Immigration laws passed by Congress that provide authority over immigration matters, includes entry and exit of all travelers. These laws choose who can come in, how long you can stay, and when you have to leave.
The Problem with the Visa Policy today is that it is out of date. It hasn’t been change for years and times have been constantly changing. Today’s immigration system is ineffective because it is not permitted to adjust to market or workforce demands, and it forces too many families to endure long separation. Immigrants enter the U.S due to it’s large job market. Since the backlog is backed up, and immigrants are in a dire need of jobs, they enter the United States illegally.
The solution is simply, update our Visa Policy. People who have applied for visas must wait months, even years to receive them. “More visas should be made available temporarily to clear the backlog” (“National Immigration” 1). By doing this it allows the immigrants a faster chance to enter the country through the legal process. Now many families can be reunited and be able to provide for them. As for those already in the country we must create a way for them to be able to gain citizenship. “A realistic solution that requires them to register with the government, go through the same national security and criminal background checks that all immigrants must go through, … if no problems are discovered, be put in line for legal residency and eventual citizenship” (“National Immigration” 1). If we enforce this our economy would bump up to a surprising $1.5 trillion in about ten years.
America has a large immigration problem, but it is mainly our fault this problem still exists. If we were to change the policy for the better it will help America greatly. Due to the backlog, immigrants are getting impatient so they enter the states illegal. If they clear this, immigrants will have a better chance of entering the country. However, immigrants have made huge impacts to the economy in a positive way. They make up 14.7% of our economy, and that will continue if they are given a path to citizenship.
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