Immigiration Policies In United States

Introduction

America is considered as the “country of world”, that refers; it is the country for all people around the world. The U.S. government has made some changes in the procedure of issuing visas after the attacks of 9/11 2001. Visa applications are considered very carefully and some applicants have to undergo from additional security checks. Compilation and processing of visa application is taking more time than ever before.

The United States remains a haven for immigrants worldwide. The famous American dream still attracts many contenders. The U.S. administration manages more than 60 different types of visas, Green Card (green card) is commonly known. It is actually possible to make oneself the necessary administrative procedures for obtaining a visa. Indeed, the complexity of the system, time hard to estimate, and a certain bureaucratic aspects (including discharges of record) may confuse or discourage a potential immigrant. (Thomas, pp 112-42)

The Immigration Debate in the United States

Statistic Facts

After the accident of 911, a huge downfall was seen in the processes of Immigration around the world. The figure of admission was fallen by 1:6 ratios.

Source: 2003 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, Office of Immigration Statistics, DHS

An extremely horrific picture was made by the terrorist people that create more difficulties to migrate from one place to another. The people were anticipated to migrate from dangerous and terrorist places but because of that terror most of the countries changed their policy to permit for immigration (Nossiter, 2005, 20)

Pre-9/11

International migration is rarely controversial. In contrast, international migration often arouses heated controversies and inflammatory rhetoric. The most direct answer concerns the sheer number of people who come to the United States each year. Since 2000, an average of about one million legal immigrants (Department of Homeland Security, 2008) and about 700,000 illegal immigrants have entered the United States each year. About 300,000 foreigners have left the United States each year. Thus, net immigration has been directly increasing the U.S. population by 1.4 million persons per year. Net immigration then has indirect, subsequent effects on population growth due to immigrant fertility.

Taken together, the direct and indirect impacts of immigration on the U.S. population are startling. To put this in concrete terms, this is equivalent to adding the entire populations of Mexico and Canada to today's (2009) population of the United States. Rapid population growth puts stress on society, on the environment, on the economy, on schools and neighborhoods, and on government. More people mean more pollution, more crime, more crowding, and more need for government services. Americans take pride in their immigrant history, but they are also concerned about the impact of large-scale immigration, particularly when much of it seems to be illegal and uncontrollable. That conflict explains the intensity of the debate about U.S. immigration policy (Paral, 2005, 65). Of all the concerns raised by mass immigration, its economic impact is perhaps the most complicated. Immigration has both good and bad effects on the economy and the workers of the host country that can be difficult to ...