America’s immigration system is broken. Lawmakers across the political spectrum agree that the current situation is unsustainable, and there has been much debate about how to reform our immigration system. Most of the dialogue centers around restrictive policy, but “closing the border” or building a wall won’t prove effective long-term. In order to successfully reform our immigration system, policy needs to address the reasons why immigrants are coming to America in such large numbers, and plan for the reality that immigrants will find their way here even if towering walls are built and more border patrol officers are hired. An immigration system that embraces the economic necessity of foreign labor is the most effective, humane, and logical way to lower the number of migrants requiring support from the American public and solve the inconsistent, messy process of asylum and residency that we currently employ.

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