9-11 Immigration Changes

On 9-11 many innocent people lost their lives due to a terrorist attack. Many people were just going to their jobs and lost their lives for working. Others lost their lives trying to help people who needed the help. Due to the horrifying attack on 9-11 immigration and deportation have been greatly impacted. Immigrating has become 10 times harder than it was before. Deportation has also drastically increased. All these adjustments were made due to trepidation.
The first reason to why immigration has changed was the process. Migrating from one place to another has been extremely difficult after 9-11. Post 9-11 immigration policies have been looked ¨ through the lens of national security¨( Chishti,1). The author demonstrates that immigration policies have modified due to the attack. The policies have become more strict. The U.S. believes that these policies had to be altered to keep Americans safe. ¨...the immediate aftermath of the attacks focused on Muslims or those who were perceived to be Muslim¨ (Chishti,1). Immigrants had …show more content…
. Many innocent people were being affected as well. For instance,¨ Many immigrants with minor criminal or no criminal histories at all were being deported” (Walsin, 21). This illustrates that some people are not being treated fairly. Some immigrants are not having a chance to immigrate just because the U.S. suspects that they might be up to no good. “As my uncle lay dying in a hospital bed in ward reserved for hardened criminals¨( Danticat, 574). This also discloses that many rights were taken away from the innocent people. To prove that statement, ¨...blacks are more likely to be in criminal acts¨ (Chavez, 563). This quote clarifies that people were not treated equally. Many would get interrogated or arrested by looking like a certain race. The U.S. was concerned that more terrorists would enter the country and attack another important structure once