what are the similarities in our immigration laws between the past 911 and ww2 period?
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The immigration laws after 9/11 has become more restrictive, whereas the laws after WW2 became more open to the world.
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In 1924, \nCongress enacted the first law \nlimiting immigration to the United States\n\nhttp://northonline.sccd.ctc.edu/env150ah/730am/Immigration_files/frame.htm#slide0009.htm
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You can find the laws for asylum here:\nhttp://re.trick.ca/en/AsylumLaws_2fInGermany\n(pdf files in english)
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Over the past 10 years, a series of laws have been passed which allow for automatic deportation without review for a large number of crimes. At this point, almost any drug-related crime, or any violent felony, are groups for automatic deportation. These laws are intended to get at terrorists and suspected terrorists. \n\nBasically, the terrorists have started winning -- the US has become so terrified and paranoid (which was the goal) that they/we are ignoring basic civil liberties, and ignoring the rule of law, all in the name of security. That's what the terrorists wanted -- the country to abandon the protections and the freedoms that we've held so dear.\n\nJust a few examples: Warrantless wiretapping (violation of the 4th Amendment); refusal to allow prisoners to have access to attorneys (violation of the 6th Amendment); refusal to charge prisoners after years of detention, even US citizens captured on US soil (again, 6th Amendment); no speedy trial (again, 6th); violation of due process (5th); refusal for bail hearings (violation of 8th Amendment, torture (again, 8th); government establishment and promotion of specific religions (1st); refusal to allow prisoners to petition the government for redress of grievances (1st); even effective suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus (Art I, section 9).\n\nThe US has given in to fear. The terrorists have already won.
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The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 accomplished this.\n\nHere's the actual text of the bill: http://www.oig.lsc.gov/legis/irca86.htm
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If your question must be answered in the context of accepting your "facts"  then the answer must be equally erroneous. \nThe simple answer is that illegal immigrants in the USA are not a military force and so yes, there is a difference, and the comparison is nonsensical.\nBut, more to your point, and to correct your "facts"...\nThe freely elected representative government of the citizens of Iraq DO want coalition forces in their country until such time as they can effectively defend and police their lands. The non-Iraqi terrorist insurgents, in collaboration with a minor faction of disgruntled unelected Iraqis of the former totalitarian regime, however loud they yell, are not representative of the citizens.
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The US developed the US Exclusion act in 1882. IT was the only act to DENY entry to a sinlge group of people. Mexico opened its borders to many different groups - in Mexico we have large communites of Japanese, Chinese, Lebanese and Jewish immigrants, as well as immigrants from Europe, specially after WW2. I don't know if the "missed" The US, maybe they believed that the US was not the center of the world. Just my opinionl
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After September 11th, visas are much harder to attain. Additionally, the government is probably more cautious about granting visas to citizens of Muslim countries. Whether or not it's morally justified, that's the sad truth of the matter. Your friend probably would have an easier time coming in from a Western European country.
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yes in legal terms. if you lived here for over 10 yrs you should consider applying for citizenship so you can vote.
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America was built by immigrants.\n\nWhat has changed?\n\nThere are no Roosevelts.  People somehow begin to believe that freedom can exist without respect for law.  We used to admit honest workers who wished to become Americans.  Now we admit people who's declared aim is to destroy America...the greater part of them illegally or as "refugees".  Their loyalty is certainly not to the American people, and they say so.  There are few responsible citizens; life has been too easy these past 60 years.\n\nToday, immigrants are on the verge of destroying America.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_United_States_(1988-present)\n\ntry to find a answer in that site ..
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I'm not sure if its a pattern, but Its definitely NOT NEW. Every country back in the past 300 or so years had at least one immigration issue stemming from the difficulty of a few immigrants to assimilate, and unfortunately due to typical human insecurity and prejudice this expands into racism and hate. The Jews in Europe are one of the more famous cases of this (yes there was hate of jews even before but it expanded considerably in the last 200-300 years), The US also had it with Germans and Asians in the pre-World War I/II years. In the end though in most of the cases the affected countries end up surviving the so-called "invasion".\n\nIts the same today... a few scum Hispanics defy US culture, then certain "Americans" take this to mean ALL Hispanics defy the USA. In Europe some radical Muslims make trouble and this results into a general prejudice against Muslims. However since this is today (not 50 or even 200 years ago) and the circumstances are different with new ideas like multiculturalism (which ironically increases ethnocentrism in some quarters)... so no one really knows 100% what the outcome of these issues are.
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i am still looking for that heres one for Immigrants in the United States - 2002 http://www.cis.org/articles/2002/back1302.html
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yes! I know the answer!! The type of Nicaragua government is very much like the type of British government in 1932 and German Government in 1942, and French government in 1965 and Italian  Government in 1989, and Iraqi government in 1999 and Canadian  Government in 2003 and American government in 2006!\n\nTheir freedom is exactly like American and Canadian Freedoms, they still are allowed to walk in certain streets without ten times be stopped by police; of course their freedoms of press is much better that Canada and USA; they are allowed to choose one of the Government newspaper\nList of Corrupt Judges and Lawyers involved in my actions  \nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/judgtable.html\n\nList of corrupt Police Officers in Toronto & montreal\nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/pig.html\n\nCanadians' Crimes \nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/canada1.html\n\nList of corrupt judges and lawyers in Canada\nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/1dictionary.html\n\nCorruption in Justice System in Canada\nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/80dictionary.html\n\nLAWSUIT v. Canadian Judges and Lawyers\nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/conflict.html\n\nINDEX\nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout\n\nTORTURE IN CANADA\nhttp://www.geocities.com/doworkout/section11.html
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Not currently, but you will be 2008 due to the IRTPA.\n\nThe Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 requires that by January 1, 2008, travelers to and from the Caribbean, Bermuda, Panama, Mexico and Canada have a passport or other secure, accepted document to enter or re-enter the United States.  In order to facilitate the implementation of this requirement, the Administration is proposing to complete it in phases following a proposed timeline, which will be published in the Federal Register in the near future.\n\nThis is a change from prior travel requirements and will affect all United States citizens entering the United States from countries within the Western Hemisphere who do not currently possess valid passports.   This new requirement will also affect certain foreign nationals who currently are not required to present a passport to travel to the United States.  Most Canadian citizens, citizens of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda, and to a lesser degree, Mexican citizens will be affected by the implementation of this requirement.
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It really depends.  It's impossible to give you a concrete number.  The U.S consulate in Ho Chi Minh city tend to be overwhelmed with these files, and could take longer.  Moreover, because of 9/11 terrorist attacks, new immigrants are under much more scrutiny.  My take on it is that it will take awhile.  It also depends on your luck, sometimes they have easy cases that they could clear in weeks.
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One obvious difference is that detention camps (or internment camps, another name) won't have tortures and death by overwork, like the Nazi (concentration) camps did. \n\nA modern example is detention camps in Ethiopia. Sudanese refugees of terror attacks by Moslems against Christian and animist villages were placed in them, because the Ethiopian govenment couldn't cope with the sudden influx of people. \n\nMany young boys fled when their families were killed, or escaped from their captors (they didn't want to grow up forced to be Moslem) after their homes were destroyed. Some of them spent over ten years in the camps, until they were allowed to come to the US as victims of religious persecution. They were not abused, but they were not given much, either. I have met some of these young men, now in their late teens or twenties, and heard their history. You can learn more about them by searching on the Lost Boys of the Sudan.\n\nSo basically, an internment or detention camp is an admission/ recognition that the country has a problem (illegal aliens in our midst) and an attempt to do something about it before the problem gets too big. I am just sad if the US has to resort to such things. It will mean that we weren't prepared or we weren't paying attention soon enough.\n\nWe already have laws against illegal immigration. Enforcing existing laws against criminals sneaking into our land (some with the intent of profiting, some with the intent of harming the country) is not the same as taking citizenship away from our existing citizens and criminalizing them, which is what happened in Germany. When you actually know who tried to hurt you, there's no need to go looking for scapegoats. \n\nCertainly no American leader has ever done things like Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, etc., where people were systematically worked to death and tormented. It couldn't be done secretly, and I think we would have a military coup if anybody tried it publicly. \n\nBesides that, Jewish people wouldn't stay quiet if anybody tried it again. They'd be afraid of being next, and can you blame them for being afraid? It already happened to them once, and they swore, never again! I don't think that the Jews are as (politically or financially) influential as some people suggest, otherwise they would not have the problems they have now, constantly being attacked and harassed. If they were that powerful, it could not have happened in the first place, and the evidence is pretty conclusive that it did. So I don't think anybody could get away with concentration camps today.