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Interactive Timeline Shows How Immigration Became a Crime
The investigative reporting project Deportation Nation has created an interactive timeline using text, photos, and videos to explain how immigration became criminalized during the course of our nation’s development.
The timeline helps put today’s immigration debate into context, illustrating how many restrictive immigration laws of the past have targeted newcomers of certain nationalities and ethnicities.
Here’s how Deportation Nation introduces the project, which you can visit by clicking here.
The United States is not just a nation of immigrants, it is also a nation of deportation.
This timeline shows how the U.S. immigration system became focused on enforcement and criminalization. Click to watch videos and learn how the Founding Fathers allotted power to decide who can enter, and who will be deported. Context is key to understanding the “deportation delirium” that has led to a record number of removals under the Obama administration.
Tags : criminalized immigration, deportation nation, immigration history, timeline
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