The Importance Of Mass Migration To The United States

In recent years, the debate over immigration has grown to a greater magnitude. The first occurrence of mass migration to the U.S. dated back to the early 19th century with the first wave of immigrants arriving during the Antebellum period, where many Americans expressed the idea of nativism (keeping out immigrants). The second major wave occurred in the early 20th century during the Progressive era brought a resurgence of nativism with the formation of the American Protective Association. APA was designed to keep immigrants from taking American jobs. Today, immigration is a huge controversy with the recent election of Donald Trump as president of the United States in 2016. On one side, people argue that America should continue to maintain an open doors policy in order to support the American Dream. On the contrary, many argue that with the rise of terrorism, the U.S. should screen immigrants. Some even radically argue for a wall to be built along the southern border. Americans need to realize that this issue affects everyone. After all, immigrants from foreign nations are beginning to steadily increase and will eventually become the majority of the U.S. populous. Regarding the issue of
Since 9/11 America has adopted a tighter security policy in order to protect U.S. citizens. In the process, many Immigrants have been denied entrance into the U.S. due to the Immigration Ban under Trump’s administration in 2017 and in doing so many new immigrants are being left out of the American Dream. In doing so, the change in Supreme Court rulings becomes noticeable to support immigrant rights. In turn promoting a change where they have limitations to their rights and basic approach to immigrants’ rights with the court cases U.S. v. Wong Kim Ark, Ins v. Cardoza-Fonseca, and Padilla v.