Summary of “A Decade after 9/11, Enforcement Focus Prevails in the Unites States; Broader Immigration

Reforms Remain Stalled”

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=870

Summary of “A Decade after 9/11, Enforcement Focus Prevails in the Unites States; Broader Immigration

Reforms Remain Stalled”

http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=870

• However, after 9/11 reform was abandoned and replaced with intensified border control and immigration enforcement.

• The Obama administration had pledged to follow through with immigration reform but instead deported more non-citizens in 2011 than any other administration.

• The federal government spent billions securing legal travel channels and increasing security at the borders, especially the US-Mexico border.

• However, after 9/11 reform was abandoned and replaced with intensified border control and immigration enforcement.

• The Obama administration had pledged to follow through with immigration reform but instead deported more non-citizens in 2011 than any other administration.

• The federal government spent billions securing legal travel channels and increasing security at the borders, especially the US-Mexico border.

• A bipartisan comprehensive immigration

reform agreement was on the horizon

just before 9/11; it would have included:

• Cooperation on border security

• A temporary worker program

• Legalization for millions of unauthorized

immigrants already in the U.S.

• The US also sought to access international passenger records.• A November 2011 agreement with the EU, if approved by Parliament and EU Council

will share air passengers’ data with the US. – Privacy experts in the US and EU criticize it.

• After the US implemented its entry-exit system after 9/11, Japan and Brazil followed suit with similar actions. The EU is working on one now.

• Some states (including Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina) have adopted tough penalties for unauthorized immigrants and have tried to prevent their employment.

• Other states (including California and Maryland) have adopted immigrant-friendly laws.

• The Supreme Court will ultimately decide how much state governments can be

involved in immigration.

• The US also sought to access international passenger records.• A November 2011 agreement with the EU, if approved by Parliament and EU Council

will share air passengers’ data with the US. – Privacy experts in the US and EU criticize it.

• After the US implemented its entry-exit system after 9/11, Japan and Brazil followed suit with similar actions. The EU is working on one now.

• Some states (including Arizona, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina) have adopted tough penalties for unauthorized immigrants and have tried to prevent their employment.

• Other states (including California and Maryland) have adopted immigrant-friendly laws.

• The Supreme Court will ultimately decide how much state governments can be

involved in immigration.