Immigration Timeline

By FranciscoGALVEZ
  • "The administration is trying to radically change legal immigration and the changes they are seeking would disproportionately affect people of color and poor people,"

    "The administration is trying to radically change legal immigration and the changes they are seeking would disproportionately affect people of color and poor people,"

    Another accomplishment for immigration restrictions in 2019 was the continued decimation of America's refugee program, which enjoyed bipartisan support for decades.
  • "What we saw during the family separation crisis is that public outcry was just as critical as the court actions"

    "What we saw during the family separation crisis is that public outcry was just as critical as the court actions"

    One of the main challenges for Gelernt and other immigrants' advocates in 2019 was eliciting the same kind of massive public uproar that occurred in 2018 during "zero tolerance" policy, which led to the separation of more than 2,800 migrant families. The challenge will continue in 2020, since most of the administration's main policies, like the Remain in Mexico program, are being implemented outside America's borders or through often obscure bureaucratic changes.
  • How Trump has already changed immigration policy

    How Trump has already changed immigration policy

    When he announced his presidential bid, Donald Trump promised to “build a great wall,” paid for by Mexico. That promise became a fixture on the campaign trail, spawning “Build that wall!” chants at rallies that have continued months and years after Trump took office. And a proposed border wall became the epicenter of the recent government shutdown — the longest in U.S. history.
  • Restricted Immigration

    Restricted Immigration

    As early as 2019 U.S officials at the southern border were overwhelmed by unprecedented flow of Central American families and unaccompanied children trekking north.
  • Illegal immigration is a 21st century crisis that will only worsen with the consequences of climate change.

    Illegal immigration is a 21st century crisis that will only worsen with the consequences of climate change.

    In the United States, illegal immigration has reached record levels. Officials detained 1.66 million illegal immigrants, including 145 thousand unaccompanied children, at the U.S. southern border in fiscal year 2021, the highest level ever recorded. The migrants were from 160 countries, with many seeking economic opportunities.
  • Separation years later

    Separation years later

    the Biden administration is routinely separating families through detention and deportation as part of its interior immigration enforcement practices. People still forced to wait in Mexico for their immigration hearings in the U.S. are subject to kidnappings, assault and murder, and Haitian families, including young babies, face mass expulsions back to a destabilized country.
  • Illegal immigration in the 21st century poses a serious dilemma for the world

    Illegal immigration in the 21st century poses a serious dilemma for the world

    Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides individuals the right to seek asylum and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. However, to be granted asylum, a person typically needs to be unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. Although many people would like to move they simply can't.
  • Florida Immigration bill

    Florida Immigration bill

    Ahead of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ expected presidential bid announcement, he signed a law last week requiring employers with more than 25 employees to check their immigration status using a federal database known as E-Verify. Employers who don’t comply with the law face fines of $1,000 per day until they provide proof that their workers are legal citizens.