Immigrant Struggle
The Latino population has grown tremendously in the United States, and it is believed to be caused by the increase in the number of Latino immigrants. The alarming rise of this population has raised concerns about the imminent future of the local American citizens. Debates have occurred on how to handle the situation best to battle the rising rates of xenophobia towards these immigrants. Previously the US had policies that were in favor of immigration, such as providing visas to immigrants now such policies having been renewed restricts the entry of immigrants from entering the United States (Wiley 380). Due to the change of policies and rising hatred for immigrants, Latino immigrants find it difficult trying to cross the borders to enter the US. Therefore, they end up having a lot of casualties while attempting to cross the border to enter the states. The paper focuses on the policies that have led to the changing patterns of immigration and the rise of xenophobia towards Latino immigrants.
Effects of Interventions from the Global North on the Migration Patterns
The current immigration patterns and asylum is a reflection of the previous economic and political interventions by the global North in the premises of the migrant population. Some of the US policies, such as the Monroe doctrine and Manifest destiny, were some of the earliest policies that favored migration from the south (Gonzales et al . 2). The first wave of rapid immigration happened during the Latin American wars that occurred in the 19 th and 20 th centuries, an example being the bloody Mexican conflict of 1910-1920. The second wave of massive migration was during the cold war, where Latin American countries were faced with a severe economic and financial crisis.
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The Immigrants act of 1965 enabled the migration of immigrants by establishing visas for immigrants. The rights of these immigrants were protected by the civil rights resolution of the 1960s through mitigating discrimination based on ethnicity and race (Sierra et al. 537) . In the current society, most immigrants migrate in search of a better life, escape the cruel drug crisis, and some just trying to reunite with their separated family members.
Growing Xenophobia in the Global North
In the global North, during the period when there is an increase in the intensity of income inequality and stagnation of economic growth, a certain type of xenophobia is sparked that makes the immigrants to be exposed to socioeconomic ills ( Jiménez 279) . The media coverage of the arrival of new immigrants and their accommodation in detention camps have sparked a xenophobic wave in the US in addition to political influence by President Trump. Some of the conservative Americans believe that immigrants bring along with them economic strain, whereby they provided with jobs at the local industries due to their cheap labor, thus rendering the local Americans jobless as the employers find employing them expensive to their production expenses.
The local Americans retaliate this with xenophobic reactions due to the hate they have developed towards Latin immigrants. Trump's campaigns against immigrants, where he viewed them as a poison to the American economy, has led to many conservatives all over the United States imposing social ills to the immigrants ( Jiménez 279) . Due to the rising xenophobic incidences, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services no longer refers to America as a nation of immigrants; instead, it focuses on the protection of the Americans by securing the homeland. This means that they have turned their focus into preventing the entry of immigrants and trying to deport some of the immigrants who are still held at the detention camps.
WORK CITED
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Gonzales, Roberto G., et al. "Awakening to a Nightmare" Objectivity and Illegality in the Lives of Undocumented 1.5-Generation Latino Immigrants in the United States." Current Anthropology 53.3 (2012): 000-000.
Sierra, Christine Marie, et al. "Latino immigration and citizenship." PS: Political Science & Politics 33.3 (2000): 535-540.
Wiley, Shaun. "Rejection-identification among Latino immigrants in the United States." International Journal of Intercultural Relations 37.3 (2013): 375-384.
