Fun facts about immigration in the US you might want to share with friends and relatives for no particular reason
The United States actually had open borders until 1924
The Immigration Act of 1924 had an overall negative impact on the economy and foreign relations with Asia, but Hitler praised it.
ICE didn't exist until 2003
Illegal immigration is not actually classified as a crime. If it was, cases would be handled by the judicial branch, and defendants would receive the benefits of due process. But because it isn't, it is handled by the executive branch, and defendants do not get due process. That means no lawyers, no jury, and no real judge.
Immigration "court" processes about 30 people at a time, including children, and the "judges," who are not required to have any experience or education in law, face no consequences for wrongful deportation, they are only evaluated based on how many people they process.
Before 2025 there were an estimated 20,000 wrongful deportations, with many confirmed and several reported on in mainstream media. That number skyrocketed in 2025.
There were more deaths in ICE concentration camps in 2025 than any year prior. If nothing is done about it, that number will increase in 2026.
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The US had open borders before 1924. (which is not to say everyone was permitted, they excluded people based on race and disability, but 1924 is when the US was first considered to have closed borders)
Negative economic impact from the 1924 Immigration Act (fewer patents) (economic harm to US-born workers)
Department of Homeland Security, formed in 2002, created ICE in 2003
Hitler praised it, because it was openly just eugenics.
Wrongful deportations (sources within sources)
2025 deaths in ICE custody
