Immigration reform essay:

According to Pew Research Center, there are roughly 11 million illegal immigrants in the u.s. as of 2015. This is so far one of the best estimates we have today on how many illegal immigrants reside in the u.s. When looking at illegal immigration patterns across other developed nations these numbers tend to be much lower (CITATION NEEDED). In the u.s we have seventy five percent of our illegal immigration coming from mexico while the other twenty five percent is from various latin and south american countries (citation needed). With the current amount of illegal immigrants residing in our country our political leaders must be able to make immigration reform possible. There are a few ways to do this. The Conservative …show more content…
The alternate option for what to do in regards to immigration reform is the Liberal Democrat way which is granting a pathway to citizenship for the millions of illegal immigrants residing in the u.s. it would more than likely be done in a merit based system of granting citizenship by making hard working, job holding, educated illegal immigrants citizenship first. Then making it harder for illegal immigrants who aren't actively seeking work in the u.s. and / or involved in crime. The current state of immigration reform isn't being pursued by congress and has lead to several failed immigration reform proposals in the last few years. Illegal immigrants are in a limbindo state of being allowed in the u.s. this means that these people have to be careful to not be exposed by ICE as illegal immigrants or they get deported regardless of how long they have been here or if they contributed to american society by maintaining a job. For the majority of illegal immigrants who come here are by crossing the U.S. Mexican border and end up with forged social security numbers to "pass" as a u.s. citizen. There are different laws for protection and restrictions for illegal immigrants. Some states have more protection than others by means of Sanctuary