Legal Immigration Facts

Immigration Amnesty

A poll gathered by legalimmigrationfacts.com shows that 65% of Americans believe that granting amnesty can otherwise encourage the influx of illegal immigrants in the country. The data further suggests that most Americans would rather not have the citizenship of illegal aliens legalized.

Historically speaking, amnesty on illegal aliens started back in 1986 when Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) was enacted for the purpose of reducing the rate of illegal immigration in the country. What was done during that time was grant amnesty to all illegal aliens who have resided in the country since January 1, 1982. Those who were granted amnesty that time went up to approximately 2.7 million illegal aliens. After the amnesty, we currently receive an average of 850,000 illegal immigrants per year. This figure is merely based on what has been accounted for.

Legalimmigrationfacts.com does not only found the growing number of illegal immigrants as the mere flaw of IRCA. Right now, about one-tenth of legal immigrants the country accepts are relatives of foreign born U.S. citizens who used to be illegal aliens. Granting amnesty to each of the 850,000 illegal immigrants the country receive per year will, at the very least, double the number of legal immigrants in the country considering that the current law that emphasizes family reunification should apply.

All this data gathered by legalimmigrationfacts.com only goes to show that there is a need to amend the country’s immigration laws to prevent illegal and unnecessary immigration to the country. U.S. population nowadays is growing substantially while the government’s capacity for social expenditure is threatened to be reduced. Immigration reform is one way to alleviate the root cause of this crisis.

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