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Immigration Policy Is In Need Of Reformation

The effects of the immigration population have been debated since immigrants began to enter the United States over a century ago. The positive and negative effects of their presence has become a controversial topic among political leaders, lobbyists, and citizens, resulting in the implementation of immigration policy that mirrors the opinions of these Americans. It is you, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), that enforce and in some ways implement these immigration laws. What I mean by implement is that you seem to have the upper hand when it comes to the reformation of immigration policy; that is, you have great influence at the White House through your extensive lobbying, resulting in the implementation of immigration policy in your favor. As you may not realize, many of your opinions towards such policy are in need of reform and updating; current immigration policy is too liberal in some aspects and too intolerant in others.
Primarily, the quotas established as a result of your influential petitioning are too strict. After doing some research, I have concluded that the reason for such high numbers of illegal immigrants in the United States is your opinion of tighter quotas (Ting). Immigrants are not able to enter the U.S. legally because when they apply for visas, they are denied because the quota is already or close to being full (Ting). They then have to resort to entering the U.S. the only other way they know: illegally. Most illegal immigrants don’t bother applying for a visa because they already have the notion that they will be denied, after waiting months for a response. If the immigration quotas were increased, future immigrants would have more incentive to apply for a visa with greater hopes of being granted admittance to the U.S., thereby decreasing the illegal immigration population (Ting).
Similarly, your process with which visas are granted is too stringent for modern society. When immigrants from other countries apply for a...