There first solution I believe is to have a real conversation with the American citizens. The government has addressed the problem, but it does not seem the citizens have the voice in the situation at hand. This deals with the concept of power. Power is the ability to achieve one's goals despite the opposition of others. (Leon–Guerrero 42) Government officials use their power so they do not have to listen to the voice and concerns of those they govern. To have a uniform ground or understanding among the citizens of the country is very important. The voice of the citizens should be heard in a situation concerning who can come in and out of the country that they live