Talk:Immigration to the United States/Archive 3

Requested move 27 October 2017

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the move request was: no consensus for any sort of mass-renaming on these topics. Jenks24 (talk) 01:33, 4 November 2017 (UTC)

– WP:NPOVTITLE with regards the reader's location, per WP:WORLDWIDE LeadSongDog come howl!  22:27, 27 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Immigration to the United States → Migration to the United States
 * Emigration from the United States → Migration from the United States
 * Immigration_to_Canada → Migration_to_Canada
 * Immigration to Mexico → Migration to Mexico
 * Emigration from Mexico → Migration from Mexico
 * European emigration → Migration from Europe
 * Immigration to Europe → Migration to Europe
 * Obviously, there are many other pages in the same pattern, these are just examples. LeadSongDog come howl!  22:32, 27 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Support per WP:CONCISE (which I find more compelling than the NPOV argument), and as an aid to non-native English speakers who may not be clear on the emigrate/immigrate distinction (hell, plenty of native speakers are not). As long as "to" or "from" is in the title, the prefix attached to "migration" is unneeded.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  04:39, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Support per SMcCandlish's WP:CONCISE argument. As noted, 'to' and 'from' is a simple and intuitive method for readers to establish who has moved where (...and, yes, I'll stop before this starts to sound more and more like an episode of "Get Smart"). --Iryna Harpy (talk) 05:00, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * These appear to be correct uses of the terms. People immigrate to countries and emigrate from countries. "Migration" more often applies to the internal or periodic movements of people or animals and is better used for articles like Migration in China or Migration in Japan, which states "This article focuses on internal migration as well as migration from and to Japan", or for articles like bird migration. Station1 (talk) 05:52, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * I would suggest that "Migration within China" and "Migration within Japan" are far more intuitive than the current WP:TITLEs. Migration is used as both a geographical and sociological descriptor for human movement across nation-state borders, and is certainly not a term proscribed exclusively to other fauna. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 19:55, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * We need to keep the standard, established and official terms used:Immigration and Emigration.Immigrant and Emigrant. This is the USA, we speak American English here. The terms immigration and emigration are accepted but others are not, in official AND common parlance. So the use of other terms is what will confuse matters. Why would we use less-descriptive terms that are not specific? Immigration means something specific (in-migration of a permanent nature) and emigration means something specific (out-migration ). We do not need to degrade or change our language used in order to cater to those who are not proficient in our language. We should use our LANGUAGE as it is properly used.
 * The term "migrant" in Brit english has a different meaning than in the US. In American english, a migrant is a person who moves around inside the usa. For instance, a migrant worker is one who moves around to follow the crops or a seasonal type job. IT DOES NOT REFER TO FOREIGNERS PER SE. It used to be mostly Americans doing this MIGRANT work, they moved and "migrated" over the crop season to follow the fruit as it ripened, etc. SO KEEP THE AMERICAN ENGLISH TERMS or you will be trying to IMPOSE British english onto American language and subject matter, on an American wikipedia page. NO good reason to do that. Not justifiable in any way.We cannot allow the illiterate to confuse languages on a wiki article.
 * INSTEAD, you could just redirect/ link the term "migration" to the proper titled article on "Immigration" pertaining to the usa, in American english. Or something to that effect.
 * IMMIGRANT https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immigrant
 * MIGRANT https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/migrant


 * Meat Eating Orchid (talk) 06:28, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * "This is the USA, we speak American English here"? Really? Have you even read wp:WORLDWIDE? LeadSongDog come howl!  19:31, 30 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Oppose. The proposed titles make the topics less clear while only saving one or two letters in the title.  Migration is also less common than immigration for such topics.  I don't even understand the NPOV argument.  —  AjaxSmack  01:53, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * To clarify then, the terms "immigration" and "emigration" assume that the writer and reader are in the same place. "Migration" is neutral because it avoids that assumption.LeadSongDog come howl!  19:20, 30 October 2017 (UTC)


 * Actually, having checked over a few other examples, there seems to be confusion and a lack of any standard pattern for the usage of 'migration' and 'immigration' for ancient historical human migration and the concept of 'emigrants' and recent 'immigration'. As an example, see Immigration to Australia (where Australian immigration policies was merged), and Immigration history of Australia. The rationale behind that move was that the White Australia Policy was, at that time (2013), deemed to be unimportant enough to merit an article of its own (I beg your pardon, but nothing could be further from the historical truth). There appears to be a conflation of disparate subject matter being applied to articles. 'Out of Africa' migration routes and recent history, the formation of nation-states that adopted legislation surrounding entry into that country/nation-state are not one and the same thing. I'm finding the principles being applied less and less intuitive as I delve in. The standard seems to be whatever two or three editors paying attention to an article/series of articles at any one moment in time to be the only rule of thumb. Does anyone have suggestions as to how to apply WP:COMMONSENSE to this issue? Ancient human migration, sociology, politics, etc. are not conducive to 'one rule fits all'. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 04:53, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * "Immigration" and "emigration" are really legal terms; they're not properly used in absence of a jurisdiction with border controls, so they don't apply historically past a certain point (which varies by location).  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ &gt;ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ&lt;  01:26, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose per AjaxSmack and Meat Eating Orchid. The proposed titles are more difficult to parse, and less natural. As a non-native English speaker, I'm not confused with them in the slightest, and the proposed rationale would be maybe appropriate for simple:, but not here. No such user (talk) 18:54, 29 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose articles are about destination country .....as per normal usage.--Moxy (talk) 04:24, 30 October 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose blanket nomination.  Immigration/emigration is the modern method of moving between political jurisdictions.  "Migration" as a term is evocative of prehistorical or pre-nation/state movements of humans, such as migration to between the continents (Africa to Europe, Asia to the Americas). -- Netoholic @  08:12, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose not needed. Non-native English speakers are not helped by oversimplification of standard terms --if they are unaware of "immigration" and "emigration" they should consult their dictionary. Rjensen (talk) 08:21, 1 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Proposed titles are more confusing and inappropriately broaden the scope. Migration seems to imply any type of migration, including ancient migrations. Immigration and emigration are common enough terms. However I would support creating redirects such as Emigration to the United States, which exists or Immigration from the United States, which doesn't, which would help address the location bias issue. Patar knight - chat/contributions 19:14, 1 November 2017 (UTC)


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Public opinion
I would recommend mentioning the different sides of the topic, both for and against it. The article should include distinct examples of those, for and against. More examples of the different views from real life perspectives would create a better comprehension of the topic and how people feel. Nolan williams (talk) 16:29, 4 December 2017 (UTC)

Wrong word in title
The article title should be either "Emigration to..." or "Immigration into..." WCCasey (talk) 17:10, 13 January 2018 (UTC)

Recommend to Remove Racist Language
It is a misdemeanor to cross into the United States illegally and if done repeatedly can become a felony.

[http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-tege/a2011_76.pdf "Illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien" are being used in this article to describe Mexicans and other latinos that are not criminals. This derogatory and racist language is an attempt to alter voting patterns of people that lack experience regarding immigration and employment. It is a violation of federal tax law for a charitable institution to engage in political activity. The terms "illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien" cannot be used in Wikipedia to describe people that have not engaged in any misdemeanor or felony activity without crossing that line. Taxes could be owed starting on the date when charity status was first compromised with that kind of language.]

The correct word used to describe a person that lacks documentation is "undocumented". The correct non-racist terminology is "undocumented tourist" for visitors with an expired visa, "undocumented foreign born worker" when the employer failed to pay the documentation fee for a foreign born worker, "undocumented foreign born student" for exchange students with an expired visa, "undocumented foreign born resident" for people living in the US with an expired visa, etc.

The term "illegal immigrant" is only applicable to foreign born citizens found guilty of a crime, but the term is being used in this article to describe people that "look foreign" and lack documentation.

Many people born before 1959 in Hawaii and Alaska are undocumented because they cannot obtain a valid US birth certificate. Most people born before 1940 in places like Arizona and Oklahoma are undocumented because valid US birth certificate were not issued. Descendants of over 1 million US citizens deported to Mexico in the 1930s are also US citizens. All are undocumented. None of those people are "illegal", but the article implies that they are all criminals. The debate on immigration is a controversial subject.

"Illegal immigrant" or "illegal alien" would only be acceptable in a quote:
 * Arizona’s Conservative White Legislators: Illiterate and Racist on Immigration
 * SB 1070 is at best an inflammatory law and will surely come to serve as a rationale to justify violent attacks by the misguided against persons who appear to “look illegal.” ... Indeed, it is this ecology of fear that led to the murder of a young legal Ecuadorian immigrant in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn on December 7, 2008. The perpetrators of this crime were white youth who, like those convicted last month on Long Island for a similar crime, were out “Beaner hopping” or hunting for “illegal aliens.”

The difficulty is that the kind of racist language used in this article is being used to encourage genocidal behavior.


 * In the present Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
 * (a) Killing members of the group;
 * (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
 * (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
 * (d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
 * (e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

The text of the Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 9 December 1948.

"Undocumented foreign born worker", "undocumented foreign born students", and "undocumented foreign born residents" become documented by obtaining documentation.

Non-academic examples of how the terms "illegal immigrant" and "illegal alien" communicate racism help to illustrate how this article compromises the intellectual integrity and charity status of Wikipedia.

Regards, nanoatzin (talk). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nanoatzin (talk • contribs) 04:21, 16 March 2013 (UTC)
 * The anti-illegal immigrant agenda is about promoting xenophobia and nativism that has surfaced at various times in our history.
 * Those who agree with Mr. Vargas say “illegal” should be banned because it suggests that “illegal immigrants” are criminals, which often isn’t true.
 * Texas trooper in chopper shoots, kills 2 suspected illegal immigrants
 * TEXAS ASKS FBI TO INVESTIGATE HELICOPTER SHOOTING
 * Colorado Gas Station Caught Selling “Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit” Sticker
 * Gas Station Pulls Racist 'Illegal Immigrant Hunting Permit' Bumper Stickers
 * Oops! You're racist.
 * Taco Cid ... in Columbia, S.C., .. produced ... the T-shirt includes an image of a wooden trap with tacos used as bait and a caption that reads: “How to catch an illegal immigrant.”
 * Charles Garcia created a stir among many conservatives recently when he defended and parroted allegations that using the term “illegal immigrant” is a racist slur.
 * Mexican Restaurant Causes Commotion over “Racist T-shirt”
 * Hundreds Protest NYU Republicans’ Racist “Illegal Immigrant” Hunt
 * Immigrant tuition petition drive is all about bigotry

NICE TRY. But "illegal alien" means a person who has entered this country illegally and WITHOUT PERMISSION. getting documented is not automatic simply by applying. PERMISSION TO ENTER AND PERMISSION TO STAY MUST BE ALSO GIVEN FIRST, before entering, or afterward if that is possible (usually not). Then the person can be "documented". The term "illegal alien" refers only to the fact that the person has entered illegally or is present illegally WITHOUT OFFICIAL PERMISSION. It DOES NOT refer to the person having committed a crime other than illegal entry, which is designated as a misdemeanor. YOU cannot change that FACT by your wishful thinking and coercive guilt-shaming. This FACT in print may help some to avoid committing a misdemeanor if they read the FACTS of this important matter. Your assertions are absurd and false. No person who knows our laws would take you seriously. YOUR diatribe is actually imaginative opinionated deceptive POLITICAL ACTIVISM and does not represent our laws at all. Show us your court decision supporting your outrageous bogus claims spelled out plainly on a court document or Congressional document that lays down the law. The link you gave to the IRS has NOTHING ON IT about the subject you are preaching on. STOP USING HEAVY HANDED THREATS TO COERCE WIKIPEDIA TO CATER TO YOUR SERIOUSLY BIASED POLITICAL PREFERENCES. Meat Eating Orchid (talk) 06:48, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * A) You are responding unnecessarily, and in a WP:BATTLEGROUND manner, to an extremely old thread. B) Please read WP:SHOUT. I would suggest that you modify your response both here and, more particularly to the move request (below) to conform with good talk page practices. Thank you for your understanding. --Iryna Harpy (talk) 19:35, 28 October 2017 (UTC)
 * The same thing goes Nanoatzin. It is not racist to use the correct term illegal immigrant and is reprehensible to even suggest it. I now changed the article to feature the correct term.--Immunmotbluescreen (talk) 19:22, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * We should reflect the language that the sources. The overwhelming majority of scholarly sources use the terms "undocumented" or "unauthorized". Snooganssnoogans (talk) 19:40, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The overriding principle is WP:NPOV. Even if a source reference Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as terror organisation (which most western media does). The article should and is NPOV. Take a look where undocumented immigrant takes you.--Immunmotbluescreen (talk) 19:42, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * There is nothing wrong with the term "illegal immigration". Most RS, in particular scholarly RS, do not use the term "illegal immigrant" though. If you're completely unfamiliar with the debate over terminology on this subject, you should perhaps stay out of it and inform yourself first. You also seem extremely confused as to what WP:NPOV is. Do you just randomly throw around phrases that you hear other Wikipedia editors use? Snooganssnoogans (talk) 19:48, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * I just told you what NPOV says. An outside debate whether or not to use a term that tries to conceal the meaning is irrelevant as wikipedia should use neutral language and not take a side in the level immigration. Now did the Isis article say: " is a Salafi jihadist militant group and former unrecognised proto-state that follows a fundamentalist, Wahhabi, and heterodox" or "Isis is a terrorist organisation"? Take a look at the headline of this section. The user claim illegal immigrant is racist which tells you exactly which kind of people that use undocumented immigrant.


 * So you are clearly wrong here. Plus your tone and behavior is not compatible with community standards. --Immunmotbluescreen (talk) 20:09, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * The term "undocumented immigrant" is neutral language. There's nothing more neutral about using "illegal immigrant"; in fact it's a term that most RS do not use. I have no clue what the point of your ISIS rambling is. Snooganssnoogans (talk) 20:17, 2 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Since this is your 4th time you mention within two days that you do not understand an argument that is being presented by me or others, the problem seem to be with you and not with me. Maybe you shouldn't have such strong opinion about language if you are not proficient in English? Undocumented immigrant is vague Neutral_point_of_view, also Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch. If you were serious editor, you would of course acknowledge (as the section's original poster have demonstrated that) "undocumented immigrant" is only used by people who have a agenda not recognize the people of the united states right to regulate their immigration. . But again, if you were a serious person, you would not be an advocate for unregulated immigration in the first place.--Immunmotbluescreen (talk) 11:23, 3 January 2018 (UTC)
 * Stop the personal attacks – Wikipedia has a no personal attacks policy, and you risk being blocked if you persist. As to  command of the English language: Don't call the kettle black. Instead of galloping roughshod over several articles and noticeboards, you'd best rein 'er in kemosabe. Mojoworker (talk) 19:45, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
 * IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISTINGUISH WHO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT . AN UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANT is nonexistent. A person without papers is NOT an immigrant at all but an alien, and an undocumented one. So at least use the correct term- perhaps undocumented alien would suffice. Only a person with proper papers, whose intent and application is to stay permanently and become a citizen,  can be technically termed an "immigrant".

Any number of scenarios can apply to the term "alien"- that denotes a foreign person present but not a citizen. It is a broad category which includes people present from a foreign nation, who may be either legally present or ILLEGALLY present. Thus the term, Illegal Alien, refers to persons without proper papers, whose presence in the USA is illegal. It is illegal for them to be present. That is a very technically correct and widely accepted term. It does not contain anything about their race, nor is it derogatory, but rather it is very clearly declaratory of their actual status. Unfortunately user nanoatzin has aggressively tried to use the page as an activist and manipulate everyone with extremely erroneous FALSE accusations which are not supported by any laws. The term "illegal alien" does not indicate a person who has committed a law violation, other than being present in the US without proper papers. Their presence in the US is a law violation and therefore illegal. This applies to all persons present illegally, whether they are Latino, European,British, Chinese, African, or whatever their foreign nation may be. They are foreign nationals present without permission and without proper papers. END OF STORY. you can't change the fact they are illegal aliens, nor can you remove or change the meaning of that term '''in common parlance. It is the most well-understood term in use by American english speakers today. It does NOT carry any meaning that denotes the commission of additional crimes other than illegal presence or illegal entry.''' FROM THE US GOV IMMIGRATION TERMINOLOGY PAGE: "Immigrant An alien who has been granted the right by the USCIS to reside permanently in the United States and to work without restrictions in the United States. Also known as a Lawful Permanent Resident (LPR). All immigrants are eventually issued a "green card" (USCIS Form I-551), which is the evidence of the alien’s LPR status. LPR’s who are awaiting the issuance of their green cards may bear an I-551 stamp in their foreign passports." "Illegal Alien Also known as an "Undocumented Alien," is an alien who has entered the United States illegally and is deportable if apprehended, or an alien who entered the United States legally but who has fallen "out of status" and is deportable." https://www.irs.gov/individuals/international-taxpayers/immigration-terms-and-definitions-involving-aliens Meat Eating Orchid (talk) 15:03, 15 January 2018 (UTC)

Loaded term ("anchor babies") inserted and misrepresentation of information from a source
The text in paragraph nine does not accurately nor neutrally summarize the information in the source. It conflates two separate actions and adds unnecessary politically charged interpretation and language.

Section: History, Paragraph Nine (not including block quote): "In 2012 and 2014, President Obama initiated policies that were intended to ease the pressure on deporting people who use anchor babies as a means of immigrating to the United States.[31]" [31] Gonzales, Daniel (March 13, 2016). "How we got here:The many attempts to reform immigration, secure the border". Florida Today. Melbourne, Florida. p. 1A. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

Relevant text from source (Gonzales): "June 15, 2012 Obama announces a new policy to let “dreamers” brought to the U.S. illegally as children to apply for deportation deferments, a way of remaining in the country temporarily without the threat of deportation. Those approved could receive work permits, allowing them to work legally.

Obama characterized the policy as a stopgap measure until Congress could pass more permanent solutions, such as the Dream Act. The move helped shore up support with Latino voters upset over the record number of deportations during his first term.

Nov. 20, 2014 Obama uses his executive authority to expand deportation deferments for dreamers and also offer deportation deferments to undocumented parents with children who are either U.S. citizens or legal residents. The programs are put on hold after Texas and two dozen other states including Arizona file a lawsuit claiming Obama acted illegally. The Supreme Court is considering whether to rule on the lawsuit." Hensong (talk) 03:45, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

In Literature
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crisis_(novel_by_Jorge_Majfud) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Alondresgirl (talk • contribs) 16:57, 3 May 2018 (UTC)

US student assigned to this Wikipedia entry
I'll be adding suggestions in Talk as well as sending 8-10 major edits before May 10th. Looking forward to working with this page's editors! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubersuperman (talk • contribs) 02:12, 2 March 2018 (UTC)

Added to Political section. Noted calls for the National Guard at the United States-Mexico border. Added to Military Immigration. Clarified between foreign births that require additional documentation and military programs to gain or give access to United States citizenship. Ubersuperman (talk) 08:01, 2 May 2018 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubersuperman (talk • contribs) 07:55, 2 May 2018 (UTC) Added a section in inequality explaining the negative impact and resulting imbalance of workers and housing prices caused by sending high-skilled workers from home/sending countries.Ubersuperman (talk) 15:00, 5 May 2018 (UTC) Added a section on brain drain; the effect sending healthcare professionals has on sending countries.Ubersuperman (talk) 15:12, 5 May 2018 (UTC) Added to the asylum for refugees section to explain the lack of resources to cover monthly applications that had led to a backlog.Ubersuperman (talk) 17:22, 5 May 2018 (UTC) Added to Political to describe the arrival of the caravan of Central American asylum seekers. What policy has been updated by Attorney General Sessions and President Trump? They have made statements about border wall security, immigration, and specifically about asylum seekers (the caravan).Ubersuperman (talk) 17:45, 5 May 2018 (UTC) Added to Religious diversity section by including numbers on non-religious.Ubersuperman (talk) 18:35, 5 May 2018 (UTC) Added to Assimilation section to elaborate on the process and speed of assimilation. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ubersuperman (talk • contribs) 19:14, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

It appears that the country Norway is missing from the "Origins" table (it does show on the map that appears adjacent)
Be nice if someone added Norway to the Origins table. First time for me to make a comment so not quite sure how this works 73.95.190.19 (talk) 17:43, 13 August 2018 (UTC)Ed Stanton
 * It's off the bottom of the chart at 22,669. I'd add it, but I'm not sure where the 1986-2016 stats are coming from. Mojoworker (talk) 00:18, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2019
Please update the immigration statistics for year 2017 Oxidised Alpha (talk) 05:42, 5 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. DannyS712 (talk) 06:13, 5 February 2019 (UTC)

Reorganisation of Subheading
The subheading for 4. Effects of immigration can be separated into 4. Effects of immigration on the United States and the section under '4.3 Social' can be its own subheading: 5. Social effects on the immigrant. This would be more clear. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aliciageng1 (talk • contribs) 20:07, 7 March 2019 (UTC)

Yale Study estimates 22 million undocumented migrants.
https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/yale-study-finds-twice-as-many-undocumented-immigrants-as-previous-estimates — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.165.199.191 (talk) 00:32, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Cute Article
An Article on US immigration and not one word was spent discussing the first major waves of immigrants in the mid-19th Century (Irish Famine refugees and German 48ers). I find this to be more interesting than the article itself.Jonathan f1 (talk) 07:10, 16 May 2019 (UTC)

Undocumented vs. illegal
The use of the phrase 'undocumented immigrant' instead of 'illegal immigrant' is a MOS:EUPHEMISM and NPOV violation (Most US law uses the term 'illegal'). Carrot official (talk) 06:07, 18 May 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 May 2019
in the first pie chart the percentage of asian immigrants should be changed to 42 and Americas to 39 Bad1994 (talk) 00:32, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: the pie chart you mentioned shows the numbers for immigration from 2016. The adjacent table shows the data for 2016 and the two years prior, and I think you've confused the 2016 data in the pie chart with the 2014 data in the table. If I've misinterpreted, let us know and someone will take another look. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 00:38, 21 May 2019 (UTC)

Persons or people?
The word "persons" is written 13 times in this article. Should it be changed to "people"? Melofors (talk) 02:02, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, except for quotations (1 case) and titles in references (5 cases). Station1 (talk) 06:16, 12 September 2019 (UTC)

Trump Policies
Trump's administration deported 295,000 illegal immigrants in 2017, the lowest number since 2006. (Remove this due to inaccurate information and replace with the following:)

According to a report released by ICE, during the fiscal year of 2016 ICE removed 240,255 immigrants. During the fiscal year of 2018, ICE removed 256,085 immigrants. There has been a significant increase in the removal of immigrants since President Trump took office. The reason for the increase in removals is due to the policies that the Trump administrations have put in place.

The Trump Administration has continued their promise of a heavy hand on immigration and is now making it harder for asylum seekers. Most recent policies are attacking what is means for an asylum seeker to claim credible fear, these policies are changing the ways in which asylum officers assess an asylee’s circumstance, “A passage has been altered on individuals’ ‘demeanor, candor, and responsiveness’ as a factor in their credibility. Both the 2017 and 2014 versions note that migrants’ demeanor is often affected by cultural factors, including being detained in a foreign land and perhaps not speaking the language, as well as by trauma sustained at home of on the journey to the US. But the new version removes guidance that said these factors shouldn't be ‘significant factors’ in determining someone’s credibility — essentially allowing asylum officers to consider signs of stress as a reason to doubt someone’s credibility”. To further decrease the amount of asylum seekers into the United States, Attorney Jeff Sessions released a decision that restricts those fleeing gang violence and domestic abuse as ‘private crime’, therefore making their claims ineligible for asylum, “The 31-page decision narrows the ground for asylum for victims of ‘private crime’ and will cut off an avenue to refuge for women fleeing to the United States from Central America. ‘Generally, claims by aliens pertaining to domestic violence or gang violence perpetrated by non-governmental actors will not qualify for asylum,’ Sessions said in the opinion”. These new policies that have been put in place are putting many lives at risk, to the point that the ACLU has officially sued Jeff Sessions along with other members of the Trump Administration claiming that, “these policies undermine the fundamental human rights of women and violate decades of settle asylum law”.

Since the Trump Administration took office, it remained true to its hard stance on immigration. Trump and his administration almost immediately looked to remove the DACA program that was put in place by the Obama Administration. A policy was passed to stop granting citizenship requests. If you go to the DACA page on the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services a warning appears that states: “Important information about DACA requests: Due to federal court orders, USCIS has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. USCIS is not accepting requests from individuals who have never before been granted deferred action under DACA. Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided in this guidance, the DACA policy will be operated on the terms in place before it was rescinded on Sept. 5, 2017”. The Trump administration ordered federal courts to no longer grant citizenship to DACA requestors, making the process to citizenship for young children brought to the country illegally by their parents almost non-existent.

Asouffront (talk) 20:04, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Public Opinion
Public response to the Trump Administration’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy: What really stood out to the public in regards to the issue were the ways in which children were treated during their detainment. “During its implementation children were taken away from their parents and kept in prison-like appalling conditions (eg, tents, warehouses, cages), Trump’s administration however, claimed that this policy would act as a ‘deterrent’ for the influx of refugees into the United States”. This created massive amounts of outrage, the campaign ‘Close the Camps’ was created and the facilities that were detaining young children were compared to concentration camps and internment camps. Many have begun to recognize the ways in which these policies are negatively impacting the children that have been separated from their families. There has been research showing that this has had psychological impacts on these young children, many of them have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, “the children, many already distressed in their home countries or by their journey, showed more fear, feelings of abandonment and post-traumatic stress symptoms than children who were not separated”.

Asouffront (talk) 20:07, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

Refugee Numbers
In the 2016 fiscal year, the US accepted 84,995 refugees from around the world. In 2017 it was announced it is prepared to welcome for resettlement to only 45,000 a decrease from the 84,995 the last year. In 2018 it was announced by the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States would cap the number of refugees allowed into the country at 30,000 for fiscal year 2019. (Remove this due to inaccurate information and replace with the following:) According to the Department of State, in the 2016 fiscal year 84,988 refugees were accepted into the US from around the world. In the fiscal year of 2017, 53,691 refugees were accepted to the US. There was a significant decrease after Trump took office and it continues in the fiscal year of 2018 when only 22,405 refugees were accepted into the US. This is displays a massive drop in acceptance of refugees since the Trump Administration has been in place.

Asouffront (talk) 20:08, 22 November 2019 (UTC)

With the exception of native Americans?
What people call “native Americans” came to America across the Bering strait at some point in history. This article reads like an opinion piece. Bjoh249 (talk) 15:18, 23 November 2019 (UTC)
 * So...? No one disputes this terminology. They’ve also been on that continent for longer than any nation has ever existed. I’m failing to see how this makes the article “read like an opinion piece”. Symmachus Auxiliarus (talk) 13:33, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

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Assimilation?
The section on Assimilation is misleading. The references are about economic and fiscal assimilation not assimilation in general. This needs to be made clear in the text. Cassandra — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.149.172.49 (talk) 08:21, 17 May 2019 (UTC)

Trump administration is considering boosting the number of visas offered to wealthy immigrants, add?
X1\ (talk) 23:59, 25 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Anita Kumar and Gabby Orr, ''Trump considers increasing visas for foreign investors; Immigration hardliners oppose expanding a program offering visas to foreign investors — including from China, which is under fire for its early handling of coronavirus. March 18, 2020 Politico.com

Colonial Period??
There should be no mention at all of settlers who arrived during the colonial period, since these migrants were colonizers -- as the name 'colonial' suggests -- and not immigrants. The definition of immigrant is, "a person who comes to live permanently in a foreign country," not "a person who comes to colonize a land that may or may not become a country some day."

And it's a curious thing that the author(s) of this article felt it necessary not only to start US immigration history in the pre-national period, but also paid no mention to the Spanish and French colonizers who had a much earlier footprint in territories that would later become part of the US. As some of you may be aware, this site has a significant problem with British and Brit-centric editors who like to inject the English into histories that deal with periods or subjects where the English had very little, if any, presence. This is a problem on American history articles as well as articles pertaining to Europe.

I will remind such editors that "English Wikipedia" means that the encyclopedia is written in the language of English, not that the editors must find creative ways to anglicize every subject. The scholarly consensus is currently that Irish Catholics were the first major class of immigrants in the United States. Between 1820 and 1920, some 5 million Irish Catholics emigrated from Ireland to America, a number that few other US ethnic groups can match. It is also the consensus that Irish Catholics introduced the assimilation model that future immigrant classes would imitate. This is a major aspect of US immigration history, and should therefore be accorded significant treatment in US immigration articles, sections, and cognate subjects. This article contains only a passing mention of "large numbers of Irish Catholics" that were "added to a mix" that included, of course, British immigrants.

As most of you are aware, tomorrow we celebrate our independence in the United States, to commemorate the day when the British were officially kicked out of America. And for my July 4 contribution I'd like to kick them out of this article. If any editor knows of reliable sources that deal with British immigration in the early national period, he/she is more than welcome to cite the material and start the history section off there. But as it stands right now I am calling for the complete removal of the colonial period from the first section, as it's got heck all to do with the subject of immigration. There is a rather long and elaborate Wiki article on 'Colonial America' that pays more than enough attention to the colonizers, with a disproportionate focus on the Brits.Jonathan f1 (talk) 19:46, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 September 2020
The statement: "There has been a significant increase in the removal of immigrants since President Trump took office." Should be removed or edited. The preceding president removed immigrants at a significantly higher rate than Trump during his first 6-7 years and then basically stopped on his last year in office. So this sentence is misleading, biased, and subjective. A correct statement would be the facts. Show the deportations that took place over the last 20 years. Obama had some years over 300k deported. Trump is in the low 200k. Please don't lie and say Trump has "increased" especially don't say "significatly increased" deportation. Wmorrisr1 (talk) 13:41, 21 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Jack Frost (talk) 02:59, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2021
Add US citizenship and immigration to the page. (talk) 05:26, 19 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done  EN  - Jungwon  12:31, 19 January 2021 (UTC)

Cite error
The refname "naturalization" is no longer used in the article but still appears in the reflist, causing a cite error. It should be commented out or removed. Thanks ActivelyDisinterested (talk) 14:40, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 14:46, 15 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you ActivelyDisinterested (talk) 15:35, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

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Conditions at the Border
According to the source State of the Union In Numbers in April 2021, more than 20,000 unaccompanied children were located at the border facility of Health and Human Services. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Janekaydough (talk • contribs) 00:34, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 27 January 2023
There number and rank of immigrants are not right Jaulesmckinsky (talk) 16:13, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please be specific and provide reliable sources for you claims. What exactly are the right number and rank of immigrants? According to who? small jars 17:46, 27 January 2023 (UTC)