Immigration is “the action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country” according to Oxford Dictionary, and there are many different views on the controversial topic. For instance, many people believe that immigration is unlawful and horrible, however, there are others who believe that our country will thrive because of immigration. The United States of America will prosper with immigration for a number of reasons.
First of all, there are about 7 billion people living in the world, and about 11 million of them are illegal immigrants that are living in the US. Like many others, Barack Obama, believe that these illegal immigrants should have a fair chance of becoming citizens of the United States. In order to make sure the comprehensive
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As Barack Obama stated, “We’ve got to lay out a path- a process that includes passing a background check, paying taxes, paying a penalty, learning english, and then going to the back of the line, behind all of the folks who are trying to come here legally. That’s only fair right?” Furthermore, one may view immigrants coming into the United States as bad thing, but it’s the complete opposite. It is believed that the US economic system can flourish from the idea of newcomers. For example, a study conducted by a professor of economics at Washington College proves that there will be significant economic growth if there is a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants. “As our study demonstrates, legal status and a road map to citizenship for the unauthorized will bring about significant economic gains in terms of growth, earnings, tax revenues and jobs- all of which will not occur in the absence of immigration reform”. According to John Boehner, then speaker of the US House of Representatives, “the US GDP would grow by $1.4 trillion over a ten year period, immigrants would help to create an additional 203,000 jobs per year, and add $184 billion in tax revenue.” This is if undocumented immigrants were