In November of 2014, President Obama made a presidential address passing a bill without the consent from Congress to reform the immigration system. He had decided that if an illegal immigrant had been living in the United States, since 2010 or earlier, and had a child who had been born in America, they would be eligible to gain legal documentation. Immigrants will also have to pay their fair share of taxes and pass a criminal background check. Unfortunately, this law does not apply to immigrant children under the age of 18 unaware of the fact they had been crossing the U.S. border illegally with their family. The children that were brought here illegally by their parents should be granted a path to legal citizenship to be able to study and soon work legally in America. .
Back in November of 2014, Republicans in congress had not supported the decision President Obama had made with reforming the immigration law. Although, they were not the only ones who had not supported the President's decision. Some citizens in America don't see past the dozens of myths about immigrants. For example, some Americans believe immigrants come to the United States to not pay taxes and take job opportunities away from Americans. If the children are granted legal status, then they will soon be paying their fair share of taxes as they become older and find employment because they will be capable of obtaining a work permit. Studies find that immigrants pay between 90 and 140 billion dollars a year in federal, state, and local taxes (immigrationfourm.org). As for the myth that thousands of job opportunities will be taken away from Americans, many of the children will grow up to become immigrant entrepreneurs creating jobs including for U.S. citizens. For example, in Silicon Valley, companies begun by immigrants generated more than $19.5 billion in sales and nearly 73,000 jobs (Richard Vedder, "Immigration and Unemployment: New evidence").
