In the book Ask Me No Questions by Marina Budhos, it tells the story of fourteen-year-old Nadira and her mom, dad, and older sister, eighteen-year-old Aisha. The story is about how lives develop when the words "green card," "deportation" and, hopefully, "asylum" hang over the heads of a family of illegal immigrants as they go to the Canadian border and get caught. After reading Ask Me No Questions by Maria Budhos and researching the topic of immigration, it shows a lot about the problems that the US faces with immigration and how complicated immigration in the US has become after the 9/11 terrorist attack.
To begin, after the 9/11 terrorist attack, there were a lot of problems with the immigrants living in the US. According to ABC News, “In …show more content…
According to the Migration Policy Institute, “In November 2002, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the implement of a new ‘Special Registration’ program designed to register foreign visitors from designated countries, in the United States at the time” (Jachimowicz 1). This program is also a part of a larger National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). To be able to register, there are requirements, which is what makes immigrants come illegally. Although there is a way to come legally, the process of doing so is difficult and takes a long time. This shows intolerance and humanity because the US doesn’t want to even take a chance by letting anyone in legally when they’d harm US citizens. To put it in another way, they’re not going to tolerate letting an immigrant in without knowing for sure that they won’t harm because they care about their people, which shows …show more content…
Although, there was no reason for the US to deport every immigrant, especially since there’s a limit of the amount of immigrants that are allowed. According to American Immigration Council, “Immigration to the United States is based upon… admitting immigrants with skills that are available to the U.S. economy, protecting refugees, and promoting diversity.” (American Immigration Council, p. 1). So even though the US had an opportunity to deport just about every immigrant, they stuck with deporting just criminals.
To summarize, putting together the contents of reading Ask Me No Questions by Maria Budhos and researching the topic of immigration, it shows a lot about the problems that the 9/11 terrorist attack cause for the US. A lot of problems were caused, which made a lot of time put into solving. Even though there were ways of coming legally, immigrants still came illegally, causing more problems for the US. This also made it hard for immigrants to be accepted into the US, and still the US didn’t deport every immigrant. This topic is very traumatic and is still an occurring problem that the US strongly
To begin, after the 9/11 terrorist attack, there were a lot of problems with the immigrants living in the US. According to ABC News, “In …show more content…
According to the Migration Policy Institute, “In November 2002, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the implement of a new ‘Special Registration’ program designed to register foreign visitors from designated countries, in the United States at the time” (Jachimowicz 1). This program is also a part of a larger National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS). To be able to register, there are requirements, which is what makes immigrants come illegally. Although there is a way to come legally, the process of doing so is difficult and takes a long time. This shows intolerance and humanity because the US doesn’t want to even take a chance by letting anyone in legally when they’d harm US citizens. To put it in another way, they’re not going to tolerate letting an immigrant in without knowing for sure that they won’t harm because they care about their people, which shows …show more content…
Although, there was no reason for the US to deport every immigrant, especially since there’s a limit of the amount of immigrants that are allowed. According to American Immigration Council, “Immigration to the United States is based upon… admitting immigrants with skills that are available to the U.S. economy, protecting refugees, and promoting diversity.” (American Immigration Council, p. 1). So even though the US had an opportunity to deport just about every immigrant, they stuck with deporting just criminals.
To summarize, putting together the contents of reading Ask Me No Questions by Maria Budhos and researching the topic of immigration, it shows a lot about the problems that the 9/11 terrorist attack cause for the US. A lot of problems were caused, which made a lot of time put into solving. Even though there were ways of coming legally, immigrants still came illegally, causing more problems for the US. This also made it hard for immigrants to be accepted into the US, and still the US didn’t deport every immigrant. This topic is very traumatic and is still an occurring problem that the US strongly