US Immigration response

When I started researching this topic, The first text that I found was something that said "U.S. immigration law is very complex, and there is much confusion as to how it works".  This made me laugh because I knew before hand that immigration policies were extensive, but for the organizations website to say that as the first visible sentence, it really must be complex.  When looking through this website more, I noticed that there was a list of all the different types of immigration.  There were also alot of charts that dealt with US citizenship by relationship and visa, but I could not make heads or tails of it, referring back the the first statement on the web page.

The two types that most interested me were the refugee section and the diversity visa program.  I thought the refugee section was interesting because it is a matter that is deeply rooted with Spokane and its culture since it has a very large population of Eastern European population.  I know that not all are refugees, but I do know that some are, and they are not from one single place.  Before living in Spokane, i never knew of any refugees since they were not a part of where I had previously lived.  I am sure they were there, just not in large populations. Refugees are allowed in the US if they cannot return to their home because of well founded fear of being persecuted.  This can be race or politics or any thing else that is persecutable.  I found it interesting that there is a limit to how many refugees are allowed into the US each year and there is a cap set by the president.  I also found it interesting that the number of refugees since 2001 has severely declined.  Must be because of the terrorism.  It surprised me a little that there is a cap on the amount of refugees allowed in the US each year, but I knew it deep down inside.

The other type that I found interesting was the diversity visa program.  This is an immigration program that gives visas to people from countries with low rates of immigration to the US visas to the US.  SO it essentially gives people priority on countries who don't have a large presence in the US.  When i first heard this, the first thing that came to mind was politics and I rolled my eyes.  It seems like a way to make allies and get countries to be involved with the US.  I know it isn't a bad thing, but something bugs me about it and I am not sure what it is. I will have to think about this one.  Since this is a regional visa, most visas from this category come from Africa and Eastern Europe.

There is ALOT to immigration, enough to write a book on.  I'm sure someone has done it, and I will leave that to them.  I also feel sorry for people involved in this because it looks like its an extensive amount of knowledge that is not just black and white.