The Importance Of Immigration Policy In The United States
. Is current immigration policy seriously treated as a national security issue? How was it treated prior to 9/11?
The majority of the current U.S. immigration policy is not seriously treated as a national security issue. Prior to 9/11, immigration policy focused primarily on numerical limits and categories of immigrants and the main reasons for lawful admissions of immigrants. There is only slight mention of “unauthorized aliens”, and no reference to national security. According to the “Immigration Policy in the United States” (Congressional Budget Office, 2006):
Immigration policy in the United States reflects multiple goals. First, it serves to reunite families by admitting immigrants who already have family members living in the …show more content…
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2. What does open, but closed borders mean?
Open borders refer to the legal and free trade of economic markets, whereas closed borders refer to the physical barriers, technology, processes and laws between two countries to deter and prevent illegal, undocumented immigrants from entering the country. Andreas (2009) asserts:
It is particularly intriguing because the tightening of border controls has happened at a time and place otherwise defined by the relaxation of state controls and the opening of the border— most notably through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Noticeably left out of NAFTA are two of Mexico’s most important exports: illegal drugs and migrant labor. [ ] The politics of opening the border to legal economic flows is closely connected to the politics of making it appear more closed to illegal flows. (p. …show more content…
[ ] a Fourth Amendment analysis begins with this inquiry: (1) whether the government action was sufficiently intrusive to constitute a “search” or “seizure” and (2) whether the intrusion was “reasonable” in light of the circumstances…A search triggers Fourth Amendment protections when (1) the individual personally held an expectation of privacy in the searched object or place and (2) society is willing to recognize that expectation as reasonable. A seizure of property is “some meaningful interference with an individual’s possessory interests in that property.”[ ] A seizure of a person, therefore, can include full arrests, investigatory detentions, checkpoint stops for citizenship inquiries, and detentions of a person against his will. However, if a person consents to be interviewed by an officer, that interview is not a
The majority of the current U.S. immigration policy is not seriously treated as a national security issue. Prior to 9/11, immigration policy focused primarily on numerical limits and categories of immigrants and the main reasons for lawful admissions of immigrants. There is only slight mention of “unauthorized aliens”, and no reference to national security. According to the “Immigration Policy in the United States” (Congressional Budget Office, 2006):
Immigration policy in the United States reflects multiple goals. First, it serves to reunite families by admitting immigrants who already have family members living in the …show more content…
(p. 1)
2. What does open, but closed borders mean?
Open borders refer to the legal and free trade of economic markets, whereas closed borders refer to the physical barriers, technology, processes and laws between two countries to deter and prevent illegal, undocumented immigrants from entering the country. Andreas (2009) asserts:
It is particularly intriguing because the tightening of border controls has happened at a time and place otherwise defined by the relaxation of state controls and the opening of the border— most notably through the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Noticeably left out of NAFTA are two of Mexico’s most important exports: illegal drugs and migrant labor. [ ] The politics of opening the border to legal economic flows is closely connected to the politics of making it appear more closed to illegal flows. (p. …show more content…
[ ] a Fourth Amendment analysis begins with this inquiry: (1) whether the government action was sufficiently intrusive to constitute a “search” or “seizure” and (2) whether the intrusion was “reasonable” in light of the circumstances…A search triggers Fourth Amendment protections when (1) the individual personally held an expectation of privacy in the searched object or place and (2) society is willing to recognize that expectation as reasonable. A seizure of property is “some meaningful interference with an individual’s possessory interests in that property.”[ ] A seizure of a person, therefore, can include full arrests, investigatory detentions, checkpoint stops for citizenship inquiries, and detentions of a person against his will. However, if a person consents to be interviewed by an officer, that interview is not a