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Since President Obama took office in 2008, more than two million unauthorized immigrants have been deported. Most of these people were not a danger to society. In the fiscal year 2013 ICE removed 151,834 individuals who didn’t have a criminal conviction. If immigration reform becomes law, many of the immigrants that were deported would likely been able to remain in the United States. The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also known, as ICE has enforcement priorities that involve: apprehension of terrorists, violent criminals, gang members, which are categorized under three priorities. The first and highest priority is to remove aliens who pose a danger to national security or a risk to public safety. Second priority is recent illegal entrants; those who have recently violated immigration control at the border such as overstay visas. The third priority is aliens who are fugitives or otherwise obstruct immigration control, for instance, reentries after prior order of deportation. ICE resources are limited; an estimated of 400,000 aliens per year can be removed, but that is less than 4 percent of the illegal population that are in the United States.

Benefits the U.S. Economy

Studies have estimated that immigration reform that includes legalization of unauthorized immigrants would add at least $1.5.trillion in cumulative U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over 10 years, and increasing wages for all workers. An increase of personal income would generate consumer spending to support 750,000 to 90,000 jobs. Also it would generate $5.4 billion in tax revenues.

Separating Families:

The U.S immigration system determines the following: who enters the country, how many aliens, either by order or under certain circumstances. It also decides who can apply for permanent visas for family and relatives. In current discussions on immigration reform, the immigration system is broken and needs to be fixed. This broken system, jeopardize family reunification and keep families apart from one another. There are provisions that initiate, propitiate, and sustain family separations. The separation of families, first need family unification that can help organize immigration reform. This will not only reducing waiting lines and arguing the number of visas of children and spouses. Approximately 5, 100 children were detained or deported parent were in the child welfare system.

High Costs
The immigration enforcement has increased rapidly since the 1990s. The U.S Border Patrols's annual budget has increased 714 percent. In the fiscal year 1992 the cost went from $362.2 million to $2.7 billion in the fiscal year 2009. Also the U.S Immigration and Customs enforcement has grown 73 percent, from $3.3 billion since its inception to $5.9 billion today.