Blog 3

While doing research I noted important information that pertain to immigration. For starters, immigration and the naturalization process are very similar. Although there are minor changes in the naturalization process, for instance the time frame for obtaining residency has dropped from 2 years to 6 months from the early 1800s to the present. Immigrants are those aliens who have been admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents. They may remain in the country permanently, unless they commit an act that would lead to deportation. Immigration laws in the United States are used to control how non-citizens come in and out of the United States. In 2001 USA Patriot Act amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to broaden the scope of aliens ineligible for admission or deportable due to terrorist activities to include an alien who: (1) is a representative of a political, social, or similar group whose political endorsement of terrorist acts undermines U.S. antiterrorist efforts; (2) has used a position of prominence to endorse terrorist activity, or to persuade others to support such activity in a way that undermines U.S. antiterrorist efforts (or the child or spouse of such an alien under specified circumstances); or (3) has been associated with a terrorist organization and intends to engage in threatening activities while in the United States.