The United States has been a country for immigration since the earliest people crossed the ice bridge connecting Asia to North America which was about 12,000 years ago (“A HIstory of”). Later on when America was “discovered,” more and more people started to come over. At first, immigration was not really seen as a good and helpful thing rather than a bad one. As people came, there were laws and regulations set for immigration to either keep some people out or help the ones that were already there. After some time, racism, amongst other things, made immigration seem like a bad thing, especially illegal immigration. Now, millions of undocumented immigrants live in the shadows of the American society as second-class citizens, hoping for a new beginning every day and hoping that they will not get caught by an immigration agent and deported to a country that they haven’t seen for a long time or a country they don’t even remember because they came to the US at a very young age. …show more content…
Millions of these immigrants have lived in the US for many years, and may even have children born in the country. Most of them can also consider themselves a part of this country in a way because they’ve lived here for so long. There should be an immigration reform to be able to help these undocumented immigrants live a safer life, especially the ones that came to the country at a very young age and had no idea what their parents were doing. An immigration reform will not only help out many undocumented people, but it will also help out the economy, create new jobs, and will cause