US immigration law: a case study of south asian immigrants in the US

Abstract

The research aims at studying US immigration policy generally and then with respect to South Asians specifically. Since, what generally is the immigration policy would also be implemented on the South Asians, therefore it is of prime importance to study US’s immigration policy generally as well. However, it wasn’t always the case and that’s what is initially discussed in the research. Before the Immigration Act of 1965, there were substantial amount of biases that South Asians had to deal with compared to their counterparts when it came to seeking immigration in the United States. Therefore, with Immigration Act 1965 things changed for the better but in the Chapter 2 of the research it’s been discussed that all the miseries didn’t end there as there has been some unintended consequences that have been brought along the US’s immigration policy. While doing so both the consequences being bared by sending countries and receiving countries are discussed. For example, sending countries face brain drain and have for the same reason taken the medical profession as a point in case where in South Asia it’s luxury to have even 1 doctor for 10 patients. And on the other hand the highest no of foreign doctors in the US are from South Asia i.e. India and Pakistan. Moreover, for receiving countries risks of burden on their economy and security is also somewhat legit. Furthermore, In Chapter 3 there’s discussion about the immediate need to overhaul US’s immigration system which if isn’t done would be very costly for the US economy. Followed by the methodology used in conducting this research which is qualitative and then findings which entail that there indeed are unintended consequences to the US’s immigration policy at current and they have continued to grow since the 1965 Immigration Act even though the Immigration Act still has done more good than bad.