Pros And Cons Of Immigration Reform

In modern day society, immigration has become the center of much attention and also much controversy, from an economic perspective or a political one, and even came to be a major driving force of the 2016 United States presidential election. In 2007, the United States reached its peak record of 12.2 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States, which was approximately 4% of the United States population at the time. Following the recession, the numbers have declined and remained relatively consistent around 11 million, with 11.3 million estimated in 2016. While there are many pros and cons to this ongoing debate like helping contribute to the economy, and becoming a stronger nation, i believe immigration reform may be beneficial

("6 Remarkable Pros and Cons of Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants") “Researchers found that immigrants who are only eligible for legal status, but not citizenship, would contribute about $832 billion to the economy in a ten year period, add 121,000 more jobs per year, and pay $109 billion in taxes over a ten-year period”(Yu-Hsi Lee, MA, 2017) Also pardoning illegal immigrants, and giving them a second chance can make our nation stronger as a whole because America has always been divided into groups of citizens and immigrants making the immigrants feel inferior and left out compared to American citizens although, immigrants committed a crime of coming illegally we have to understand that they come here looking for opportunities to improve their lives, and to give their family a better life. When we allow legal status for immigrants, we can focus more on uniting and building a stronger economy, and America ("6 Remarkable Pros and Cons of Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants"). Many Americans argue against illegal immigrants that they will be fewer jobs left because Americans want higher salaries compared to immigrants who will be pleased to have a job to begin with. I disagree with this statement because immigrants do the dirty work that Americans do not want to do to begin with, without immigrant workers America’s economy would