Analysis of US Immigration Policy and Immigrant Rights Issues

This essay analyzes the progress of US immigration policy and its impact on immigrant rights, focusing on the ethical and social issues arising from the policies. The introduction provides background information on the immigrant population in the US and the impact of government policies, particularly those of the Trump administration. The body of the essay delves into specific issues, such as the harassment of immigrants, punitive government actions leading to protests, and inhumane policies that dismantle social cohesion, supported by evidence from various sources. The conclusion reiterates the thesis, highlighting the unconstitutional attempts that instigate protests, and offers new insights into the significant impact of US immigration policy on immigrants. The essay references several scholarly articles and reports to support its arguments, providing a comprehensive overview of the topic.

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The progress in the US immigration policy and its impact on immigrant rights
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Hook & Background Information
1. Hook: General background information that grabs attention (reference)
The immigrant population in US is about 14% of the total
population. Therefore, it is highly important for the government to make
better policy to resolve the immigration issues steadfastly.
2. More specific background information to lead into the thesis
(reference)
The Trump government tries to put a dent on the immigration
policy that caused severe problems and issues for the immigrant
Americans.
B. Thesis statement

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1. Topic
The progress in the US immigration policy and its impact on
immigrant rights.
2. Mapping your key points
The tradition in the immigration framework of the US government,
immigration crisis in US and the immigrant rights and moral
considerations.
II. BODY
A. Body Paragraph 1
1. Topic Sentence
Creating harassment for the immigrants.
2. Supporting Evidence
a. The Bill of James Sensenbrenner condemned the punitive
act of criminalizing undocumented immigrants in United States
(Zamora-Kapoor and Verea, 132).
b. The Illegal Immigration Relief Act overpowered the city landlords
by prohibiting the immigrants from any other language except the
English (Peters, 834).

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3. Transition sentence
Huge gulf between the government policies and the rights of the
immigrants.
B. Body Paragraph 2
1. Topic Sentence
Punitive action of the government led to immigrant protest.
2. Supporting Ideas
a. The new policy of the Trump government creates more
difficulties for the government to maintain law and order as well as
for the immigrants the process seems very unrealistic and
inhumane (Greenberg).
b. The unequal practice of the US government paves the way
for further agitation and chaos turned into political and social
movement.
3. Transition sentence
Hollifield (1315) asserted that the after the terrorist attack on
World Trade Centre, it became so pertinent for the US government to
ensure the homeland security more effective.

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C. Body Paragraph 3
1. Topic Sentence
Inhumane policies of the US government dismantling the social
cohesion in US society.
2. Supporting Ideas
a. Fox (1063) articulated that the government is targeting
children at an age of five to ten to separate children from their
parents.
b. The government data proved that most of those
immigration were based on family reunification rather than seeking
asylum in US so possible security threat can be nullify.
3. Transition sentence
It was pointed out by Felter and Renwick that the US immigration
policy was not effective enough to deal with the immigration issues.
III. CONCLUSION
A. Reiterate thesis statement

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Practicing unconstitutional attempts facilitates and instigates the immigrants
to evoke protests and agitation against the government.
B. New thoughts
It can be stated that there are significant impact of the immigration policy of
the US government that affects the immigrants intensely.

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Reference
Alarcón, Rafael. "US Immigration policy and the mobility of Mexicans (1882-
2005)." Migraciones Internacionales 6.20 (2017): 185-218.
Felter, Claire, and Danielle Renwick. "The U.S. Immigration Debate". Council On Foreign
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Feb 2019.
Fox, Cybelle. "Unauthorized welfare: The origins of immigrant status restrictions in American
social policy." The Journal of American History 102.4 (2016): 1051-1074.
Greenberg, Jon. "Does America Face A Refugee Or An Immigration Problem?". Politifact, 2018,
https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2018/jun/29/does-america-face-refugee-or-
immigration-problem/. Accessed 17 Feb 2019.
Hollifield, James F. "Debunking American exceptionalism and rescuing liberalism." Ethnic and
Racial Studies 38.8 (2015): 1312-1318.
Peters, Margaret E. "Trade, foreign direct investment, and immigration policy making in the
United States." International Organization 68.4 (2014): 811-844.
Steil, Justin Peter, and Ion Bogdan Vasi. "The new immigration contestation: Social movements
and local immigration policy making in the United States, 2000–2011." American Journal of
Sociology 119.4 (2014): 1104-1155.

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Zamora-Kapoor, Anna, and Monica Verea. "Public attitudes toward immigration in turbulent
times." Migration studies 2.2 (2014): 131-134.