In response to 9/11, immigrants became the number one target and enemy to the United States of America. While I fully believe this is true, I do not think people are targeted only based on whether or not they are an immigrant. To some extent, I believe that in response to this disaster, many people were targeted based on the way they looked.
Say, for example, you have two people stand in front of the Department of Homeland Security. The person on the right is a white woman who has just been granted permanent residency after migrating from Turkey two years back. The person on the right is a Muslim man wearing a turban whose parents were born in the United States, making him a second generation Indian and therefore a ful citizen of America. Not knowing the backgrounds of these two people, which one do you think would be placed under custody?
My point is not in any way to be racist. My main message is that authorities have no way of knowing who is and isn't a legal individual in this country just by looking at them, yet many people--both immigrant and citizen--have been interrogated and held in custody against their will. Immigrants are not the only victims in this case.
