Illegal immigration is a major concern in the United States today, but most people have wrong concerns about illegal immigrants. Most Americans today think that illegal immigrants are job stealers but in reality they are doing us a big favor. In fact illegal immigrants help our economy by supplying the majority of agriculture jobs in the united states. Although, In order to fully benefit off of undocumented immigrants there needs to be an immigration reform to allow them to easily obtain work Visas. The united states government needs to make an immigration reform to allow Illegal immigrants to obtain a work visa easily because it will save lives and save money.
The start of illegal immigration in the united states started in the eighteenth century when a federal law was passed that prohibited the entry of convicts and prostitutes. Then in 1892 Ellis island opened bringing in over 12 million immigrants. After Ellis island closed in 1954 millions
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For example in the 1950s there were more legal paths to gain citizenship in the united states thus reducing illegal immigrants and saving lives. (Anderson 73) This example shows that with the right legal pathways there will be less illegal immigrants and it will save live. Another example why the United States government needs to make an immigration reform is because, “The inability of foreign nationals to enter the united states legally to work in lower-skilled jobs has contributed to more than 4,000 men, women and children dying while attempting to cross the border into the america since 1998.”(Ochoa). The reason why so many die to cross the boarder is because there is a lack of green cards to only 140,000 in a fiscal year. (Anderson 77) The only way to fix this problem is to make an immigration reform to obtain a work visa easily because it will save