Immigrants that haven been entering the United States illegally has become one of the most popular issues happening today. This issue is not something new to us, it dates back many years ago to some of our ancestors. There are two particular articles that I took interest to in the LaGuardia and Wagner Archives which are “The Council Report of Legal Services Division; Committee on General Welfare”, and “Stop the Deportation of Haitians to Belize”. The first article is a letter dated back in 1873 and the second article actually is a flyer which both talk about Haitian refugees.
“The Council Report of Legal Services Division; Committee on General Welfare”, talks about the 2200 Haitians refugees that had been imprisoned in eleven detention centers across the United States. The reason for them being imprisoned is because they had entered the United States illegally. At the time, fifty three refugees were being held in at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. According the article, Judge Robert Carter ordered the Haitians to be released but he was turned away because they were still waiting on an appeal.
“Stop the Deportation of Haitians to Belize”, a flyer, which protests about the United States having ideas of shipping the Haitian refugees in the prisons to Belize in Central America. The march was to represent the Haitians and support them through this massive disaster. The Government made citizens even believe that immigrants would steel their jobs. Because of the Haitians being undocumented in the United States the Government wanted them out of the county. So, why not ship them to Belize which was there idea.
In conclusion, both articles have similarities between them. Both deal with undocumented immigrants in the United States being mistreated like there not even human. The only reason people came to the United States back then was because Visa’s took forever to be handed to them. All people want in life is to have a better future for themselves and their families. Its hard to believe that today we still have this hate towards immigrants in our country.