Initial Illegal Response

An immigrant is a person who enters a country and becomes a resident of this country. What if someone cannot get the correct paperwork to enter the country in a fast enough time? For many emigrants, this has happened. Since this occurred, they were forced to become illegal immigrants of America because they no longer wanted to live in the country that they originated from. In the late 1800s, immigration rates had dropped, which attracted the eyes of the people and the government. The government had found that the immigration rate had dropped so vigorously, in one year, because harsher regulations were mandated when entering the country. The government had noticed that the unemployment rate was increasing due to the increase in population, thus they dominated immigration laws. Aliens, at the time, were not allowed citizenship until they had passed certain tests. However, they were granted native citizen rights because they were protected under the Constitution in the sense that they could not be used as slaves or could not have equal things as Americans. But because they didn't have equal rights, they were restricted from doing many things in America. They were not allowed to have certain jobs because those jobs were primarily given to the citizens of America. Since living in America was becoming harder, many immigrants had to illegally enter into the country. Sailing and other means of transportion had vigorous inspections. These inspections were used to eliminate any illegal immigrants that wanted to enter the country. Even though these inspections were made, immigrants were still able to get their way into the country. As the turn of the century came, and two decades had passed, many immigrants had found that working at low-income jobs was where they were most accepted. However, in 1920, regulations were made in order to decrease the amount of immigrants that could work in factories because many of these immigrants were illegal. The government, along with many other citizens, thought that these jobs should be given to actual citizens of the country because they are the ones that help with the economy. As the years continued, more and more Immigration Acts were created to restrict incoming immigrants. The government thought that these laws would certainly help the country with its immigration issue, but during World War II, things had changed. Discovering the poor relations the America had with other countries, the government repealed many of the Acts that they had created before. Now anyone could enter back into the country as long as they went through the immigration process and application. Unfortunately, throughout history-leading up to today, many immigrants wanting to enter the country find this process to be excessive and time consuming, therefore they do not fill out the proper paper work, leaving America with the issue of illegal immigration and overpopulation.