Illegal immigrants

Constitutional Rights of Illegal Immigrants on American Soil
Immigration in the United States always has been a big pile of different perspectives about immigration. It has been a big conglomeration of inclusion and exclusion policies, opening and closing of doors and attempts to accommodate the endless peoples seeking temporary or permanent residence in the U.S. Different people that try toimprove their lives by immigrate to the U.S because they believe that this would be a solution to their financial situation. Throughout history, various laws have been created to give immigrants a real protection for as long as they belong inhabiting the United States, but each of these laws have evolved over time. Below is a brief timeline of these laws and highlights of groups disproportionatelyaffected by these rules and procedures.
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 were a combined set of acts aimed at raising residency requirements for citizenship from 5 to 14 years, authorized the President to deport aliens, and permitted their arrest, imprisonment, and deportation during wartime. The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to "print, utter, or publish . . . any false,scandalous, and malicious writing" about the Government. 1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act suspended all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years and forbade any court to admit Chinese people for citizenship. This law was not officially repealed until 1943.
The US immigration Act of 1907 reorganized the states bordering Mexico (Arizona, New Mexico and a large part of Texas) into Mexican BorderDistrict to stem the flow of immigrants into the U.S. These laws established the quota system and imposed passport requirements. They expanded the categories of excludable aliens and banned all Asians except Japanese. The Immigration Act of 1924 virtually ended all immigration from Japan and Asia. The law wasn't reversed until 1965, when a new law lifted restrictions and allowed much broader immigrationfrom Asia and by the year of 1940 The Alien Registration Act required all aliens (non-U.S. citizens) within the United States to register with the Government and receive an Alien Registration Receipt Card (the predecessor of the "green card"). 1952 Act established the modern day US immigration system. It created a quota system which imposes limits on a per-country basis. It also established thepreference system that gave priority to family members and people with special skills.
1968 Act Eliminated US immigration discrimination based on race, place of birth, sex and residence. It also officially abolished restrictions on ‘Oriental’ US immigration. This Act focused on curtailing illegal US immigration. It legalized hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants. It also introduced theemployer sanctions program which fines employers for hiring illegal workers. It also passed tough laws to prevent bogus marriage fraud. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 made major changes in the public benefits available to legal immigrants. The Act makes even permanent residents ineligible for most federal benefits.
Illegal Immigration Reform and ImmigrantResponsibility Act of 1996 (IIRAIRA) is a sweeping piece of immigration reform which focuses on the quick removal of undocumented immigrants. This act vastly increased the categories of criminal activity for which immigrants, including green card holders, can be deported and imposed mandatory detention for certain types of deportation cases. As a result, well over 1,000,000 individuals have beendeported since 1996.
Finally, USA Patriot Act 2001 purported to unite and strengthen America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct terrorism. Real ID Act 2005 creates a de facto national identification card. It is a law imposing federal technological standards and verification procedures on state driver's licenses and identification cards and would become mandatory as...