As a result of harsh measures imposed by state governors
America's war on immigrants hurts its poorest citizens
Trump invoked emergency powers and funded the construction of the wall in the south of the country.
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Former President Clinton enacted the Immigration Responsibility and Illegal Immigration Reform Act in 1996. Archive
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In many US states, US politicians who believe only in their self-interest are turning humanitarian crises into a political theater of profit.
New Hampshire Governor John Sununu recently announced that he has deployed National Guard forces in the state on the border separating Mexico and the United States, thus joining about 20 other Republican-led states, and at the same time a state, such as Florida, Texas and Arizona, is transferring immigrants to Blue states and cities (that is, those that always elect Democrats), often under fraudulent circumstances.
the crisis
In fact, the migration process is not the crisis, but rather the political, economic and environmental factors that push people to migrate from their countries, which are really the crisis.
The inhumane treatment they receive is also a problem.
Republicans are taking advantage of these circumstances, even though their origins are at odds with their party's politics.
When former President Bill Clinton enacted the Immigration Responsibility and Illegal Immigration Reform Act in 1996, he made many of those eligible for removal, which facilitated their removal from the state.
This made the possibility of obtaining identification papers by persons residing in the United States, illegally, more dangerous than ever before, and laid the foundation and infrastructure for their arrest.
Each administration subsequently expanded this infrastructure.
Increase in deportation of immigrants
Under President George W. Bush, the issue of combating immigration moved to the new Department of Homeland Security, where it turned the issue of justice and employment into national security.
Deportations of immigrants began to increase, reaching five million under the administration of President Barack Obama, although he introduced the Deferred Action for Child Immigrants program, which aims to protect child immigrants.
President Donald Trump has escalated and published dangerous accusations of immigrants that they are violent criminals, and invoked emergency powers to fund the wall in the south of the country.
Although incumbent President Joe Biden rescinded the move, the US immigration system has not fundamentally changed.
Hundreds of thousands of immigrants live under constant surveillance, and about 60,000 of them were deported in 2021. Last year alone, about 250,000 immigrants were detained in unsafe conditions, and in immigration detention facilities overcrowded in huge numbers, which led to the death of about 200 of them, Including children.
Hundreds of people die every year along the border between the United States and Mexico.
Texas hotspot
In May 2021, Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared the state in a state of disaster and granted himself sweeping anti-immigrant powers.
Under the name "Operation One Star," thousands of state and National Guard soldiers have been deployed to the border to arrest and detain immigrant children and families.
According to Fernando Garcia, director of the Frontier Network for Human Rights, Operation Lone Star did not stop the flow of migrants.
Rather, it prompted them to change their ways to more dangerous and isolated areas, and worked to fuel the spirit of hostility towards people who migrate across the border.
Last September, a group of migrants was shot dead, killing a man and wounding a woman.
Recently, she joined a rally held by the Texas Immigration Reform Alliance, a Texas-based coalition aimed at immigration reform in the state.
They said it was no accident that immigrants were being suppressed, although in the state there were more pressing and important matters, such as widespread poverty and a large number of Texans without health insurance.
They described Operation Lone Star as a major expansion of the Texas prison system.
The state has been using Operation One Star funding to build new detention facilities, expand prisons and detention capabilities, acquire more weapons and surveillance equipment, and arm public schools, the meeting said.
This expansion of the Severe Detention Act and the suppression of immigrants affects the civil rights of all Texans.
7.1 million poor voters
All gathered said Operation One Star was causing harm to immigrants, poor and low-income people of all backgrounds.
But for Texans, canceling that process would be as simple as getting out for the next election.
There are about 7.1 million poor and low-income voters in Texas.
This includes 2.4 million Hispanics, many of whom are at risk of being targeted under Abbott's security measures.
If the poor and low-income blacks, whites, and Latinos of Texas come out and stand together, they will be able to change the outcome of the contenders for Texas.
From there they can change the whole political course in Texas, and in every other state they manipulate politics at the expense of people's lives.
■ The migration process is not a crisis, but rather the political, economic and environmental factors that push people to migrate from their countries, which are really the crisis.
■ President Donald Trump has escalated and published serious accusations regarding immigrants that they are violent criminals.
Hundreds of thousands of migrants live under constant surveillance, and about 60,000 of them were deported in 2021.
In the past year alone, some 250,000 migrants were detained in unsafe conditions and in overcrowded immigration detention facilities, resulting in the deaths of nearly 200 of them, including children.
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