Issue: The future of the United States risks missing an opportunity to increase the workforce due to political gridlock. In the United States, more than 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live in hiding. Most of them want to work legally. The reality is that current law is ineffective and weak in deterring migrants who know the United States has a demand for both skilled and unskilled labor. Similarly, poor security at the U.S.-Mexico border and lax enforcement of visa overstayers have rewarded bad behavior by attracting illegal entries. . This memorandum outlines the rationale for adopting a major change in immigration policy that promotes security, freedom, prosperity, and access to citizenship for immigrants already in the United States, and which, in the long term, has a positive microeconomic impact. Background: In 2006, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act was created. to prevent illegal border crossings, improve law enforcement, and grant legal immigration status to the 11 million immigrants already living in the United States. Unfortunately, this bill and the bipartisan immigration reform bill passed by the Senate in 2013 have not been amended. The paralysis preventing adoption of this policy change may be due to uncertainty of future costs and political polarization. Furthermore, one could argue that another reason is that the American democratic system works hard to provide the best practical problem-solving policy that benefits the common good. But despite the analysis of the American democratic system, it is high time to reform the law and now is the time to change it. The Pew Research Center (Pew) estimates that between 2000 and 2010, the number of undocumented immigrants increased from 8.4 million to 11.2 million. This represents a 75% increase in illegal entries in just a decade. Further,...... middle of paper...... HAIR COMMITTEES ON THE JUDICIARY, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (GAO PUBLICATION No. GAO-04-82). EXTRACT FROM THE US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: HTTP://WWW.GAO.GOV/PRODUCTS/GAO-04-8212. US GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE. (2006). ESTIMATED UNDOCUMENTED POPULATION: A “FIELD RESPONSES” APPROACH TO SURVEYING FOREIGN-BORN RESPONDENTS: REPORT TO THE SUBCOMMITTEES ON TERRORISM, TECHNOLOGY, AND HOMELAND SECURITY, COMMITTEE ON THE SENATE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AMERICAN. (GAO PUBLICATION No. GAO-06.775). EXCERPT FROM THE US GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: HTTP://WWW.GAO.GOV/PRODUCTS/GAO-06-77513. BUDGET OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS. (2006). COST ESTIMATE: S. 2611 COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM ACT OF 2006: REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEES. (CBO COST ESTIMATE, MAY 16, 2006). EXCERPT FROM THE PUBLICATIONS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.CBO.GOV/PUBLICATION/17779