The legislative branch of the United States develops and passes legislation, which the president signs into law and the executive branch bring into effect. The most common immigration law today is the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. The American immigration laws were revised in the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. The president signed this law to save jobs for American citizens and immigrants who were authorized to work in the United States. The purpose of this law is to stop …show more content…
Supreme Court has rejected the approach when asked to make decisions on immigration. Since immigration became an issue over a 100 years ago, the political branches has been able to make many decisions without being second-guessed by the judicial branch. The Congress Gridlock on Immigration reform, states that it is necessary to “pull millions of hard workers out of the shadows,” and back to Mexico. Others say that the president is ignoring the will of Congress and should re-think on the Illegal Immigration Law. However, if anything changes, they would embrace Illegal Immigrants. Deferred Action Parents of America was in 2014, providing similar benefits to non-registered parents of the U.S. citizens and permanent residents. The Supreme Court put laws in effect that eliminated state powers immigration. Some states had laws that prevented people with criminal records, and people on welfare from entering their borders. Congress really became active in regulating of immigration in the late 19th Century in order to prohibit or restrict Chinese