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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So how did the system get like this?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scroll through the timeline below to follow the tangled history of America's ever-changing immigration policies. (\u003ca href=\"http://embed.verite.co/timeline/?source=0Ark5K5szJsMSdDVpVVM2bHZ6UV9TRW5FajJXVmF3UkE&\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Easiest to view in full-screen mode\u003c/a>) The interactive chart beneath it shows rates of legal immigration from 1820 to the present (use the scroll bar to zoom into specific chunks of time).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There have been four major waves of immigration to America, the last of which -- mainly from Mexico, other Latin American countries, and Asia -- continues today. Several themes play out consistently in all four chapters:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Each successive wave of immigrants has been, to some extent, a reflection of social and economic conditions elsewhere in the world, and within the U.S. itself.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Nearly every cycle of newcomers has faced animosity and backlash from already assimilated communities.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The history of America's immigration policy is a swinging door that often opens during periods of economic prosperity and slams shut when times get tough.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1XSCmSJvVdD4UVRxPK_6JG1gUuaEyeeydAaefh96v8Zo&\" width=\"1100\" height=\"800\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003ch4>\u003cstrong>Immigrants obtaining legal permanent residency, 1820 to 2015\u003c/strong>\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Note: In 1820, 8,385 immigrants legally entered the United States. The Census from that same year listed the total U.S. population at 9,638,453 (of which 1,538,022 were slaves.) In 2015, the U.S. population was roughly 321 million, and there were more than 1 million legal immigrants.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv style=\"width:100%\">\n\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe src=\"https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=GVIZ&t=LINE_AGGREGATE&containerId=gviz_canvas&isXyPlot=true&bsize=0&q=select+col0%2C+col1+from+11uDFhDigXHfCbMLwSfydx4rngE3r22hLboJ5-PI&qrs=+where+col0+%3E%3D+&qre=+and+col0+%3C%3D+&qe=+order+by+col0+asc&width=1000&height=400\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"1000\" height=\"400\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Source: \u003ca href=\"https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics\u003c/a>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Sanctuary cities have long been in President Donald Trump's crosshairs. The term refers to the scores of cities and counties across the United States that limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities by refusing most requests to detain, pursue or report undocumented immigrants (those here illegally) who have had contact with local law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300\">Teach with the Lowdown\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-22868\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-800x286.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-768x274.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\">Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our lesson plan collection \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/category/lesson-plans-and-guides/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Sanctuary-City-lesson-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lesson Plan: Sanctuary Cities (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Just days after taking office, Trump signed a sweeping \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> making good on his key campaign pledge to crack down on illegal immigration. In addition to authorizing the construction of a border wall with Mexico and beefing up immigration enforcement, the order also threatens to cut billions of dollars in federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate Federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States,\" the order states. It warns that those jurisdictions that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts will lose federal funding. \"These jurisdictions have caused immeasurable harm to the American people and to the very fabric of our Republic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's order instructs federal immigration authorities to target a broader group of immigrants for deportation. It calls for the removal of immigrants \"who have committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense\" or pose a public safety risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to Trump's 2016 election victory, mayors and police chiefs in more than 10 major cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., reaffirmed their commitment to upholding sanctuary policies, and have continued to stand by those positions in the face of the recent order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'll proudly stand as a sanctuary city -- protecting our residents from what we deem unjust federal immigration laws -- fight all forms of bigotry and advance our commitment to equity even more passionately,\" Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-mayor-libby-schaaf-on-president-trump-move-beyond-anger-to-action/Content?oid=5034459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated \u003c/a>shortly after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee reiterated that sentiment on Jan. 26 in his \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/26/mayor-ed-lee-reinforces-sanctuary-city-commitment/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of the City\u003c/a> address: “We are a sanctuary city now, tomorrow, forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 31, San Francisco became the first city \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/31/s-f-files-suit-against-trump-saying-punishing-sanctuary-cities-is-illegal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to sue Trump \u003c/a>over his order to defund sanctuary jurisdictions. The lawsuit argues that the order is an unconstitutional overreach of the president's power, in violation of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/tenth_amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10th Amendment\u003c/a>, which it says protects the sovereignty of local jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“President Trump’s executive order tries to turn city and state employees into federal immigration officers. That is unconstitutional,” San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said when announcing the suit. “No president can commandeer the local police force and turn it into the deportation arm of the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco receives \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/SF-preparing-in-case-Trump-cuts-federal-funds-10607210.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly $500 million a year\u003c/a> in federal funds, which would be at risk if Trump's order survives in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relies on local authorities to help enforce immigration laws, a 2013 federal appeals court \u003ca href=\"http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/123991p.pdf#page=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision\u003c/a> concluded that those local agencies are not legally required to detain undocumented immigrants when requested to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently reside in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What are sanctuary cities?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>There's no official legal definition, and what it means varies from place to place. Generally speaking, local law enforcement in sanctuary cities or counties don't ask or report the immigration status of people they come into contact with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A sanctuary jurisdiction typically refuses requests from federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrants apprehended for low-level offenses. For example, when someone gets arrested for a DUI, he or she might spend the night in jail, get processed and then released. If this person is undocumented, though, federal immigration authorities would be alerted and may ask local officials to hold this person for longer, and possibly deport them. A city or county with a sanctuary policy would generally deny that request unless legally mandated to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>How many sanctuary cities are there?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Depends who you ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2006 \u003ca href=\"http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2006,0912-crs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional Research Service report \u003c/a>listed 32 counties and cities with explicit sanctuary ordinances. A number of cities have adopted similar resolutions since then, including Berkeley, Oakland and East Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an analysis of data from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigrant Legal Resource Center\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/02/us/sanctuary-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times\u003c/a> tallied 39 cities and 364 counties across the country that in some way limit how much local law enforcement can cooperate with federal detention requests. It's unclear, however, how much action some of these jurisdictions have taken, other than officially expressing opposition to what they consider harsh federal or state immigration laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And organizations in some municipalities even challenge the label. In 2011, for instance, the \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/26/opinion/la-ed-sanctuary-20110825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times editorial board\u003c/a> denied that Los Angeles was a sanctuary city, even though in 1979 the city had enacted a \u003ca href=\"http://assets.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/SO_40.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measure \u003c/a>to keep local police from inquiring about the immigration status of those arrested, one of the first cities in the country to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10961044\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.31_unauthorizedMetros_map.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10961044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.31_unauthorizedMetros_map.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Note: not all metro areas shown here are necessarily sanctuary cities.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four states --\u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_4_bill_20130916_enrolled.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> California\u003c/a>, Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut -- have also enacted ordinances in recent years that limit compliance with federal immigration officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A least \u003ca href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/04/federal_ruling_sparks_halt_on.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine Oregon counties\u003c/a> in 2014 stopped complying with ICE requests to hold undocumented immigrants in jail for the sole purpose of deportation. The change came after a federal judge ruled that one of those counties violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights by detaining her without probable cause. Some legal experts say the ruling may spur more local sanctuary policies across the state and possibly nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Are sanctuary cities more dangerous?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, and now as president, Trump has consistently \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/08/trumps-claim-that-sanctuary-cities-breed-crime/?utm_term=.9f83a4c2d5d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed\u003c/a> that sanctuary cities \"breed crime\" and have resulted in \"so many needless deaths,\" with the underlying suggestion that undocumented immigrants are more prone to violent criminal activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The language in his recent executive order underscores this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many aliens who illegally enter the United States and those who overstay or otherwise violate the terms of their visas present a significant threat to national security and public safety.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crime statistics, however, suggest otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/reports/2017/01/26/297366/the-effects-of-sanctuary-policies-on-crime-and-the-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent analysis\u003c/a> of FBI crime data by UC San Diego political science professor Tom Wong found that most counties considered “sanctuary” jurisdictions have notably lower rates of all types of crime, including homicide, than comparable non-sanctuary counties. In 2015, large metro sanctuary counties had 654 crimes fewer crimes per 100,000 people than large central metro non-sanctuary counties, the report found. That's nearly 15 percent less crime in sanctuary counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In smaller counties, the discrepancy was similar. The main exception, the report found, was in medium metro areas and counties bordering on large metro areas, where crime rates in sanctuary jurisdictions were slightly higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, it should be noted, was published by the Center for American Progress, a progressive policy organization. And it shows correlation, not causation. In other words, there no definitive proof that sanctuary policies actually \u003cem>cause\u003c/em> lower crime rates (it could just be a coincidence).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/criminalization-immigration-united-states\">study\u003c/a> by the American Immigration Council, a pro-immigrant group, analyzed FBI and census data from 1980 through 2010. It found that among men ages 18 to 49, immigrants (both legal and illegal) were far less likely than native-born Americans to engage in criminal behavior or to be incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now keep in mind that both of these studies were conducted by left-leaning organizations with progressive agendas. And even though the conclusions are based squarely on federal statistics, skeptics are likely to counter that the authors used selective data to produce desired results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, several national policing associations seem to have embraced these findings. As the Washington Post \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/27/trump-says-sanctuary-cities-are-hotbeds-of-crime-data-say-the-opposite/?utm_term=.76296b4c8be2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently reported\u003c/a>, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, representing the 63 largest urban areas in the nation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.majorcitieschiefs.com/pdf/news/MCC_Position_Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated in a 2006 report,\u003c/a> that “immigration enforcement by local police would likely negatively affect and undermine the level of trust and cooperation between local police and immigrant communities,” which would “would result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing future terroristic acts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The International Association of Chiefs of Police reiterated this position, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/publications/immigrationenforcementconf.pdf\">writing that \u003c/a>“state and local law enforcement should not be involved in the enforcement of civil immigration laws since such involvement would likely have a chilling effect on both legal and illegal aliens reporting criminal activity or assisting police in criminal investigations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Which California cities have \"sanctuary\" policies?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Although some of these cities may not explicitly identify as \"sanctuary cities,\" they've all adopted some type of policy (an ordinance, resolution or law enforcement directive) that limits how much local law enforcement officials can cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts. This is not necessarily a complete list - it only includes those cities for which official documentation could be found.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mgreen.cartodb.com/viz/f606fe7c-24fe-11e5-873a-0e853d047bba/embed_map\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What's the history?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The roots of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2011,0106-crs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modern sanctuary movement\u003c/a> date back to the 1980s. U.S. churches, synagogues and other religious institutions began to provide refuge and services to thousands of undocumented immigrants from Guatemala and El Salvador who had fled civil unrest at home but were denied sanctuary in the U.S., largely due to Cold War politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort became known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/CommunityPolicingPaper3-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanctuary Movement\u003c/a>, and as it spread, a number of cities throughout the country joined in solidarity, passing resolutions to overlook the immigration status of residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What are the arguments for and against these policies?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that cities have bigger public safety priorities and too few resources to handle immigration enforcement. Additionally, many local policymakers and law enforcement agencies argue that immigration enforcement is not their responsibility, and that cracking down on undocumented residents would undermine community relations, disrupt services and dissuade those residents from cooperating with crime prevention effort. They also note that none of their protective policies in any way prevent local police from pursuing immigrants suspected of committing crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump is among a large number of mostly Republicans opposed to sanctuary policies, arguing that they encourage illegal immigration, undermine federal enforcement efforts and severely compromise public safety, resulting in crimes that could have been avoided through deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What's unique about San Francisco's law?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Although the majority of sanctuary cities don't ask residents about their immigration status and refuse to share information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), San Francisco is among a handful of localities that take things a bit further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://sfgsa.org/index.aspx?page=1069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City and County of Refuge ordinance\u003c/a>, adopted in 1989, prohibits the city from using any \"funds or resources to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law or to gather or disseminate information regarding the immigration status\" of residents unless explicitly required by federal or state law or court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The motion was further emphasized by a 2007 \u003ca href=\"http://sf311.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive directive \u003c/a>prohibiting city employees or agencies from assisting in any ICE investigation, detention or arrest proceeding unless required by federal law. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Sanctuary cities have long been in President Donald Trump's crosshairs. The term refers to the scores of cities and counties across the United States that limit their cooperation with federal immigration authorities by refusing most requests to detain, pursue or report undocumented immigrants (those here illegally) who have had contact with local law enforcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300\">Teach with the Lowdown\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-22868\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-800x286.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-768x274.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\">Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our lesson plan collection \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/category/lesson-plans-and-guides/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Sanctuary-City-lesson-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lesson Plan: Sanctuary Cities (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Just days after taking office, Trump signed a sweeping \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/01/25/presidential-executive-order-enhancing-public-safety-interior-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive order\u003c/a> making good on his key campaign pledge to crack down on illegal immigration. In addition to authorizing the construction of a border wall with Mexico and beefing up immigration enforcement, the order also threatens to cut billions of dollars in federal funds from so-called sanctuary cities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Sanctuary jurisdictions across the United States willfully violate Federal law in an attempt to shield aliens from removal from the United States,\" the order states. It warns that those jurisdictions that don't comply with federal immigration enforcement efforts will lose federal funding. \"These jurisdictions have caused immeasurable harm to the American people and to the very fabric of our Republic.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump's order instructs federal immigration authorities to target a broader group of immigrants for deportation. It calls for the removal of immigrants \"who have committed acts that constitute a chargeable criminal offense\" or pose a public safety risk.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to Trump's 2016 election victory, mayors and police chiefs in more than 10 major cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C., reaffirmed their commitment to upholding sanctuary policies, and have continued to stand by those positions in the face of the recent order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We'll proudly stand as a sanctuary city -- protecting our residents from what we deem unjust federal immigration laws -- fight all forms of bigotry and advance our commitment to equity even more passionately,\" Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf \u003ca href=\"http://www.eastbayexpress.com/oakland/oakland-mayor-libby-schaaf-on-president-trump-move-beyond-anger-to-action/Content?oid=5034459\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated \u003c/a>shortly after the election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee reiterated that sentiment on Jan. 26 in his \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/26/mayor-ed-lee-reinforces-sanctuary-city-commitment/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State of the City\u003c/a> address: “We are a sanctuary city now, tomorrow, forever.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 31, San Francisco became the first city \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/01/31/s-f-files-suit-against-trump-saying-punishing-sanctuary-cities-is-illegal/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">to sue Trump \u003c/a>over his order to defund sanctuary jurisdictions. The lawsuit argues that the order is an unconstitutional overreach of the president's power, in violation of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/tenth_amendment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10th Amendment\u003c/a>, which it says protects the sovereignty of local jurisdictions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“President Trump’s executive order tries to turn city and state employees into federal immigration officers. That is unconstitutional,” San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera said when announcing the suit. “No president can commandeer the local police force and turn it into the deportation arm of the federal government.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco receives \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/SF-preparing-in-case-Trump-cuts-federal-funds-10607210.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nearly $500 million a year\u003c/a> in federal funds, which would be at risk if Trump's order survives in court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) relies on local authorities to help enforce immigration laws, a 2013 federal appeals court \u003ca href=\"http://www2.ca3.uscourts.gov/opinarch/123991p.pdf#page=13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision\u003c/a> concluded that those local agencies are not legally required to detain undocumented immigrants when requested to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants currently reside in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What are sanctuary cities?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>There's no official legal definition, and what it means varies from place to place. Generally speaking, local law enforcement in sanctuary cities or counties don't ask or report the immigration status of people they come into contact with.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A sanctuary jurisdiction typically refuses requests from federal immigration authorities to detain undocumented immigrants apprehended for low-level offenses. For example, when someone gets arrested for a DUI, he or she might spend the night in jail, get processed and then released. If this person is undocumented, though, federal immigration authorities would be alerted and may ask local officials to hold this person for longer, and possibly deport them. A city or county with a sanctuary policy would generally deny that request unless legally mandated to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>How many sanctuary cities are there?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Depends who you ask.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2006 \u003ca href=\"http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2006,0912-crs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Congressional Research Service report \u003c/a>listed 32 counties and cities with explicit sanctuary ordinances. A number of cities have adopted similar resolutions since then, including Berkeley, Oakland and East Palo Alto.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an analysis of data from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.ilrc.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Immigrant Legal Resource Center\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/02/us/sanctuary-cities.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times\u003c/a> tallied 39 cities and 364 counties across the country that in some way limit how much local law enforcement can cooperate with federal detention requests. It's unclear, however, how much action some of these jurisdictions have taken, other than officially expressing opposition to what they consider harsh federal or state immigration laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And organizations in some municipalities even challenge the label. In 2011, for instance, the \u003ca href=\"http://articles.latimes.com/2011/aug/26/opinion/la-ed-sanctuary-20110825\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles Times editorial board\u003c/a> denied that Los Angeles was a sanctuary city, even though in 1979 the city had enacted a \u003ca href=\"http://assets.lapdonline.org/assets/pdf/SO_40.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">measure \u003c/a>to keep local police from inquiring about the immigration status of those arrested, one of the first cities in the country to do so.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10961044\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.31_unauthorizedMetros_map.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-10961044 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.31_unauthorizedMetros_map.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Note: not all metro areas shown here are necessarily sanctuary cities.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Four states --\u003ca href=\"http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/13-14/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_4_bill_20130916_enrolled.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> California\u003c/a>, Rhode Island, Vermont and Connecticut -- have also enacted ordinances in recent years that limit compliance with federal immigration officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A least \u003ca href=\"http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2014/04/federal_ruling_sparks_halt_on.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nine Oregon counties\u003c/a> in 2014 stopped complying with ICE requests to hold undocumented immigrants in jail for the sole purpose of deportation. The change came after a federal judge ruled that one of those counties violated a woman’s Fourth Amendment rights by detaining her without probable cause. Some legal experts say the ruling may spur more local sanctuary policies across the state and possibly nationwide.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Are sanctuary cities more dangerous?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>On the campaign trail, and now as president, Trump has consistently \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2017/02/08/trumps-claim-that-sanctuary-cities-breed-crime/?utm_term=.9f83a4c2d5d1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed\u003c/a> that sanctuary cities \"breed crime\" and have resulted in \"so many needless deaths,\" with the underlying suggestion that undocumented immigrants are more prone to violent criminal activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The language in his recent executive order underscores this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Many aliens who illegally enter the United States and those who overstay or otherwise violate the terms of their visas present a significant threat to national security and public safety.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Crime statistics, however, suggest otherwise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/reports/2017/01/26/297366/the-effects-of-sanctuary-policies-on-crime-and-the-economy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent analysis\u003c/a> of FBI crime data by UC San Diego political science professor Tom Wong found that most counties considered “sanctuary” jurisdictions have notably lower rates of all types of crime, including homicide, than comparable non-sanctuary counties. In 2015, large metro sanctuary counties had 654 crimes fewer crimes per 100,000 people than large central metro non-sanctuary counties, the report found. That's nearly 15 percent less crime in sanctuary counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In smaller counties, the discrepancy was similar. The main exception, the report found, was in medium metro areas and counties bordering on large metro areas, where crime rates in sanctuary jurisdictions were slightly higher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The report, it should be noted, was published by the Center for American Progress, a progressive policy organization. And it shows correlation, not causation. In other words, there no definitive proof that sanctuary policies actually \u003cem>cause\u003c/em> lower crime rates (it could just be a coincidence).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Another \u003ca href=\"https://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/research/criminalization-immigration-united-states\">study\u003c/a> by the American Immigration Council, a pro-immigrant group, analyzed FBI and census data from 1980 through 2010. It found that among men ages 18 to 49, immigrants (both legal and illegal) were far less likely than native-born Americans to engage in criminal behavior or to be incarcerated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now keep in mind that both of these studies were conducted by left-leaning organizations with progressive agendas. And even though the conclusions are based squarely on federal statistics, skeptics are likely to counter that the authors used selective data to produce desired results.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nevertheless, several national policing associations seem to have embraced these findings. As the Washington Post \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/01/27/trump-says-sanctuary-cities-are-hotbeds-of-crime-data-say-the-opposite/?utm_term=.76296b4c8be2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently reported\u003c/a>, the Major Cities Chiefs Association, representing the 63 largest urban areas in the nation, \u003ca href=\"https://www.majorcitieschiefs.com/pdf/news/MCC_Position_Statement.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated in a 2006 report,\u003c/a> that “immigration enforcement by local police would likely negatively affect and undermine the level of trust and cooperation between local police and immigrant communities,” which would “would result in increased crime against immigrants and in the broader community, create a class of silent victims and eliminate the potential for assistance from immigrants in solving crimes or preventing future terroristic acts.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The International Association of Chiefs of Police reiterated this position, \u003ca href=\"http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/publications/immigrationenforcementconf.pdf\">writing that \u003c/a>“state and local law enforcement should not be involved in the enforcement of civil immigration laws since such involvement would likely have a chilling effect on both legal and illegal aliens reporting criminal activity or assisting police in criminal investigations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Which California cities have \"sanctuary\" policies?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Note: Although some of these cities may not explicitly identify as \"sanctuary cities,\" they've all adopted some type of policy (an ordinance, resolution or law enforcement directive) that limits how much local law enforcement officials can cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts. This is not necessarily a complete list - it only includes those cities for which official documentation could be found.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https://mgreen.cartodb.com/viz/f606fe7c-24fe-11e5-873a-0e853d047bba/embed_map\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What's the history?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The roots of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2011,0106-crs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modern sanctuary movement\u003c/a> date back to the 1980s. U.S. churches, synagogues and other religious institutions began to provide refuge and services to thousands of undocumented immigrants from Guatemala and El Salvador who had fled civil unrest at home but were denied sanctuary in the U.S., largely due to Cold War politics.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The effort became known as the \u003ca href=\"http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/docs/CommunityPolicingPaper3-09.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sanctuary Movement\u003c/a>, and as it spread, a number of cities throughout the country joined in solidarity, passing resolutions to overlook the immigration status of residents.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What are the arguments for and against these policies?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue that cities have bigger public safety priorities and too few resources to handle immigration enforcement. Additionally, many local policymakers and law enforcement agencies argue that immigration enforcement is not their responsibility, and that cracking down on undocumented residents would undermine community relations, disrupt services and dissuade those residents from cooperating with crime prevention effort. They also note that none of their protective policies in any way prevent local police from pursuing immigrants suspected of committing crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Trump is among a large number of mostly Republicans opposed to sanctuary policies, arguing that they encourage illegal immigration, undermine federal enforcement efforts and severely compromise public safety, resulting in crimes that could have been avoided through deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>What's unique about San Francisco's law?\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Although the majority of sanctuary cities don't ask residents about their immigration status and refuse to share information with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), San Francisco is among a handful of localities that take things a bit further.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://sfgsa.org/index.aspx?page=1069\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City and County of Refuge ordinance\u003c/a>, adopted in 1989, prohibits the city from using any \"funds or resources to assist in the enforcement of federal immigration law or to gather or disseminate information regarding the immigration status\" of residents unless explicitly required by federal or state law or court order.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The motion was further emphasized by a 2007 \u003ca href=\"http://sf311.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">executive directive \u003c/a>prohibiting city employees or agencies from assisting in any ICE investigation, detention or arrest proceeding unless required by federal law. And a section in the city's \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfbos.org/ftp/uploadedfiles/bdsupvrs/bosagendas/materials/bag100113_130764.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">administrative code \u003c/a>prevents any city law enforcement officer from detaining an individual \"on the basis of a civil immigration detainer after that individual becomes eligible for release from custody.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>TEACHERS: Your students are too young to have lived through the 9/11 attack, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t impacted their lives. The \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/perspectives/?utm_source=kqed-edu&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=lowdown\">Perspectives Youth Media Challenge\u003c/a> offers them a chance to tell their stories. Maybe they have a parent, older sibling or cousin who served in Afghanistan. Maybe they have seen anti-Muslim sentiment in their own communities. Invite them to share how 9/11 has affected their lives with the Perspectives Challenge. (Preview the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/curriculum/perspectives/?utm_source=kqed-edu&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=lowdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">curriculum here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sept. 10, 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-three years ago, the United States wasn’t officially engaged in any wars. Few of us had ever heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden, and ISIS didn’t even exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We deported half the number of people we do today. Our surveillance state was a fraction of its current size. And — perhaps hardest to believe — we didn’t have to take off our shoes to go through airport security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America’s involvement in the War on Terror — prompted by the 9/11 terrorist attacks — resulted in a dramatic change in our nation’s attitudes and concerns about safety, vigilance and privacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It ushered in a new generation of policies like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/patriotact.html\">USA Patriot Act\u003c/a>, prioritizing national security and defense, often at the expense of civil liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300;\">Teach with the Lowdown\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22868\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-800x286.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-768x274.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our entire lesson plan collection \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/category/lesson-plans-and-guides/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/09/Sept-11-lesson-plan-2017-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lasting impacts of 9/11 lesson plan (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>These changes continue to have ripple effects across the globe, particularly in the Middle East, where American-led military operations helped foment rebellions and ongoing warfare throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are four of the many dramatic impacts — nationwide and in California — resulting from the events of that one tragic day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>I. ‘Forever Wars’\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Less than a month after 9/11, U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to dismantle al-Qaeda — the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the attacks — and remove the Taliban government harboring it. Two years later, in March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq and deposed President Saddam Hussein. Although not directly linked to the terrorist attacks, Hussein was suspected of producing weapons of mass destruction (none were ever found). The invasion was a key part of America’s newly launched War on Terror, under the leadership of President George W. Bush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our military involvement in Afghanistan — which just ended calamitously last year, with the Taliban reclaiming control of the country — was the longest war in American history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS0qENVESv0\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In December 2011, remaining U.S. troops were pulled out of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cfr.org/iraq/timeline-iraq-war/p18876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iraq\u003c/a>, leaving that nation in a far more volatile state than when military operations first began in 2003. But the U.S. soon after resumed intermittent air strikes following the emergence of the Islamic State extremist group, which sprouted from the chaos of war and terrorized the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2002, the Bush Administration also opened the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, where it began sending suspected enemy combatants. Held indefinitely, prisoners were denied access to trials or legal representation, and were subject to brutal interrogation techniques. There were more than 650 foreign inmates at the facility by 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics have long pushed to shut down the Guantanamo facility, calling it a gross violation of basic human rights and a stain on America’s image abroad. And although early in his first term, Obama vowed to close it — and significantly reduced the population\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo/detainees?mcubz=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003c/a>— he failed to completely shut it down. Former President Donald Trump was intent on keeping it open, and even sought, unsuccessfully, to refill it. Today, Guantanamo has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/guantanamo-bay-detainees.html?mcubz=1\">fewer than 40 prisoners\u003c/a>, but still remains operational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 9/11, budgets for defense-related agencies skyrocketed: Homeland Security’s discretionary budget jumped from about $16 billion in 2002 to \u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/budget-bib-fy2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than $43 billion\u003c/a> in 2011. Meanwhile, the budgets of the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Border Patrol have all more than doubled since 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last 20 years, millions of young U.S. soldiers have been deployed overseas, thousands have been killed and many have returned home with debilitating physical and mental injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the start of post-9/11 U.S. military operations, some 7,000 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/casualty.pdf\">the latest figures\u003c/a> from the U.S. Department of Defense. That marks just a tiny fraction of total casualties in the two conflicts, which have claimed the lives of \u003ca href=\"https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2019/direct-war-death-toll-2001-801000\">hundreds of thousands\u003c/a> of Iraqi and Afghan civilians, as well as contractors, journalists, allied troops and opposition fighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, more than 52,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq have been wounded in action over the last 20 years. And many more have returned home physically intact but suffering from severe long-term mental health issues, like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and psychological ailments linked to traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thousands of veterans of the two conflicts have taken their own lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>California impact\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is second only to Texas in its contribution of recruits to the U.S. military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this year, 776 men and women from across the state have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, accounting for 11% of total U.S. casualties — more than any other state — according to an\u003ca href=\"http://projects.latimes.com/wardead/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> LA Times database\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Times reports, “Nearly 20% of California’s war dead were old enough to die for their country but too young to buy a drink. They left behind 453 children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four of the 13 U.S. troops killed In the \u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-08-26/us-troops-killed-afghanistan-airport-bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aug. 26 suicide bombing\u003c/a> at the Kabul airport gate were Marines from California. Occurring just days before the official end of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, the attack also killed dozens of Afghan civilians — one of the deadliest bombings in the almost two decades since the U.S.-led invasion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/embed/iNUX8W5_oxk\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>II. Immigration and Deportation\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Bush Administration created the \u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2002, a cabinet-level office that merged 22 government agencies. The Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Customs Service — both formerly part of the Department of Justice — were consolidated into the newly formed \u003ca title=\"Multimedia Resource Roundup\" href=\"https://www.ice.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u003c/a>. The agency has overseen a massive increase in deportations; they have nearly doubled since 9/11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Department of Homeland Security’s\u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhs.gov%2Fyearbook-immigration-statistics&ei=NKxPUPu5K87hiwKn14HADQ&usg=AFQjCNFZCr-MNftShOtU3Ycc8HPUr1M1Zg&sig2=agIJsVoj7kiDoBqPasJOQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Yearbook of Immigration Statistics\u003c/a>, there were roughly 200,000 annual deportations a year between 1999 and 2001. While that number dropped slightly in 2002, it began to steadily climb the following year. In the first two years of the Obama Administration (2009 – 2010), deportations hit a record high: nearly 400,000 annually. About half of those deported during that period were convicted of a criminal offense, although mostly low-level, non-violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Secure Communities\u003c/a> program, established in 2008 and officially phased out in 2014, allowed local law enforcement to check the immigration status of every person booked in a county or local jail — even if not ultimately convicted of a crime — by comparing fingerprints against federal immigration records. The program resulted in numerous instances of undocumented immigrants entering deportation proceedings after being stopped for minor infractions (like not using a turn signal while driving).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2014, when Obama announced plans to phase out the program, ICE had established Secure Communities partnerships with every single\u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/sc-activated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> law enforcement jurisdiction \u003c/a>in the nation (all 3,181 of them).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>California impact\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Jerry Brown — then California’s Attorney General — agreed to implement the Secure Communities. As of 2012, ICE reported it had taken nearly 48,000 “convicted criminal aliens” in California into custody. Almost half of them were deported, even though less than a quarter had been convicted of offenses considered “serious or violent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the primary destination for foreign nationals entering the country, and home to a quarter of America’s immigrant population. Of the nearly 10 million immigrants (both naturalized and undocumented) residing in the state, an estimated 4.3 million are Mexican, 28% of whom are naturalized, according to the \u003ca title=\"Multimedia Resource Roundup\" href=\"http://www.ppic.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/embed/XrKd_2MoKpE\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>III. The Friendly-ish Skies\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Long airport lines, full body scans, the occasional pat-down (for the lucky ones). It’s all par for the course when you fly these days. But not so long ago, it wasn’t unusual to show up at the airport a half-hour before a domestic flight, keep your shoes tied tight, and skip through the metal detector while sipping a Big Gulp, all without ever having to show an ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the advent of color-coded security threat warnings, pat downs were rare, liquids were allowed, and the notion of having to go through full-body scanners was the stuff of science fiction. Heck, prior to 9/11, some airport security teams even allowed passengers to take box cutters aboard (the supposed weapon used by the 9/11 hijackers). Any knife with a blade up to four inches long was permitted. And cigarette lighters? No problem!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the wake of the terrorist attacks, airport security underwent a series of major overhauls. And a service that was once largely provided by private companies is now primarily overseen by the massive \u003ca href=\"http://www.tsa.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Transportation Security Administration\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, the TSA is tasked with instituting new security procedures and managing screenings at every commercial airport checkpoint in the country (although, private contractors still operate at some airports). It marks the single largest federal start-up since the days of World War II. The agency is authorized to refer to watch lists of individuals who could pose flight safety risks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although advocates argue that the changes have made air travel safer, the additional security steps have also tacked on a significant amount of travel time for the average passenger, while sometimes infringing on privacy rights and, in many instances, increasing scrutiny of minority travelers, particularly those of Middle Eastern descent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/embed/HsDAvCOFT9M\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>IV. Big surveillance\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The U.S. intelligence state boomed in the wake of 9/11. The growth resulted in a marked increase in government oversight, primarily through a vast, clandestine network of phone and web surveillance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Classified documents that were leaked in 2013 by former government contractor Edward Snowden detail the expansion of a colossal surveillance state that’s seeped into the lives of millions of ordinary Americans. The exponential growth of this apparatus — armed with a $52.6 billion budget in 2013 — was brought to light when the \u003ca href=\"http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post\u003c/a> obtained a “black budget” report from Snowden, detailing the bureaucratic and operational landscape of the 16 spy agencies and more than 107,000 employees that now make up the U.S. intelligence community.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Further audits reveal that the National Security Agency alone has annually scooped up as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans with no connection to terrorism, and in doing so, had violated privacy laws thousands of times per year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>http://www.youtube.com/embed/S61eL_06RZ4\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>TEACHERS: Your students are too young to have lived through the 9/11 attack, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t impacted their lives. The \u003ca href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/teachers/perspectives/?utm_source=kqed-edu&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=lowdown\">Perspectives Youth Media Challenge\u003c/a> offers them a chance to tell their stories. Maybe they have a parent, older sibling or cousin who served in Afghanistan. Maybe they have seen anti-Muslim sentiment in their own communities. Invite them to share how 9/11 has affected their lives with the Perspectives Challenge. (Preview the \u003ca class=\"c-link\" href=\"https://learn.kqed.org/challenges/curriculum/perspectives/?utm_source=kqed-edu&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=lowdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">curriculum here\u003c/a>.)\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Updated Sept. 10, 2024\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-three years ago, the United States wasn’t officially engaged in any wars. Few of us had ever heard of al-Qaeda or Osama bin Laden, and ISIS didn’t even exist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We deported half the number of people we do today. Our surveillance state was a fraction of its current size. And — perhaps hardest to believe — we didn’t have to take off our shoes to go through airport security.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>America’s involvement in the War on Terror — prompted by the 9/11 terrorist attacks — resulted in a dramatic change in our nation’s attitudes and concerns about safety, vigilance and privacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It ushered in a new generation of policies like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/terrorism/homeland/patriotact.html\">USA Patriot Act\u003c/a>, prioritizing national security and defense, often at the expense of civil liberties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003cb>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300;\">Teach with the Lowdown\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/b>\u003cbr>\n\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-22868\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-800x286.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-768x274.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\">\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our entire lesson plan collection \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/category/lesson-plans-and-guides/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/09/Sept-11-lesson-plan-2017-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lasting impacts of 9/11 lesson plan (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>These changes continue to have ripple effects across the globe, particularly in the Middle East, where American-led military operations helped foment rebellions and ongoing warfare throughout the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Below are four of the many dramatic impacts — nationwide and in California — resulting from the events of that one tragic day.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>I. ‘Forever Wars’\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Less than a month after 9/11, U.S. troops invaded Afghanistan in an attempt to dismantle al-Qaeda — the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for the attacks — and remove the Taliban government harboring it. Two years later, in March 2003, the United States invaded Iraq and deposed President Saddam Hussein. Although not directly linked to the terrorist attacks, Hussein was suspected of producing weapons of mass destruction (none were ever found). The invasion was a key part of America’s newly launched War on Terror, under the leadership of President George W. Bush.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our military involvement in Afghanistan — which just ended calamitously last year, with the Taliban reclaiming control of the country — was the longest war in American history.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/zS0qENVESv0'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/zS0qENVESv0'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>In December 2011, remaining U.S. troops were pulled out of \u003ca href=\"http://www.cfr.org/iraq/timeline-iraq-war/p18876\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iraq\u003c/a>, leaving that nation in a far more volatile state than when military operations first began in 2003. But the U.S. soon after resumed intermittent air strikes following the emergence of the Islamic State extremist group, which sprouted from the chaos of war and terrorized the region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2002, the Bush Administration also opened the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba, where it began sending suspected enemy combatants. Held indefinitely, prisoners were denied access to trials or legal representation, and were subject to brutal interrogation techniques. There were more than 650 foreign inmates at the facility by 2003.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Critics have long pushed to shut down the Guantanamo facility, calling it a gross violation of basic human rights and a stain on America’s image abroad. And although early in his first term, Obama vowed to close it — and significantly reduced the population\u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/guantanamo/detainees?mcubz=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> \u003c/a>— he failed to completely shut it down. Former President Donald Trump was intent on keeping it open, and even sought, unsuccessfully, to refill it. Today, Guantanamo has \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/us/guantanamo-bay-detainees.html?mcubz=1\">fewer than 40 prisoners\u003c/a>, but still remains operational.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After 9/11, budgets for defense-related agencies skyrocketed: Homeland Security’s discretionary budget jumped from about $16 billion in 2002 to \u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/budget-bib-fy2012.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than $43 billion\u003c/a> in 2011. Meanwhile, the budgets of the Coast Guard, Transportation Security Administration and Border Patrol have all more than doubled since 2001.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Over the last 20 years, millions of young U.S. soldiers have been deployed overseas, thousands have been killed and many have returned home with debilitating physical and mental injuries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the start of post-9/11 U.S. military operations, some 7,000 American troops have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.defense.gov/casualty.pdf\">the latest figures\u003c/a> from the U.S. Department of Defense. That marks just a tiny fraction of total casualties in the two conflicts, which have claimed the lives of \u003ca href=\"https://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/figures/2019/direct-war-death-toll-2001-801000\">hundreds of thousands\u003c/a> of Iraqi and Afghan civilians, as well as contractors, journalists, allied troops and opposition fighters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, more than 52,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan and Iraq have been wounded in action over the last 20 years. And many more have returned home physically intact but suffering from severe long-term mental health issues, like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and psychological ailments linked to traumatic brain injury (TBI). Thousands of veterans of the two conflicts have taken their own lives.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>California impact\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is second only to Texas in its contribution of recruits to the U.S. military.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of this year, 776 men and women from across the state have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001, accounting for 11% of total U.S. casualties — more than any other state — according to an\u003ca href=\"http://projects.latimes.com/wardead/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> LA Times database\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As the Times reports, “Nearly 20% of California’s war dead were old enough to die for their country but too young to buy a drink. They left behind 453 children.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Four of the 13 U.S. troops killed In the \u003ca class=\"link\" href=\"https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-08-26/us-troops-killed-afghanistan-airport-bombing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aug. 26 suicide bombing\u003c/a> at the Kabul airport gate were Marines from California. Occurring just days before the official end of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, the attack also killed dozens of Afghan civilians — one of the deadliest bombings in the almost two decades since the U.S.-led invasion.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/iNUX8W5_oxk'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/iNUX8W5_oxk'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>II. Immigration and Deportation\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>The Bush Administration created the \u003ca href=\"http://www.dhs.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Department of Homeland Security\u003c/a> in 2002, a cabinet-level office that merged 22 government agencies. The Immigration and Naturalization Service and the U.S. Customs Service — both formerly part of the Department of Justice — were consolidated into the newly formed \u003ca title=\"Multimedia Resource Roundup\" href=\"https://www.ice.gov/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)\u003c/a>. The agency has overseen a massive increase in deportations; they have nearly doubled since 9/11.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the Department of Homeland Security’s\u003ca href=\"http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCAQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dhs.gov%2Fyearbook-immigration-statistics&ei=NKxPUPu5K87hiwKn14HADQ&usg=AFQjCNFZCr-MNftShOtU3Ycc8HPUr1M1Zg&sig2=agIJsVoj7kiDoBqPasJOQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Yearbook of Immigration Statistics\u003c/a>, there were roughly 200,000 annual deportations a year between 1999 and 2001. While that number dropped slightly in 2002, it began to steadily climb the following year. In the first two years of the Obama Administration (2009 – 2010), deportations hit a record high: nearly 400,000 annually. About half of those deported during that period were convicted of a criminal offense, although mostly low-level, non-violent crimes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Secure Communities\u003c/a> program, established in 2008 and officially phased out in 2014, allowed local law enforcement to check the immigration status of every person booked in a county or local jail — even if not ultimately convicted of a crime — by comparing fingerprints against federal immigration records. The program resulted in numerous instances of undocumented immigrants entering deportation proceedings after being stopped for minor infractions (like not using a turn signal while driving).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2014, when Obama announced plans to phase out the program, ICE had established Secure Communities partnerships with every single\u003ca href=\"https://www.ice.gov/doclib/secure-communities/pdf/sc-activated.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> law enforcement jurisdiction \u003c/a>in the nation (all 3,181 of them).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>California impact\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2009, Jerry Brown — then California’s Attorney General — agreed to implement the Secure Communities. As of 2012, ICE reported it had taken nearly 48,000 “convicted criminal aliens” in California into custody. Almost half of them were deported, even though less than a quarter had been convicted of offenses considered “serious or violent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California is the primary destination for foreign nationals entering the country, and home to a quarter of America’s immigrant population. Of the nearly 10 million immigrants (both naturalized and undocumented) residing in the state, an estimated 4.3 million are Mexican, 28% of whom are naturalized, according to the \u003ca title=\"Multimedia Resource Roundup\" href=\"http://www.ppic.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Public Policy Institute of California\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XrKd_2MoKpE'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XrKd_2MoKpE'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003ch3>\u003cstrong>III. The Friendly-ish Skies\u003cbr>\n\u003c/strong>\u003c/h3>\n\u003cp>Long airport lines, full body scans, the occasional pat-down (for the lucky ones). It’s all par for the course when you fly these days. But not so long ago, it wasn’t unusual to show up at the airport a half-hour before a domestic flight, keep your shoes tied tight, and skip through the metal detector while sipping a Big Gulp, all without ever having to show an ID.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the advent of color-coded security threat warnings, pat downs were rare, liquids were allowed, and the notion of having to go through full-body scanners was the stuff of science fiction. Heck, prior to 9/11, some airport security teams even allowed passengers to take box cutters aboard (the supposed weapon used by the 9/11 hijackers). Any knife with a blade up to four inches long was permitted. And cigarette lighters? 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/i8T9651KKag\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The U.S. has long been the world's most popular destination.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It's home to about 43 million immigrants, or roughly \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states\">20 percent\u003c/a> of the world's total immigrant population.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the vast majority of people who enter the country legally each year don't actually apply for permanent residency. Most are here, ostensibly at least, for temporary periods of time.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the nearly 11 million visas the U.S. issued in fiscal year 2016, just 6 percent were immigrant visas, mostly green cards granted to people seeking to live here permanently. The remaining 94 percent were non-immigrant visas issued for temporary stays, according to the \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2016AnnualReport/FY16AnnualReport-TableI.pdf\">State Department\u003c/a>. That includes visas for everything from tourism and business travel (except for citizens of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/16/us/visa-process-united-states.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">38 mostly European nations\u003c/a> in the visa-waiver program for short visits) to all foreign workers and students seeking to stay here for longer than 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27507 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-1020x1255.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-1020x1255.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-160x197.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-800x985.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-768x945.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-1180x1452.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-960x1181.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-240x295.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-375x461.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-520x640.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As most U.S. visa holders can attest, applying for one is no easy feat. The process can be a notoriously long and complicated affair involving fees, volumes of documentation and multiple security screenings. It's particularly arduous for foreigners \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">applying for permanent residency\u003c/a>, but those merely \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/16/us/visa-process-united-states.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking temporary, non-immigrant visas\u003c/a>, it's not exactly a walk in the park either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if the Trump administration gets its way, that process stands to become all the more difficult and restrictive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central to the \"America First” protectionist platform that catapulted President Trump into the White House is a dramatic tightening of entry into the country. In addition to his promise to crack down on illegal immigration, Trump also pledged to set historically low caps on legal immigration, part of a purported effort to increase security and increase American jobs by reducing the number of foreign workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Trump's first major moves in office was an \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/here-s-full-list-donald-trump-s-executive-orders-n720796\">executive action\u003c/a> temporarily banning travel from six predominantly Muslim countries, a measure that was held up for months in federal courts and recently received partial clearance from the U.S. Supreme Court, which will further review it this fall. His administration has sought enhanced security screenings before issuing any type of visa, even those for tourism and business travel, an example of the \"extreme vetting\" he promised during the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, though, most of Trump’s hard-line immigration actions have been largely symbolic, with lots of tough talk but not much in terms of significant policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Immigrant visas (permanent residents)\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The total number of immigrant visas issued each year steadily rose to over \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/immigrant-visas.html\">600,000\u003c/a> during President Barack Obama’s second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of immigrant visas are allocated to \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/family-preference.html\">family members\u003c/a> of U.S. citizens. Immediate relatives, such as spouses and children under 21, are given preference. The government also issues a small number of immigrant visas based on employment, as well as through a “diversity” program, allocated to people from countries with historically low immigration rates. Immigrant visa holders must then pay a fee to receive a \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/consular-processing\">green card\u003c/a>, which acts as proof of lawful permanent residency. Green card holders can apply for citizenship after living in the U.S. for five years, or after three if married to a citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-800x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-800x588.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-160x118.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-768x565.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-1020x750.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-1180x868.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-960x706.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-240x177.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-375x276.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-520x382.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These numbers do not include refugees and asylum-seekers, 110,000 of whom were admitted to the U.S. in 2016. President Trump has proposed increased screening for this group -- the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/03/united-states-refugees-trump/443818001/\">current cap\u003c/a> for the 2017 fiscal year is set at 50,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Non-immigrant visas (temporary visitors)\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are more than \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html\">20 different categories\u003c/a> of non-immigrant visas, ranging widely from tourist visas to highly specialized visas for foreigners with \"extraordinary abilities.\" Below are descriptions of the most commonly issued non-immigrant visas, and how access to them could change under the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-800x701.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-800x701.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-160x140.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-768x673.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-1020x893.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-1180x1033.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-960x841.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-240x210.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-375x328.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-520x455.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>B visas: Temporary visitors for business or pleasure\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>B visas account for the vast majority of all U.S. visas issued. B1/B2 visas are given to people visiting the U.S. for business or pleasure, up to six months at a time. Under special agreements, residents of 38 countries -- including South Korea, Australia, Chile and most of western Europe -- do not need to apply for these to enter the U.S. for short-term visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Border crossing cards, a special type of B visa, are issued to Mexican citizens allowing limited entry to the U.S. of up to 75 miles from the southern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential changes under Trump\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Trump’s proposed six-nation travel ban , there are no immediate policy proposals impacting the B visa category. However, the administration recently rolled out a \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visa-idUSKBN18R3F8\">new questionnaire\u003c/a> for all visa applicants, tightening an already strict application process. Under the new rules, consular officials can request 15 years' worth of biographical information, including the last five years of social media handles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>H visas: Temporary workers; trainees\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The majority of H visas are classified as H-1B -- allowing people with advanced degrees to live and work in the U.S. for up to six years. Many companies sponsor workers on H-1B visas to fill specialized roles, including computer programmers and doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government currently uses a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/technology/h1b-visa-facts-tech-worker.html?_r=0\">lottery system\u003c/a> to award 65,000 H-1B visas per year to private industries, 20,000 to graduate student workers and an unrestricted number to students and trainees that meet certain criteria (over 180,000 total H-1B visas were awarded in 2016). Although the government doesn't release official numbers, an estimated 600,000 to 900,000 workers are currently in the U.S. on H-1B visas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H2 visas are another major subcategory, allocated for seasonal agricultural workers (H-2A) and non-agricultural workers (H-2B), including many seasonal employees who work at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential changes under Trump\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Buy American, Hire American” \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/18/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-and-hire-american\">executive order\u003c/a>, signed by Trump in April contains a provision to reform the H-1B visa program. The Trump administration wants to reform the current lottery system with a “merit-based” one, to ensure jobs are awarded to the most skilled and highest-paid workers, and to restrict the number of visas awarded each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current H-1B program has plenty of critics on both sides of the aisle -- companies have been accused of improperly using the program to train foreign workers in the U.S. and then send them back to their home countries to work for lower rates. The overall effect, critics say, is lower wages, and fewer training and jobs opportunities for U.S. citizens in these industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curiously, the Trump administration has not proposed any reforms targeting the H2 worker programs for seasonal low-wage workers. One possible reason? 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That includes visas for everything from tourism and business travel (except for citizens of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/16/us/visa-process-united-states.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">38 mostly European nations\u003c/a> in the visa-waiver program for short visits) to all foreign workers and students seeking to stay here for longer than 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter wp-image-27507 size-large\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-1020x1255.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"787\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-1020x1255.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-160x197.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-800x985.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-768x945.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-1180x1452.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-960x1181.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-240x295.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-375x461.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1-520x640.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/Visa-graphic-1.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As most U.S. visa holders can attest, applying for one is no easy feat. The process can be a notoriously long and complicated affair involving fees, volumes of documentation and multiple security screenings. It's particularly arduous for foreigners \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">applying for permanent residency\u003c/a>, but those merely \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/16/us/visa-process-united-states.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">seeking temporary, non-immigrant visas\u003c/a>, it's not exactly a walk in the park either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And if the Trump administration gets its way, that process stands to become all the more difficult and restrictive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Central to the \"America First” protectionist platform that catapulted President Trump into the White House is a dramatic tightening of entry into the country. In addition to his promise to crack down on illegal immigration, Trump also pledged to set historically low caps on legal immigration, part of a purported effort to increase security and increase American jobs by reducing the number of foreign workers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of Trump's first major moves in office was an \u003ca href=\"http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/here-s-full-list-donald-trump-s-executive-orders-n720796\">executive action\u003c/a> temporarily banning travel from six predominantly Muslim countries, a measure that was held up for months in federal courts and recently received partial clearance from the U.S. Supreme Court, which will further review it this fall. His administration has sought enhanced security screenings before issuing any type of visa, even those for tourism and business travel, an example of the \"extreme vetting\" he promised during the campaign.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, though, most of Trump’s hard-line immigration actions have been largely symbolic, with lots of tough talk but not much in terms of significant policy changes.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Immigrant visas (permanent residents)\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The total number of immigrant visas issued each year steadily rose to over \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/law-and-policy/statistics/immigrant-visas.html\">600,000\u003c/a> during President Barack Obama’s second term.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The vast majority of immigrant visas are allocated to \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/family/family-preference.html\">family members\u003c/a> of U.S. citizens. Immediate relatives, such as spouses and children under 21, are given preference. The government also issues a small number of immigrant visas based on employment, as well as through a “diversity” program, allocated to people from countries with historically low immigration rates. Immigrant visa holders must then pay a fee to receive a \u003ca href=\"https://www.uscis.gov/greencard/consular-processing\">green card\u003c/a>, which acts as proof of lawful permanent residency. Green card holders can apply for citizenship after living in the U.S. for five years, or after three if married to a citizen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27480\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-800x588.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-800x588.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-160x118.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-768x565.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-1020x750.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-1180x868.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-960x706.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-240x177.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-375x276.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3-520x382.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic3.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These numbers do not include refugees and asylum-seekers, 110,000 of whom were admitted to the U.S. in 2016. President Trump has proposed increased screening for this group -- the \u003ca href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/07/03/united-states-refugees-trump/443818001/\">current cap\u003c/a> for the 2017 fiscal year is set at 50,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>\u003cb>Non-immigrant visas (temporary visitors)\u003c/b>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>There are more than \u003ca href=\"https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/all-visa-categories.html\">20 different categories\u003c/a> of non-immigrant visas, ranging widely from tourist visas to highly specialized visas for foreigners with \"extraordinary abilities.\" Below are descriptions of the most commonly issued non-immigrant visas, and how access to them could change under the Trump administration.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27481\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-800x701.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"701\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-800x701.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-160x140.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-768x673.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-1020x893.png 1020w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-1180x1033.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-960x841.png 960w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-240x210.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-375x328.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4-520x455.png 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/06/VisaGraphic4.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>B visas: Temporary visitors for business or pleasure\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>B visas account for the vast majority of all U.S. visas issued. B1/B2 visas are given to people visiting the U.S. for business or pleasure, up to six months at a time. Under special agreements, residents of 38 countries -- including South Korea, Australia, Chile and most of western Europe -- do not need to apply for these to enter the U.S. for short-term visits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Border crossing cards, a special type of B visa, are issued to Mexican citizens allowing limited entry to the U.S. of up to 75 miles from the southern border.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential changes under Trump\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Outside of Trump’s proposed six-nation travel ban , there are no immediate policy proposals impacting the B visa category. However, the administration recently rolled out a \u003ca href=\"http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-visa-idUSKBN18R3F8\">new questionnaire\u003c/a> for all visa applicants, tightening an already strict application process. Under the new rules, consular officials can request 15 years' worth of biographical information, including the last five years of social media handles.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>H visas: Temporary workers; trainees\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The majority of H visas are classified as H-1B -- allowing people with advanced degrees to live and work in the U.S. for up to six years. Many companies sponsor workers on H-1B visas to fill specialized roles, including computer programmers and doctors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The government currently uses a \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/18/technology/h1b-visa-facts-tech-worker.html?_r=0\">lottery system\u003c/a> to award 65,000 H-1B visas per year to private industries, 20,000 to graduate student workers and an unrestricted number to students and trainees that meet certain criteria (over 180,000 total H-1B visas were awarded in 2016). Although the government doesn't release official numbers, an estimated 600,000 to 900,000 workers are currently in the U.S. on H-1B visas.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>H2 visas are another major subcategory, allocated for seasonal agricultural workers (H-2A) and non-agricultural workers (H-2B), including many seasonal employees who work at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Potential changes under Trump\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “Buy American, Hire American” \u003ca href=\"https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2017/04/18/presidential-executive-order-buy-american-and-hire-american\">executive order\u003c/a>, signed by Trump in April contains a provision to reform the H-1B visa program. The Trump administration wants to reform the current lottery system with a “merit-based” one, to ensure jobs are awarded to the most skilled and highest-paid workers, and to restrict the number of visas awarded each year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The current H-1B program has plenty of critics on both sides of the aisle -- companies have been accused of improperly using the program to train foreign workers in the U.S. and then send them back to their home countries to work for lower rates. The overall effect, critics say, is lower wages, and fewer training and jobs opportunities for U.S. citizens in these industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Curiously, the Trump administration has not proposed any reforms targeting the H2 worker programs for seasonal low-wage workers. One possible reason? 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And it's fair to assume that many undocumented workers are paid under the table, with little incentive to report their earnings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while this may be the case for some, it certainly does not hold true for the majority.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In fact, tax records show that the federal government receives billions of dollars each year from undocumented workers who pay income taxes and payroll taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2010 alone, more than 3 million undocumented workers contributed as much as $13 billion to Social Security, even though most won’t be eligible to receive those retirement benefits, according to a \u003ca href=\"https://www.ssa.gov/oact/NOTES/pdf_notes/note151.pdf\">Social Security Administration\u003c/a> report.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many undocumented workers have \u003ca href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/09/undocumented-immigrants-and-taxes/499604/\">fake Social Security cards\u003c/a> that they show their employers, who in turn submit W-2 forms and federal tax payments on their behalf. Even if the Social Security numbers don’t actually link to anyone on file, the government gladly accepts the payroll taxes it receives, no questions asked.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We estimate that earnings by unauthorized immigrants result in a net positive effect on Social Security financial status generally, and that this effect contributed roughly $12 billion to the cash flow of the program for 2010,” the report concluded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A large number of undocumented workers without Social Security numbers also pay federal income taxes through an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, or ITIN, that the Internal Revenue Service issues regardless of immigration status.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2014, the IRS received \u003ca href=\"https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/20-Immigration%20and%20Taxation.pdf\">$9 billion\u003c/a> in payroll taxes from about \u003ca href=\"http://www.gao.gov/assets/680/677548.pdf\">4 million people \u003c/a>filing ITINs, the vast majority of whom were undocumented.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to federal tax contributions, the undocumented population also contributes a sizeable portion of state and local taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A 2016 \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/05/05/do-undocumented-immigrants-pay-taxes-with-lesson-plan/\" target=\"_blank\"> report\u003c/a> from the left-leaning Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that undocumented immigrants in 2013 also contributed an estimated $11.6 billion in taxes to state and local governments, mostly through sales and property taxes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/9iKKbujuihY\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/rE1pC5HVUjQ\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300\">Teach with the Lowdown\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-22868\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-800x286.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-768x274.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\">Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. 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That's at least how the Supreme Court has interpreted the Constitution for more than a century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Immigration advocates have long tried to make this clear to undocumented residents, many of whom are unaware that they have any legal protections at all. \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2017/02/27/know-your-rights-immigrants-prepare-for-increased-enforcement/\" target=\"_blank\">This education effort\u003c/a> ramped up noticeably after the election of President Trump, whose \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/21/us/politics/dhs-immigration-trump.html?_r=0\">tough-on-immigration stance \u003c/a>has heightened fears among communities wary of being targeted for deportation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Attorneys and immigration rights advocates from organizations like the American Civil Liberties Union have been busy hosting \"\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/2016/12/02/know-your-rights-events-tackle-fears-among-californias-undocumented/\">Know Your Rights\u003c/a>” workshops around the country, an effort give immigrants advice on what to do if confronted by immigration enforcement officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/295711401\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Equal Protection\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The legal rights of undocumented immigrants are largely grounded in the \u003ca href=\"https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/equal_protection\" target=\"_blank\">Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment\u003c/a>, which explicitly guarantees equal protection of the law, not only to any U.S. \"citizen,\" but also any \"person\" living within \"its jurisdiction.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As far back as 1896, the Supreme Court \u003ca href=\"https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/163/228/case.html\" target=\"_blank\">reinforced\u003c/a> this concept. “The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution is not confined to the protection of citizens,\" it ruled in \u003cem>Wong Wing v. 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The court ruled that Texas' law violated the Equal Protection Clause. All children, it concluded, regardless of immigration status, are therefore entitled to a free public education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"http://www.kqed.org/.stream/anon/radio/tcrmag/2017/02/2017-02-24a-tcrmag.mp3\" Image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/02/RS24364_Angelica-2-qut-800x533.jpg\" Title=\"'Know Your Rights': California Immigrants Prepare for Increased Enforcement\" program=\"The California Report\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are just some of the rights that the Constitution and federal law grant to everyone in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal law, for instance, requires publicly funded hospitals to \u003ca href=\"http://www.cms.hhs.gov/EMTALA/\" target=\"_blank\">provide emergency medical services to all patients, \u003c/a>regardless of immigration status. 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And rates have fluctuated widely over the years -- from more than 207,000 admissions in 1980 to roughly 27,000 in 2002 -- a direct reflection of world events and shifting U.S. priorities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullWidthWrapper\">\n\u003cdiv class=\"withMargin\">\u003ciframe src=\"https://cdn.knightlab.com/libs/timeline3/latest/embed/index.html?source=1y9z7Q5KXlXNMOkom1122pXsVXcT77GVte0UCvbyqxpY&font=Default&lang=en&initial_zoom=2&height=\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cdiv>\n\u003caside class=\"alignright\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003cspan style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u003cspan style=\"color: #993300;\">Teach with the Lowdown\u003c/span>\u003c/span>\u003c/div>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg class=\"alignnone wp-image-22868\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-400x143.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-800x286.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680-768x274.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2016/07/hands-e1469568663680.jpg 957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\">Suggestions for nonfiction analysis, writing/discussion prompts and multimedia projects. Browse our lesson plan collection \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/category/lesson-plans-and-guides/\" target=\"_blank\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugee-timeline-lesson-plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Lesson Plan: History of U.S. Refugee Resettlement (PDF)\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugee-timeline-scavenger-hunt.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Graphic Organizer: Refugee Timeline Scavenger Hunt\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/tag/refugees/\" target=\"\">More Lowdown posts about refugees\u003c/a>\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\">\u003cb>Next Tuesday (2/28/17): The President's Cabinet\u003c/b>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003c/div>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_25851\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 391px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM.png\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-25851\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-02-21 at 9.44.38 PM\" width=\"391\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM.png 592w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM-160x177.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM-240x266.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM-375x415.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Screen-Shot-2017-02-21-at-9.44.38-PM-520x575.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 391px) 100vw, 391px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration by Andy Warner\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Today, refugees trying to enter the United States are again the subject of intense political debate, in part a response to the worst refugee crisis in decades and ongoing terrorism concerns. During his first week in office, President Trump signed an executive order to temporarily block refugees from entering the country and slash the admissions cap by more than half. The administration justifies its actions on public safety grounds, arguing that refugees from unstable, war-torn nations could be potential terrorist threats in the U.S. But refugee advocates counter that new arrivals already go through an extremely thorough vetting process, and that incidents of violent crime committed by refugees are exceptionally rare.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2017/02/03/refugees-in-the-united-states/\" target=\"_blank\">RELATED: Where recent refugees come from and where they've been resettled\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk about a whirlwind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To begin, a brief recap of the dramatic, confounding changes made to America's immigration rules in the last week:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 27 -- Holocaust Remembrance Day to be precise -- President Trump signed a sweeping \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/31/512439121/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-annotated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order\u003c/a> suspending the entire U.S. refugee program for 120 days and cutting the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. each year by more than half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-25457\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294.png\" alt=\"Trumps_Ban\" width=\"304\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294.png 807w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-160x108.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-800x541.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-768x520.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-240x162.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-375x254.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-520x352.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\">\u003c/a>The order also blocked travel to the U.S. for at least 90 days from seven predominantly Muslim nations: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iraq was subsequently removed from the list in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although not technically a Muslim ban -- as \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/21/trump-on-the-future-of-proposed-muslim-ban-registry-you-know-my-plans/?utm_term=.51abb75eb64d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump proposed\u003c/a> during his presidential campaign -- the order does give priority to Christian refugees and other religious minorities from Muslim-majority nations. It also indefinitely bars all Syrian refugees, thousands of whom continue to flee their country's bloody civil war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Announced as a national security measure to protect the U.S. from terrorist threats, the president's actions instantly unleashed a global outcry and fierce protests. It has also resulted in multiple lawsuits and scenes of chaos at airports around the world, where travelers have been detained and held in legal limbo. Within a week of the order, tens of thousands of visas had already been revoked.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>But then this happened ...\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Washington State and Minnesota quickly filed suit, challenging the legality of Trump's order. On Feb. 3, a U.S. district judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-travel-ban-nationwide/2017/02/03/e4888a4a-ea6d-11e6-903d-9b11ed7d8d2a_story.html?pushid=breaking-news_1486181330&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.34acdf9a7f9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">temporarily blocked\u003c/a> the seven-nation ban, allowing travelers with valid visas to resume entering the country. The ruling was immediately appealed by the administration but quickly upheld by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a unanimous decision announced on Thursday, Feb. 9. The case will likely make its way to U.S. Supreme Court soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the court's ruling, the United States will, for now, resume admitting new refugees, but many fewer than before. Under President Obama it was on pace to resettle 110,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 (October 2016 - September 2017). Trump's recent actions, however, reduce the yearly refugee cap to 50,000, a part of the executive order the judge kept intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_25526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 295px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-25526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Warner\" width=\"295\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599.jpg 295w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599-160x150.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599-240x225.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Warner\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because nearly 33,000 refugees have already been accepted since the beginning of FY 2017, only about 17,000 more refugees can now be resettled over the next eight months, a dramatic slowdown in the once abundant flow of refugees entering the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The floodgates are not open for refugees,” said Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Migration Policy Institute\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Top destination\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The United States has for decades been the \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/refugees-and-asylees-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world's top resettlement destination for refugees\u003c/a>, with roughly 3 million admitted here since passage of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/the-refugee-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee Act\u003c/a> of 1980. But as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/30/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research \u003c/a>notes, refugee admission rates have fluctuated over the years, including an almost complete shutdown for three months after the 2001 terrorist attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-160x169.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-240x253.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-375x396.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-520x548.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Perceived threat\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Despite Trump's insistence on the need for \"extreme vetting\" of immigrants, the United States has one of the world's most intensive \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/admissions/\">refugee admissions procedures\u003c/a>. The process can takes at least 18 months, and includes a thorough review by numerous federal agencies, background checks, in-person interviews, health screenings and, for some refugees, cultural orientations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://youtu.be/p_YqvzfSQps\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And although the purported rationale of suspending the refugee program is to prevent potential terrorists from entering the country and harming Americans, there have been \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/us-record-shows-refugees-are-not-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strikingly few refugee-related incidents in the U.S.\u003c/a> In fact, of the more than 800,000 refugees resettled since 9/11, only three have been arrested on terrorism-related charges. And no refugee has committed murder on U.S. soil in a terrorist act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terrorism fears, however, were heightened last September and November, when two Somali men injured multiple people \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/03/513311323/former-immigration-director-defends-u-s-record-on-refugee-vetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in separate attacks\u003c/a> in Minnesota and Ohio. Both men had come to America as child refugees, but had since lived here for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Where recent refugees came from\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-25556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1.jpg\" alt=\"Refugees(1)\" width=\"451\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-160x167.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-240x250.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-375x391.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-520x543.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\">\u003c/a>The U.S. admitted 84,995 refugees in the 2016 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2015 - Sept. 30, 2016), according to data from the U.S. State Department's Refugee Processing Center, the largest number of admissions since 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly half of all refugees in FY 2016 came from just three countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria and Burma (Myanmar). 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Talk about a whirlwind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To begin, a brief recap of the dramatic, confounding changes made to America's immigration rules in the last week:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Jan. 27 -- Holocaust Remembrance Day to be precise -- President Trump signed a sweeping \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/01/31/512439121/trumps-executive-order-on-immigration-annotated\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">executive order\u003c/a> suspending the entire U.S. refugee program for 120 days and cutting the maximum number of refugees allowed into the U.S. each year by more than half.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-25457\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294.png\" alt=\"Trumps_Ban\" width=\"304\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294.png 807w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-160x108.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-800x541.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-768x520.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-240x162.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-375x254.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/01/Trumps_Ban-e1485839224294-520x352.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\">\u003c/a>The order also blocked travel to the U.S. for at least 90 days from seven predominantly Muslim nations: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. Iraq was subsequently removed from the list in March.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although not technically a Muslim ban -- as \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/12/21/trump-on-the-future-of-proposed-muslim-ban-registry-you-know-my-plans/?utm_term=.51abb75eb64d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump proposed\u003c/a> during his presidential campaign -- the order does give priority to Christian refugees and other religious minorities from Muslim-majority nations. It also indefinitely bars all Syrian refugees, thousands of whom continue to flee their country's bloody civil war.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Announced as a national security measure to protect the U.S. from terrorist threats, the president's actions instantly unleashed a global outcry and fierce protests. It has also resulted in multiple lawsuits and scenes of chaos at airports around the world, where travelers have been detained and held in legal limbo. Within a week of the order, tens of thousands of visas had already been revoked.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>But then this happened ...\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Washington State and Minnesota quickly filed suit, challenging the legality of Trump's order. On Feb. 3, a U.S. district judge \u003ca href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/us-judge-temporarily-blocks-trumps-travel-ban-nationwide/2017/02/03/e4888a4a-ea6d-11e6-903d-9b11ed7d8d2a_story.html?pushid=breaking-news_1486181330&tid=notifi_push_breaking-news&utm_term=.34acdf9a7f9a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">temporarily blocked\u003c/a> the seven-nation ban, allowing travelers with valid visas to resume entering the country. The ruling was immediately appealed by the administration but quickly upheld by a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a unanimous decision announced on Thursday, Feb. 9. The case will likely make its way to U.S. Supreme Court soon.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Per the court's ruling, the United States will, for now, resume admitting new refugees, but many fewer than before. Under President Obama it was on pace to resettle 110,000 refugees in fiscal year 2017 (October 2016 - September 2017). Trump's recent actions, however, reduce the yearly refugee cap to 50,000, a part of the executive order the judge kept intact.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_25526\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 295px\">\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-25526\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Warner\" width=\"295\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599.jpg 295w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599-160x150.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/refugee-image-e1486170573599-240x225.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andy Warner\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because nearly 33,000 refugees have already been accepted since the beginning of FY 2017, only about 17,000 more refugees can now be resettled over the next eight months, a dramatic slowdown in the once abundant flow of refugees entering the country.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The floodgates are not open for refugees,” said Sarah Pierce, a policy analyst at the nonpartisan \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/about/mission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Migration Policy Institute\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Top destination\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>The United States has for decades been the \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/refugees-and-asylees-united-states\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">world's top resettlement destination for refugees\u003c/a>, with roughly 3 million admitted here since passage of the \u003ca href=\"https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/resource/the-refugee-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Refugee Act\u003c/a> of 1980. But as \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/01/30/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pew Research \u003c/a>notes, refugee admission rates have fluctuated over the years, including an almost complete shutdown for three months after the 2001 terrorist attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1.png\">\u003cimg class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27545\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1.png 640w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-160x169.png 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-240x253.png 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-375x396.png 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/FT_17.01.27_refugeeToUSbyRegion-1-520x548.png 520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Perceived threat\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>Despite Trump's insistence on the need for \"extreme vetting\" of immigrants, the United States has one of the world's most intensive \u003ca href=\"https://www.state.gov/j/prm/ra/admissions/\">refugee admissions procedures\u003c/a>. The process can takes at least 18 months, and includes a thorough review by numerous federal agencies, background checks, in-person interviews, health screenings and, for some refugees, cultural orientations.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/p_YqvzfSQps'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/p_YqvzfSQps'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp>And although the purported rationale of suspending the refugee program is to prevent potential terrorists from entering the country and harming Americans, there have been \u003ca href=\"http://www.migrationpolicy.org/news/us-record-shows-refugees-are-not-threat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strikingly few refugee-related incidents in the U.S.\u003c/a> In fact, of the more than 800,000 refugees resettled since 9/11, only three have been arrested on terrorism-related charges. And no refugee has committed murder on U.S. soil in a terrorist act.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Terrorism fears, however, were heightened last September and November, when two Somali men injured multiple people \u003ca href=\"http://www.npr.org/2017/02/03/513311323/former-immigration-director-defends-u-s-record-on-refugee-vetting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in separate attacks\u003c/a> in Minnesota and Ohio. Both men had come to America as child refugees, but had since lived here for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch4>Where recent refugees came from\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-25556\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1.jpg\" alt=\"Refugees(1)\" width=\"451\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1.jpg 600w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-160x167.jpg 160w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-240x250.jpg 240w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-375x391.jpg 375w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-520x543.jpg 520w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/26/2017/02/Refugees1-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 451px) 100vw, 451px\">\u003c/a>The U.S. admitted 84,995 refugees in the 2016 fiscal year (Oct. 1, 2015 - Sept. 30, 2016), according to data from the U.S. State Department's Refugee Processing Center, the largest number of admissions since 1999.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nearly half of all refugees in FY 2016 came from just three countries: Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria and Burma (Myanmar). The \u003ca href=\"http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/05/u-s-admits-record-number-of-muslim-refugees-in-2016/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largest number of refugees\u003c/a> over the last decade have come from Burma (159,692) and Iraq (135,643).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Of the refugees admitted in FY 2016, nearly 39,000 -- or roughly 45 percent -- were Muslim, the highest number of record.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv align=\"center\">\u003ciframe src=\"https://mgreen.carto.com/builder/42162ca8-e9a1-11e6-b894-0e05a8b3e3d7/embed\" width=\"1000\" height=\"800\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/div>\n\u003ch4>Where they were resettled\u003c/h4>\n\u003cp>More than half of recent refugees were resettled in just 10 states, with California, Texas and New York taking in nearly a quarter in FY 2016. 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