Controversy Regarding The Legality Of Immigration To The United States

Immigration is a concept as old as the creation of United States of America, in fact, immigration is the concept that the United States of America was founded on. Immigration is when someone from one country changes their permanent residence to another country and obtains, or tries to obtain, citizenship in that country. The original settlers of America emigrated here from European countries. Technically, they were considered foreign immigrants, because Indians had already inhabited America for centuries. So consequently, immigration should not even have an issue to debate regarding the legality of it. All Americans, with the exception of Native Americans, are immigrants. However, with the presidential campaigns for the 2016 elections gaining momentum and all the controversy regarding immigration in relation to drug smuggling, illegal immigration is becoming a big topic in politics. It has been an issue for many years, but with the influx of Syrian refugees and steady rate of Mexican
There are eleven ways you can receive a green card, with the major four being a family tie, which includes being the relative, spouse, or child, of a person with citizenship, green card lottery, an employment green card, and taking asylum in America from conditions in your home country. However, although that seems like a large amount of options, the number of green cards granted for each option has a set limit and it is not very high. For example, the green card lottery has a set limit 0f 50,000 cards per year for the entire United States, yet it has millions of hopeful applicants applying year after year. The restrictions on green card applicants are also very rigorous. The restrictions set for them make many applicants ineligible causing them to take illegal measures to come to