Revise for Latino immigrants outline and write a draft based on it

My myth is that most Mexican Americans are undocumented immigrants. The above myth is usually claimed by many individuals living in the United States because they generalize all Mexican Americans and consider them as undocumented immigrants. Not all Mexican immigrants illegal, policy has created, people have, association and illegal. The myth is kind of narrative, maybe make to more abroad.

What is your argument about your myth? (Should be two to three concise sentences.)

The above myth is not true because, in the United States, several policies were established to control the influx of people in different regions. The establishment of immigration policies occupied a critical role in registering individuals and classifying them as American citizens with equal rights to people born in America. Therefore, Mexican Americans are documented people who live in the United States, and they should receive similar treatment to other native-born citizens. Argument needs to be more relative to the myth, and don’t say all Mexican are documented immigrants, the only thing we can say is there are larger portion of Mexican has become documented immigrants, because there are still many Mexicans are undocumented, so we can only say the percentage of undocumented immigrants has decreased.

(Be specific with the language, use the act in 1986, you can find in week 11 illegality timeline, see the second page of that ppt, and you will find there is big decline of illegal immigrants in 1965 and 1986 also see the video in the ppt of the week 11 illegality timeline, here is the link ( https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/12/how-pew-research-center-counts-unauthorized-immigrants-in-us/ ) this might be helpful.

· Citizen and noncitizen are terms used to imagine and define community membership. In the United States, undocumented immigrants are treated differently as compared to Native Americans. Therefore, the issue of being undocumented subjects them to harsh conditions. Lack of documentation is thus used as a criterion for discrimination. Further, many immigrants, specifically those who are undocumented live in an unsafe environment and a climate full of fear. Since the undocumented immigrants are not able treat with the same legal right, that may kind of lower down the percentage.

· In the immigration policy discourse, legislative debates and anti-immigrant politics in the United States, have evolved, and Mexican Americans have been acknowledged in different societies. Mexican migration to the United States occupies a central role since it contributes to many transformations in the migration policies. Most of the Mexican immigrants in the U.S moved due to many reasons (Chavez, 2008, p.7). A section of them migrated due to labor reasons. When working in the U.S, they receive temporary visas, which allows them to live there until their terms of stay expire, or they renew their permits and continue working and living there. The inclusion of such policies in the United States helped Mexican Americans become legal citizens of that country.

· The term undocumented immigrants refer to the section of people who have entered, lived, or worked in the U.S without proper authorization and have been criticized by diverse people.

· In the U.S, new landmarks have been formed with the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) led to changes in immigration policies. The Immigration Acts of 1990 was a milestone in the U.S as Mexican-Americans were given different types of documents to help them live in America. As such, the number of undocumented immigrants reduced.

· The law also strengthened border control and expanded the grounds of deportation of undocumented Mexican-Americans.

· According to Spakovsky (2019), the Immigration Reform of 1996 was enacted and barred undocumented immigrants from accessing social security benefits and other student financial aids.

· In recent years, more immigrants are living in the U.S than ever before. Immigrants in the overall population threaten the existence of natives. In the U.S, the number of immigrants spiked, and as a result of that, reformations in the immigration policies helped in managing the influx of people in that country.

· The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States claims that all citizens born or naturalized in the United States are subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States. Therefore, several Latinos in the U.S migrate to live in America and then intermarry with Americans and then give birth to documented American citizens.

· The issue of undocumented immigrants is considered a crucial point, and as such, it must be addressed.

· Undocumented immigrants are c`onsidered immigrants who cannot access different services in the U.S.

· Understanding the difference between documented and undocumented immigrants occupies a central role in the identification of immigrants' rights.

Main contents of two books:

Chavez, L. (2013). The Latino threat: Constructing immigrants, citizens, and the nation. Stanford University Press. The Latino threat states that most people are either undocumented or are in the US illegally. The book explains Latino threats that have been rampant during elections times. Politician uses the threats to gain votes and divide the American populace. The politician wants people to believe that the number of immigrants is high and that is why the natives are experiencing unemployment.

De Genova, N. (2014). Immigration Reform and the production of Migrant Illegality. Constructing Immigrant “Illegality”. Critiques, Experiences and Responses, 37-62. The study explains illegality as it is less understood by most people. The paper explains illegality as it refers to different groups in America. It is important to understand immigration laws to understand who is in America illegally or not. Thus, a person should understand immigration reforms to understand the myth that comes with illegality of Latinos.

References

Chavez, L. R. (2008). The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press.

Genova, N. (2014). Immigration "Reform" and the Production of Migrant "Illegality." Retrieved from file:///C:/Users/CArol/Downloads/DeGenova-Immreformandimmillegality.pdf

Hiltner, S. (2017, March 10). Illegal, Undocumented, Unauthorized: The Terms of Immigration Reporting. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/insider/illegal-undocumented-unauthorized-the-terms-of-immigration-reporting.html

Spakovsky, H. (2019). "Undocumented Immigrant" Is a Made-Up Term That Ignores the Law. Retrieved from