A Path to Citizenship“What makes someone an American is not just blood or birth, but faithfulness to our founding principles and belief in the idea that anyone, from anywhere, can write the next chapter of our story.” - President Barack Obama. The United States is the melting pot of the world. The great American country was built on immigration. Look around you, so many people have ancestors who risked everything to come to the United States to make something of their lives and the lives of their children. If it weren't for immigration, we might not be where we are today. Immigration reform is the term used in political discussion regarding changes in a country's current immigration policy (Immigration Reform, par. 2). In 2013, the Senate passed the immigration reform bill that would give a path to citizenship to the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States. If the government passed immigration reform there would be many benefits for our economy and for people looking for a better situation. future. For example, immigration increases the efficiency of the US economy, allows entrepreneurs to come to America, increases national security, and immigration reform can reduce the deficit (Furchtgott-Roth, 4Approximately 65,000 immigrants are in service today. Of these 65,000 immigrants, 11,000 are foreign-born women (Batalova, Immigrants in the US Armed Forces). The top two countries of origin of military personnel are the Philippines and Mexico. The United States offers 11 million undocumented workers status legal and visas that can increase his nationality security (Furchtgott-Roth, 4 Benefits). These workers will be able to have social security numbers and other legal documents that will make it easy for government authorities to track down criminals Our world is in the throes of the US war