Issues of immigration, especially concerning our nation, have unfortunately been around for centuries—for the sake of this class, even dating back to the first Chinese Exclusion Act in 1882. Although immigration itself may come with positive aspects such as opportunity and asylum, it now—more than ever—has another look to it: criminalization. More illegal immigrations of undocumented citizens have occurred, and as a result of that, the usage of private prisons have increased (Ackerman & Furman, 1). However, with the use of these prisons, the psychosocial state of the immigrant detainees and families have all taken a toll and little has been done to mend this. But, the reason for imprisoning immigrants in the first place is that the people in power strongly believe that they are the cause of various problems within society. Given, I can see how this may be a valid concern especially seeing as how the events of 9-11 played out, but that does not excuse the way such actions towards this have been executed. Interestingly enough however, the act of illegally immigrating into our country is in the same category of offense as filing taxes late, but of course the two does not hold the same weight (Ackerman & Furman, 3). I.C.E., or the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, have teared families apart and imprisoned children in prisons and it breaks my heart knowing that this is occurring.
Q: What can be a common ground that is able to be reached for the criminalization of immigrants between the people in power and those who support immigration?
References:
Ackerman, Alissa R., and Rich Furman. “The Criminalization of Immigration and the Privatization of the Immigration Detention: Implications for Justice.” Contemporary Justice Review, vol. 16, no. 2, June 2013, pp. 251–63. Crossref, doi:10.1080/10282580.2013.798506.
Immigration Criminalization - Google Search. https://www.google.com/search?q=immigration+criminalization&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS789US789&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj0oYj0iMTgAhURKH0KHYyzDGIQ_AUIDygC&biw=1439&bih=722&dpr=2#imgrc=Yylf4oj1GnGvTM: Accessed 18 Feb. 2019.
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