French Immigration Policy

Throughout history, there have been numerous policies in Europe placed on immigration that the United States could learn from. The two main countries I am going to be focusing on are France and Germany, mainly because they’re on completely opposite sides of the spectrum. France is a country that wants to limit the amount of refugees that enter their country while Germany has an open door policy that is appealing to many immigrants. Many of the policies that are put in place have an effect on the identity of these immigrants. During this paper, I am going to discuss French and German policies on immigration and how the United States can take these ideas and adapt them into their own. France was usually known for having a reasonable open door policy. In recent years, there have been efforts to deny entry to unskilled workers and immigrants who would cause problems with the French communities. Their government is making it more difficult for immigrants to gain their nationality. More power is being granted to French Consulates in making these decisions ("Visas & Immigration Law in France"). The denaturalization law, which is also called the forfeiture of nationality, states than instead of …show more content…
In 2010, a law was created to forbid women from wearing face covering veils in public places (Ware). By doing this, it is taking away the identity that this culture embraces. Many values that are brought over from other religions are viewed by the French people as morally unacceptable. The French natives believe, in their view that immigrants refuse to embrace French values and tradition, thus creating the identity clash that surrounds them to this day. Some of the Muslim people wear either black or colorful scarves to hide their faces. Since France passed that law, it has become the most widely talked about issues relating to the nations tense relations with the steadily growing Muslim population