United States Immigration Policy

As the 2016 United States presidential election approaches. Ambiguous claims such as building a wall on the southern border of the United States2 and a complete ban on certain groups of people into the U.S.3 have been suggested to the mainstream public. These clams only address the immigration problem the United States is facing in a hyper focused, unrealistic and detrimental manner. To dedicate any resources into building a wall on the southern border of the United States fails to account for the illegal immigration that occurs through the United States coast lines, northern border and overstayed visas. Where as completely banning a group of people from entering into the U.S. will require additional cost to implement new screening processes, …show more content…
In order for the U.S. to successfully implement a long term immigration policy reforms, three keys things must be understood and accounted for. First, the U.S. must recognizing that immigration is not the problem. The problem is the undocumented immigrants that have overstated their welcome without paying their proper portion of taxes and fees. Second, the access to work visa and green cards must be readily available and given out on an as needed basis to those who meet the set requirements to be accepted into the United States. Third, domestic security and policy must be specified and highly enforced for those who decide not to follow the U.S. …show more content…
must do in order to fix its immigration policy is to realize that immigrants are not a problem, or at least realize that the majority of immigrants are not a problem. In fact, Immigrant workers make up a substantial portion of the U.S. workforce4 and varies widely depending on which labor force section you’re looking at. Immigrants bring highly skilled and specialized workers into the U.S., thus allowing the U.S. labor force to keep its jobs filled and keep productivity running at high efficiency. In some cases these jobs are considered less desirable jobs that many American will not take1. Immigrants may also partially or fully integrate into the U.S. society. This integration into society will allow for greater diversity, population growth, and extra spending into the U.S. economy. Even if said immigrant decides to purely work in order to send money back to his/her home country. There is still the cost of living, taxes and transportation that will go back into the U.S. economy along with the work he/she completed during their stay in the United