Republican candidate Donald Trump has brought up more attention to a controversial topic — immigration. Immigration has increased in the United States with a 13.1 percent immigration share of the United States’ population. According to the Migration Policy Institute, “Since 1970, the number of U.S. immigrants more than quadrupled as it grew from 9.6 million in 1970 to 41.3 million in 2013.”

Laws on immigration need to be changed with a new president taking office in 2017. While the United States needs to strengthen the borders and let immigrants come in legally into the nation, Donald Trump’s tactic of “building a wall” around the United State’s borders is a little too rash. Although some immigrants come in to be criminals, many of the nation’s immigrants are hard working people looking for greater opportunities that the United States has to offer. According to new studies in  an article NationSwell, “Immigrants are more than twice as likely to start their own businesses as people born in the United States.”

The controversial topic of immigration laws also brings up the ongoing debate that “foreigners” are taking the jobs and college spots of the natural born American citizens. According to an article on ABC news from 2012, “Sixty-five thousand H1B visas are given to companies every year, and 20,000 are given to foreign workers with a U.S. master’s degree or higher.” The number of visas that allow foreign workers to stay in the United States for six years with speciality occupations has dropped from 195,000 to 65,000.

There is competition to get a good job and go to a good college in the United States. However, many “foreigners” are very intelligent and bring in great ideas to the United States. They should have the same opportunities to go to good schools and study, as well as to get good jobs.