because the rules have been drastically rewritten, and they were rewritten in racist ways. one of the first major immigration acts was the chinese exclusion act-- that's what it was called. it was written to exclude chinese people from the united states. this is where we started and it just got worse from there. the way that the immigration code is written, it's compared to the tax code in terms of its complexity and incomprehensibility. so you're dealing already with a mess that was based in racist principles about keeping people out, all the way up to 9/11. 9/11 happens and everything shifts to national security. [applause] the homeland security act of 2002 takes the next critical steps. after 9/11, the ins doesn't exist anymore. it's split up into a new agency called the department of homeland security, and another agency, the department of justice,