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AFL-CIO Labor Union Supports Amnesty for Immigrants in the United States Illegally
Millions of illegal immigrants were denied basic human rights while working,the AFL-CIO started to support a new amnesty to help members of the local communities become permanent members of the U.S.A. -
Bring Them Home Alive Act Grants Refugee Status to Foreigners Who Return Living Vietnam or Korean War POWs or MIAs
This event talks about how refugees from the Vietnam war were able to get status as a citizen along with one child,parent or close relative,as long as they were a national of North Korea, China, or any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union. -
Terrorist Attacks Prompt US Department of Defense to Expand Military Support along the Borders
this talks about 911 and how people started to enforce immigrate laws more and more,"After the attacks of September 11, 2001, military support was expanded to include counter terrorism activities." -
Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act Updates Immigration Databases and Travel Document Requirements
Approximately eight months after the terrorist attacks of September 11, on May 14, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2002.It represents the most comprehensive immigration-related response to the continuing terrorist threat America faces -
Secure Fence Act Authorizes Fencing along the US-Mexican Border
this act began the construction of the border and made sure to enforce laws more around airports and such,the Secretary is further instructed to evaluate U.S. Customs and Border Protection training and equipment. -
US Department of Homeland Security Estimates 11.8 Million Unauthorized Immigrants in US with 59% from Mexico
The US Department of Homeland Security estimated 11.8 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the United States in January 2007 compared to 8.5 million in 2000. -
Inflow of Unauthorized Immigrants in 2007-2009 Decreased by Two-Thirds from 2000-2005
The amount of illegal immigrants had decreased dramatically,up to two thirds since 2000-2005,.Also "hours after the report was released, the Obama administration credited its tough enforcement measures for the decline, citing its crackdown on employers, stepped-up deportations and plentiful staffing of the Border Patrol. Analysts of migration patterns, however, say the single largest factor is probably the economy." -
President Obama Signs Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) to Allow Some Undocumented Immigrants Who Came to the United States as Children to Stay in the Country
This is the act that president Obama signed to get kids who were brought in to the U.S. at a young age papers so they could live normal lives,also it really wasn't fair that those kids had to suffer in this country because of their parents decisions. -
US Supreme Court Upholds Centerpiece of 2010 Arizona Immigration Law, Rejects Other Provisions
The Supreme Court on Monday delivered a split decision on Arizona's tough 2010 immigration law, upholding its most hotly debated provision but blocking others on the grounds that they interfered with the federal government's role in setting immigration policy.The court unanimously sustained the law's centerpiece, the one critics have called its 'show me your papers' provision, though they left the door open to further challenges. -
Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act Adds Immigrants to Protected Classes
The idea being that immigrants who are subject to domestic violence don’t report it for fear of being deported or are abused though the threat of deportation. As a result, VAWA has been a useful tool for undocumented immigrants to come out of the shadows by both speaking out against their abusers and securing legal status."