S companies in getting skilled labor. The article further mentions that over 30 percent of family-based immigration would be cut off ("Know the Facts" 1). Due to such a regulated immigration law, in recent past years, immigration to the U.S has dropped significantly. The director of fiscal policy studies, Anderson Moore, and the director of trade and immigration studies, Stuart Anderson, at the CATO Institute state that the nation has only nine percent of foreign born population today, but back in 1850 to 1940, there was almost double the number of foreign born population (1). An immigration statistic shows that "[i]n 1995, the number of aliens granted legal permanent resident status declined for the four consecutive years because of the decreasing number of peoples eligible to adjust their status (become legal residents) under the legalization provision of the Immigration Reform and Control Act- ( Suzanne, Cornelia, and Margaret 18).
One reason not to further restrict legal immigration in the country is that immigration is already strict enough. Proponent writers Anderson Moore and Stuart Anderson claim that there are only a few ways to migrate legally to the United States of America. The U.S. immigration law allows a lawful permanent resident to sponsor only his or her child and a spouse. A U.S. citizen can sponsor his or her child, a spouse, and parent. According to Moore and Anderson, other ways to migrate to this country are either as a refugee or through the strict employment-based category (1). To migrate to the United States of America as a refugee, someone must prove the serious political problems that are currently happening in his or her country, such as civil war or a dictatorial government. The employment-based category is the toughest one to get. Only people with outstanding knowledge in fields of science, engineering, medicine, and computer science can get a visa under this category.