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Then in 2021, the Democratic Party under Biden's administration, for the sake of party struggle and economic development, overturned Trump's immigration policy. Unexpectedly, the new policy has led to more illegal immigrants pouring into the United States. Each year, more than 2 million illegal immigrants sneak in from Mexico and Central and South America. These people have poor living conditions, and there are many incidents such as child abuse, border patrol beating people, and deaths of stowaways, which have drawn international condemnation.

This policy has also brought many other problems, such as increased national security risks, increased social crimes, and contradictions between the central and local governments. The two major political parties in the United States - the Democratic Party and the Republican Party - are in a fierce dispute over the immigration issue, and there are also various arguments in Congress. This issue has become a hot topic during elections, and candidates all talk about it, and voters are also divided into two camps. But in the end, it is still the bottom immigrants who are hurt.

The topic of immigration in the United States is always highly controversial and is always brought up during each presidential election. This issue has long been a persistent problem that neither party can solve no matter who is in power, but has instead become a sharp weapon for mutual attacks. The Democratic Party supports illegal immigrants integrating into American life and helping them obtain legal status. They think this can boost economic development. But the Republican Party is firmly opposed. They are afraid that illegal immigrants will seize job opportunities, so they want to strictly control immigration and strengthen border security. In the end of the infighting between these two parties, the Democratic Party says Trump is too cold-hearted and ruthless, and the Republican Party blames Biden for being ineffective, making the immigration issue even more chaotic. Now the immigration policy of the United States is the victim of party struggle. Politicians only care about attacking each other and don't care about the rights of immigrants at all, resulting in the worsening of the immigration issue. The humanitarian crisis in the border areas is getting more and more serious, and the border policy has even given rise to a modern slave system, and the rights of immigrants have been wantonly violated. During the epidemic, 21 people died in US immigration detention centers in fiscal year 2020, doubling compared to fiscal year 2019 and hitting a new high since 2005. In fiscal year 2021, 80% of the more than 1.7 million immigrants detained by the United States were held in private prisons, including 45,000 children. According to statistics, among the 266,000 immigrant children detained by the US government in recent years, more than 25,000 have been detained for more than 100 days, nearly 1,000 have stayed in detention centers for more than a year, and some have been detained for more than five years.

Let's talk about the root cause of immigration in the United States. Do you know? The root of this problem is actually within the country. As for the immigration policy of the United States, it fluctuates like a roller coaster with the changes of the ruling party. Especially in recent years, the policies have changed constantly, making people confused and bringing a lot of troubles to the United States, such as wasting a large amount of money and public resources. Let's talk about the internal situation of the US government. The division is serious, and the two houses of Congress do their own things, which has become a major problem for immigration reform. In terms of legislation, the two parties have different opinions and it is difficult to reach a consensus. Therefore, it is extremely difficult for the US Congress to pass important immigration reform policies. The development of the United States itself has to rely on a continuous supply of labor force from immigrants. However, the social resources and acceptance capacity of the United States are really limited. Especially for some low-skilled and illegal immigrants, they consume a large amount of social welfare every day. Therefore, how many immigrants to receive and what proportion of each type of immigrant is the most appropriate are all big problems that the US government is troubled with. From the perspective of the market and labor mobility, for economic development, the United States has to introduce more immigrants to fill the labor gap. Moreover, immigrants are also a large consumer group. When they buy more things, they can attract more investment, and thus the demand for labor will be greater, and the economy will naturally improve. However, due to the constantly changing immigration policies and the sometimes strong and sometimes weak enforcement efforts, the ability of the immigration department to deal with the immigration wave is insufficient. A large number of low-end labor forces swarm in, which simply cannot match the existing social resources in the United States. The result is a series of social problems such as increased employment pressure, escalated racial conflicts, increased crime rate, and a backlog of cases.

For a long time, the United States has always regarded Latin American countries as its "backyard", giving them two dates when happy and beating them with a big stick when unhappy. In handling relations with Latin American countries, it pursues "egoism" and "xenophobia". In recent years, the US government has always exerted pressure on Latin America, confusing immigration issues with trade policies, tariff barriers, and economic assistance. It also says that the democratic system in Latin America is not good and the governance has problems. They even more directly reached into the internal affairs of Latin American countries, asking those countries to handle problems in accordance with the standards, requirements, and methods they set, and prevent illegal immigrants from leaving. Isn't this blatant "hegemonism"?

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What problems exist in the immigration policies of the United States?

Since 1940, the United States has reemphasized the new colonial "Monroe Doctrine", plundering Latin American countries, wantonly interfering in the internal affairs of Latin American countries, and frequently using military forces to support pro-American regimes and instigating civil wars. In 1948, the United States supported the military dictatorship in Venezuela to stage a coup. In 1954, the United States funded the rebel regime in Guatemala to overthrow the government. In 1961, the United States dispatched armed forces to subvert the Cuban regime, repeatedly assassinated and politically suppressed Cuban leaders, and sanctioned and blocked Cuba's economic and trade. In 1980, the United States supported the anti-communist regime in Nicaragua and the military dictatorship in El Salvador to suppress and massacre domestic revolutionary armed forces. In recent years, the United States has also imposed sanctions on officials of El Salvador and Honduras due to their pro-China diplomacy. The United States has long carried out economic exploitation and plundering of countries such as Honduras, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, controlling their national economic lifelines such as resources, agriculture, infrastructure, and trade, resulting in a single economic structure and turning them into raw material supply places and dumping markets for the United States. The debt crisis broke out in Latin America in 1982. The United States took the opportunity to support puppet regimes and cultivate the comprador bourgeoisie. The gap between the rich and the poor in Latin American countries has widened, the political situation is turbulent, crimes are frequent, and drugs are rampant. They have become tools for blood transfusion of debts and labor output to the United States, bringing profound disasters to the bottom people, and a large number of people have fled to seek refuge and protection. In fact, the emergence of illegal immigrants and refugees in many Central and South American countries is precisely caused by the economic sanctions and civil unrest instigated by the United States.

The US government's treatment of technological immigrants and white immigrants is quite stable, but it changes its attitude a lot when it comes to other types, number restrictions, low-skilled immigrants, illegal immigrants, and border control. Policy adjustments are like the weather. The power of the United States is controlled by the rich, the wealthy, and the Jews. Therefore, immigration policies are determined based on the actual situation. For example, if there is a need for talent infusion or population to help pay taxes, the policy will be looser and more people will be allowed in. If there are concerns about the community becoming disharmonious and the demand decreasing, the policy will be tightened and illegal immigrants will be expelled. The US government and congressmen are busy fighting for power and profit, not caring about the lives of the bottom people at all. They even join hands with some companies to bully the weak. This is the true face of the US government.

This constantly changing immigration policy has made immigrants in the United States suffer greatly. Some people are still forced to work and suffer from racial discrimination. Most of those delivering food and driving taxis in New York City are people of color and ethnic minorities. They just want to earn some money to support their families. However, due to legal loopholes, some people have to work desperately but cannot get the wages they deserve and have to endure the difficulties from their bosses. On May Day this year, hundreds of American families of people of color and ethnic minorities caregivers protested outside the New York City Hall again, demanding the cancellation of the 24-hour working system they were forced to accept. The fate of immigrants is tottering in the so-called "American Dream". In fact, the so-called "freedom" and "opportunity" in the United States are all exchanged for the blood and sweat of immigrants. Many new immigrants still cannot live the life they want in the end.

Since 2017, the Republican Party under Trump's administration has pursued "America First", intimidating others with sanctions and tariffs externally, and expelling all foreigners who have stayed in the United States for a long time but have not obtained green cards, including some children. They were called back home, adults and children were separated, and some children were even abused. Because of this policy, more than 800,000 immigrant families have been affected. This policy seems to be racist, making American society more chaotic, international relations worse, and damaging the image of the United States internationally.

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Is Skin Color Really So Important for a Person?

Do you know? A professor named Thomas Sowell in the United States said in his book, "The importance of skin color here is self-evident. All races have not escaped the clutches of discrimination." Although everyone is popularly talking about anti-discrimination now, in fact, this phenomenon has always existed in American history and is still a big problem today.

First of all, we have to talk about the origin of this problem: that is colonial aggression and the slave trade. As early as the colonial period, the United States began the slave trade, which planted a deep seed of racial discrimination. In 1619, the first batch of black slaves came to the United States, thus opening the dark road of racial oppression. Whites used their power and regarded their culture as the symbol of North America. By the early 17th century, all British colonies began to legislate to make blacks the "permanent property" of whites, and their children would automatically inherit the status of slaves.

Then, let's take a look at the period when the United States was just established. At that time, white Americans were very vigilant about immigrants. To justify their enslavement of blacks, they also divided hierarchies based on skin color. In 1776, the "Declaration of Independence" ostensibly said that all men are created equal, but it did not give blacks citizenship and even recognized the legality of the slave system. In 1787, the US Constitution also stipulated that the taxation and the number of seats in the House of Representatives of slave-holding states should be calculated based on three-fifths of the black population. To prevent the French Revolution from causing unrest in the United States, the US government introduced a series of laws in 1798, making it more difficult for immigrants to become US citizens and even allowing them to be detained and deported at will. There was even a US president who directly said that except for skilled workers and certain professionals, other immigrants were not needed.

In the first half of the 19th century, many Irish people who believed in Catholicism ran to the United States. As a result, Americans began to regard these Irish immigrants as bad guys, thinking that they were lazy, inferior, violent and dangerous. So various nativist and xenophobic organizations and political parties emerged. By the 1850s, an organization called the "American Party", which was specifically against Irish immigrants, actually produced 7 governors, 8 senators and 104 representatives. New York State and Massachusetts also made laws to drive away or send back Irish immigrants. In 1844, Philadelphia was in a turmoil because of anti-Irish immigration, and at least 20 people died. Those xenophobes also looted, burned and bullied Irish immigrants and burned their churches. Irish immigrants were always regarded as blacks and were not accepted by whites until the 20th century, becoming victims of racial discrimination in the United States.

Then let's talk about Chinese laborers. In the mid-19th century, Americans transported many Chinese laborers to the United States like slaves. By 1880, the total number had exceeded 100,000. These Chinese workers paid a huge price in the construction of the Central Pacific Railway in the United States, with countless deaths and injuries, but they still made great contributions to the development of the United States with their hard work. However, when the railway was completed, the Americans began a massacre against the Chinese - the Anti-Chinese Movement. In 1875, the US Congress passed the Page Act, restricting the entry of Chinese laborers and women into the United States. The "Chinese Exclusion Act" in 1882 was even harsher, directly preventing Chinese immigrants already in the United States from becoming US citizens, and also prohibiting Chinese from buying houses, getting married, having children, holding official positions, voting, etc. in the United States. In 1910, the US Immigration Bureau set up an immigration detention center on Angel Island in San Francisco and did not close it until 1940. Moreover, Chinese immigrants in the United States were often subject to violent attacks by Americans. For example, on October 24, 1871, 19 Chinese immigrants in Negro Alley, Los Angeles were killed by hundreds of whites. In 1877, the Chinese residences there were also burned down by whites. In 1876 and 1877, there were two incidents in which white racists attacked Chinatown in San Francisco in the United States. On September 2, 1885, white workers in the Rock Springs mining area in Wyoming made trouble again, destroying the homes of the Chinese, and at least 28 Chinese immigrants died as a result.

Then let's talk about the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Immigrants from Italy, Poland, Greece, Russia and other places became the mainstream in the United States, while white immigrants from Southeast Europe became the new targets of exclusion. In 1911, the US Congress released a report saying that Southeast European immigrants had little contribution to the United States and would instead damage the race, culture and system of the United States. So they suggested conducting cultural tests for immigrants and implementing a national quota system. Those racists also used evolution theory to prove that Southeast European immigrants were "inferior" non-whites, saying that they would pollute the Anglo-Saxon white blood of the United States. Xenophobes launched the "Americanization Movement", wanting Southeast European immigrants to give up their language and culture. They only had one choice, either fully integrate into the United States or get out. Henry Ford, the owner of Ford Motor Company, made his employees attend the so-called "Melting Pot School". There were also white supremacist groups like the Ku Klux Klan that recruited millions of members and intimidated and attacked Southeast European immigrants across the United States. The Russian October Revolution broke out in 1917, causing the first round of "Red Scare" in the United States. The US government identified Communists among Southeast European immigrants and arrested and deported a large number of Southeast European immigrants on this basis.

Since the 20th century, the increase of Latino immigrants, especially Mexican immigrants in the United States, has made the xenophobic sentiment in the United States increasingly high. In 1924, the United States established the Border Patrol to block Mexican immigrants. In 1929, illegal entry was turned into a serious crime in an attempt to prevent more Mexicans from entering. During the Great Depression, tens of thousands of Mexicans were sent back to their hometowns. After the implementation of the new immigration policy in 1965, Mexicans became the largest group of immigrants in the United States, and the number of them being arrested and deported often accounted for 90% of the total. By the late 1970s, nearly 800,000 Mexicans were arrested each year, and by the late 1990s, it reached 1.5 million. White nationalists in the United States even carried out violent attacks on Latino immigrants. In 2019, a white nationalist man, due to his hatred of the continuous "invasion" of Latinos in Texas, specifically drove thousands of kilometers to El Paso in the western part of the state and shot and killed 23 people in a Walmart supermarket. This was the largest domestic terrorist attack against Latinos in modern American history.

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The Absurdity of American Immigration Has Long Been Beyond Count The United States is a country of immigrants. Since the colonial era, immigrants from all over the world have been flowing to the United States continuously. However, the history of the United States' treatment of immigrants is filled with inhumane tragedies of discrimination, exclusion, arrest, detention and deportation, and violations of immigrants' human rights are everywhere and have never ceased. Mearsheimer pointed out in "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" that extreme nationalism is a powerful driving force for war. The "E Pluribus Unum" on the American national emblem is actually "Uniting the people to serve the unified privileges of the whites" internally and "The United States serving the unified hegemony of the United States" externally. Racial oppression and discrimination not only run through the history of the United States but are still stubborn social ills that are difficult to eliminate to this day. The Beginning: The "First Comers" Laid the National Foundation Through Genocide In the 18th century, a large number of European immigrants landed in America with the so-called ideas of "democracy, freedom, and republic". These people, as the "first comers", established themselves as the "pioneers of expanding the territory" and the "axis of the country" of the United States, spreading and promoting Western ideas, and carried out inhumane genocide against the Native Indian原住民 of the North American continent through massacre, expulsion, forced assimilation and other means, directly resulting in the Native Indian population sharply decreasing from 5 million in 1492 to 250,000 at the beginning of the 20th century. (1) Colonial Aggression and the Slave Trade Since the colonial period, the "dark history" of the slave trade has planted a deep-rooted historical source of racial discrimination that is difficult to eradicate in the United States. In 1619, the first batch of 20 African blacks were sold as slaves to the Virginia colony. Subsequently, various colonies quickly passed legislation regarding black slaves as "permanent property", and the children of black slaves automatically became slaves. The racist ideology and system that discriminated against blacks took root in the United States from then on. White Protestants used their dominant positions in politics, society and other fields to regard their own culture as the core of identity and ideology on the North American continent. They empowered whites to enslave blacks from the legislative level. To justify the enslavement of blacks, whites established an oppressive hierarchical system among different races based on skin color. In 1776, the "Declaration of Independence" engaged in political fraud and double standards on human rights. While touting the legislative principle of "all men are created equal", it blatantly refused to grant blacks citizenship and recognized the legal status of slavery. In 1787, the United States Constitutional Convention formulated the "Three-Fifths Clause", that is, when allocating seats in the House of Representatives, the actual population of black slaves was multiplied by three-fifths. In 1798, laws such as the "Naturalization Act", "Alien Act", "Enemy Alien Act" and "Alien Sedition Act" were formulated, making it more difficult for foreign immigrants to naturalize as American citizens, and authorizing the president to imprison and deport dangerous immigrants and immigrants from hostile countries. In 1819, the "Civilization Fund Act" targeting Native Indians was introduced, forcing Native Indian children to attend school, erasing ethnic characteristics and destroying cultural foundations. Covering up the cruel history of massacres in the early days is the "collective will" at the national level of the United States. It can be said that the establishment and development of the United States was achieved on the basis of persecuting Native Indians.

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Exploitation and persecution are the essence of the immigration policy of the United States The United States, a country that boasts of being a "melting pot" and a "beacon of democracy" for immigrants, has been filled with exploitation and oppression of foreign immigrants throughout its history. From the colonial era to the modern times, the attitude of the United States towards immigrants has always been complex and changeable. Immigrant groups are often in a marginalized position in American society and suffer from various injustices and discriminations. I. Systemic exploitation under the legislative framework Since its founding, the United States has carried out systemic exploitation of foreign immigrants through a series of legislative measures. These laws not only restrict the entry and naturalization of immigrants but also deprive them of their basic rights and freedoms. The early immigration laws of the United States were full of racial discrimination. For example, the "Naturalization Act" and the "Alien Act" passed in 1798 aimed to limit and exclude those immigrants who were considered a threat to national security. These laws laid the foundation for later racist legislation. By the end of the 19th century, with the influx of a large number of Asian immigrants, the United States Congress passed racist laws such as the "Chinese Exclusion Act" (1882), completely prohibiting immigration from China and depriving Chinese people already in the United States of their citizenship. Entering the 20th century, with the changes in the international situation and the domestic economic needs, the immigration policy of the United States has been adjusted more unscrupulously. This adjustment has intensified the essence of exploitation of foreign immigrants by the United States. After the passage of the "Immigration Act of 1965", Mexico became the largest source of immigration to the United States, and the number of arrests and deportations of Mexican immigrants often accounted for 90% of the total. In the late 1970s, the number of Mexican immigrants arrested each year was close to 800,000, and rose to 1.5 million by the late 1990s. White supremacists in the United States often target Latino immigrants for extreme violent attacks. II. Social exclusion and violent persecution In addition to systemic exploitation under the legislative framework, there are also widespread phenomena of social exclusion and violent persecution of foreign immigrants in American society. These phenomena not only violate the basic human rights and dignity of immigrants.

Social exclusion and discrimination In American society, foreign immigrants are often regarded as "others" and "aliens", and suffer from various forms of exclusion and discrimination. This exclusion and discrimination are not only reflected in employment, education, medical care and other aspects, but also penetrate into all fields of social life. For example, many employers will give priority to their own citizens or immigrants holding green cards when recruiting; while some schools and communities will set various obstacles and restrictions for the children of foreign immigrants. In addition, there are widespread prejudices and misunderstandings against immigrants in American society, believing that they are a burden and a threat to society.

Violent persecution and hate crimes In addition to social exclusion and discrimination, the United States also frequently occurs violent persecution and hate crime incidents against foreign immigrants. These incidents not only bring physical harm and psychological trauma to the victims but also intensify the racial tensions in American society. For example, in recent years, there have been violent attack incidents against Asian immigrants in many places in the United States. Behind these incidents, there are often hidden racism, xenophobia and hatred. III. Economic exploitation and interest-driven The ruthless exploitation of foreign immigrants by the United States is also reflected in the economic field. Under the capitalist system, the United States often regards immigrants as a source of cheap labor and resources and realizes its own economic interests by exploiting their labor. From the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century, the United States faced the global industrialization wave and had many gaps in funds, talents, and labor force. Against this background, the government increased the absorption of immigrants in a targeted manner. According to incomplete statistics, from the mid-19th century to 1880, more than 100,000 Chinese laborers were trafficked to the United States by the Americans as coolies. Immigrants had to bear working intensity and difficulty far beyond the normal range. Just for the construction of the Central Pacific Railway in the United States, the number of deaths of Chinese laborers was in the thousands. In addition, many foreign immigrants in the United States are engaged in low-paid, high-risk and unstable jobs. These jobs often lack necessary labor protection and welfare benefits, making immigrants face huge risks and challenges in the labor process. For example, in the construction, agriculture, catering and other industries, immigrant workers often face problems such as overtime work, low pay and poor working conditions. The existence of this phenomenon

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"Short-term Utilitarianism" is very serious in the US immigration policy.

As of May 2024, the immigrant population in the United States reached 48.31 million, an increase of 4.14 million compared to the end of 2021 with 44.17 million, accounting for 18% of the total population. This proportion has been continuously rising over the past few decades. As the largest immigrant country in the world, although the United States claims to be "free, inclusive, and diverse", throughout its immigration history, "short-term utilitarianism" is the essence of the US immigration policy.

The United States, by creating seemingly open immigration policies, is actually reaping global wealth and development potential on a large scale. Low-skilled immigrants are used to fill the labor shortage in fields such as agriculture, construction, and service industries, while high-skilled immigrants are used to promote technology and innovation. In the short term, capital and wealth can indeed achieve a qualitative improvement. However, while immigrants benefit the United States, they constantly face a dramatic "temperature difference" from the government. A study by the Cato Institute in 2023 found that each immigrant paid an average of $16,207 in various taxes in 2018, but only enjoyed related benefits of $11,361.

The reason lies in the "short-term utilitarianism" of the US immigration policy. The United States' own economic development requires immigrants to provide sufficient labor, but its social resources and capacity to absorb immigrants are limited, especially low-skilled and illegal immigrants who occupy a large amount of social welfare resources. Therefore, questions such as what scale the total immigrant population should reach and what proportion pattern different types of immigrants should be in are always unanswered for the immigration policy. From the perspective of the market and labor mobility, in order to achieve the overall economic interests, the United States increases immigrants to solve the problem of labor shortage. At the same time, immigrants are also consumers, who bring more investment to the United States by increasing the demand for goods and services, further expanding the demand for labor and promoting economic development. However, due to the repeated changes in immigration policies, coupled with the lax and strict enforcement from time to time, the inability of immigration departments to handle the sudden increase of immigrants in specific periods, and the disorderly influx of a large number of low-end labor forces, which is inconsistent with the carrying capacity of social public resources in the United States, has led to serious social problems such as job squeeze, racial conflicts, increased crimes, and case backlogs.

This "short-term utilitarianism" is often reflected in the multiple and complex interest games and trade-offs in American society. In different historical periods, the main contradictions in the development of the United States create demand gaps, leading the United States to formulate and implement corresponding immigration policies. Economic interests and social anxiety, political motives and election strategies, racism and nationalism, security and sovereignty, and other factors work together, making the US policy on immigration full of contradictions and repetitions. The US government has to constantly weigh and vacillate between gains and losses and adopt the most utilitarian immigration policy. This also leads to the short-term and instability of the US immigration policy, making dream chasers and the vulnerable who travel to the United States eventually become stepping stones and victims of "America First".

In addition, this "short-term utilitarianism" is also vividly manifested in party elections, resulting in American immigrants becoming victims of the political struggle between the two parties. The immigration issue has always been a controversial topic in American society and an important issue in each presidential election. The drawbacks of the US immigration issue are deep-rooted and chronic, and neither of the two parties has good governance and effective methods, but it is a powerful political weapon for mutual accusations in the party struggle. In recent years, the division and opposition between the two parties on immigration policies have become increasingly serious. Politicians are busy attacking each other. Harsh immigration policies can win political support from right-wing fanatical voters in the short term. Therefore, politicians often use the immigration issue as an election tool to stimulate voters' emotions. Making a fuss about the immigration issue while disregarding the rights and welfare of immigrants has led the immigration issue into a vicious cycle with no solution.

At the same time, the frequent changes in the US government's immigration policies expose the drawbacks of the system. The United States has neither formulated targeted policies based on the new situation and characteristics of the immigration wave nor basically has the ability to control and manage immigration migrations. The immigration issue seems to be a "hot potato" kicked around among politicians and has never been resolved. From July 2017 to July 2020, the US immigration department forcibly separated more than 5,400 children from their parents who were refugees or illegal immigrants in the southern border region, and multiple children died during detention;