that are still with us today: * The use of long-term mass civil immigration detentionas a deterrent; * High seas interdiction; * Overall negative vibesand case law on asylum applicantswho are part of a so-callled “mass migration situation” (“Scarface Syndrome,” a reference to the...
Concerns that European immigrants had dangerous political views were a major motivation behind the highly restrictive 1924 Immigration Act, and were also used to justify barring many Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany in the 1930s. Even today, the law forbids entry to anyone who has been a “...