“Large-scale Central American migration to the United States dates to the civil wars of the 1980s and came primarily from El Salvador and Guatemala. Most came fleeing political violence, and their presence became politically very inconvenient for the Reagan administration, which was seeking to justify its support for these countries’ governments. Others were economic refugees. Either way, the refugees gave the lie to Reagan’s claims of the governments’ legitimacy and right to US support.” HistoryImmigrationCentral America Book:Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration Source: Central America's Forgotten History: Revolution, Violence, and the Roots of Migration
“Like other discriminatory legislation in our country's history, immigration laws define and differentiate legal status on the basis of arbitrary attributes. Immigration laws create unequal rights. People who break immigration laws don't cause harm or even potential harm (unlike, for example, drunk driving, which creates the potential for harm even if no accident occurs). Rather, people who break immigration laws do things that are perfectly legal for others, but denied to them--like crossing a border or, even more commonly, simply exist.” PeopleIfsCountryLawCausesBreakRightsExampleBasesHarmAccidentsDrivingImmigrationOur CountryDrunkBordersAttributesDeniedLegislationArbitraryEqual RightsCrossingsDifferentiateImmigration LawsDrunk Driving Book:They Take Our Jobs!: And 20 Other Myths about Immigration Source: They Take Our Jobs!: And 20 Other Myths about Immigration
