In the nineteenth century, immigration was encouraged so that the New World could become prosperous. Today, some citizens have been worrying about how many more immigrants the United States can safely take in, while continue to encourage it because employers would rather pay lower wages to new immigrants or are indifferent because immigration does not seem to be affecting them in any way. It is impossible to stop all immigrants from coming to the United States, but the government can restrict the immigration laws to a certain extent (Kalla 2). Granting United States citizenship to children of illegal aliens is one problem that needs to be solved. Many pregnant illegal immigrant women wait to cross into the United States until they are ready to deliver their child (Roleff). They are seeking to gain citizenship for their child so that the mother also will gain the right to immigrate to this country. Chain migration is another concern for immigration laws. This is when married sons or daughters, or married sisters or brothers' permits the spouses' extended families to immigrate to the country. So, for example, a woman from the United States marries an immigrant, the immigrants' relatives are allowed to immigrate to this country also. This should not be allowed to take place. Each and every individual immigrant should be required to find his or her own way into the United States. An illegal immigrant mother should not automatically gain rights once her child is born on United States soil as a United States citizen. This could, in some ways, be considered a fraud against the United States government. The Immigration Law of 1996 helped move toward this goal. The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act authorized funding to increase the number of border patrol agents (Cozic). It also increased penalties for those who smuggle illegal aliens into the country and those who use fraudulent documentation. Although this has been d...