Many people are upset with the government and the way that the current US immigration policies are set. These policies are not hopeful for those who are looking for refuge within the borders of the United States. Instead, current proposed laws will allow immigrants ten years to dodge from the cops and other authorities in order to gain amnesty. Immigrations should be regulated more than this in order to get an immigration system that works for both the United States as well as the immigrants who want to live here.

There are so many problems that come with this amnesty rule. First, many people who come to the United States illegally have to lie for more than a decade just to be able to stay in a house or apartment within the country. Often this lead to illegal activities such as sharing social security numbers, buying fake social security numbers, and not paying any taxes on the money that they earn while they are living in the country. This not only hurts government programs, but it takes away any aid that American citizens can get because eventually there is not enough money to go around.

The second major problem with amnesty for immigrants is that even if an immigrant manages to stay in the United States for more than ten years, how will they be bale to prove this is order to get amnesty? In order to prove this fact, there will need to be documentation. An illegal immigrant will avoid acquiring any type of real documentation for those ten years so that they will not run the risk of being deported. So the government will eventually run into the problem that either they still will not be allowed to grant amnesty to those who qualify for it, or they will end up granting amnesty to those who try to cheat the system and succeed.

What is most disheartening is that these immigrants are living their lives in hiding and working by illegal means most of the time in order to survive in this country. They will work for cash and not pay taxes, steal social security numbers in order to not draw suspicion at hospitals or government agencies, and they really have little means of education and proper support for their children, if they have brought them or given birth to them after entering the United States.

The United States government needs to look at this situation carefully in order to determine what the needs of these illegal immigrants are, and how the government can meet them halfway. There is no reason that the government cannot work with immigrants to get them into the country legally, but there is also no reason that immigrants should enter the country illegally if they have the means to get the proper papers in order to live and work in the United States. And until the issues are worked out, this debate will rage on in the different level of government.