Immigration ReformCurrently, the United States has allowed more immigrants into the country than at any time in its history. More than a million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the United States each year. Immigration, on its current scale, does not meet the interests or demands of this country. As the country struggles to cope with the huge influx of newcomers, life in America is suffering greatly. Excessive pressure on the welfare system, overreliance on family reunification laws, and exploitation of job-based immigration in the IT industry are reasons for immigration reform. The U.S. welfare system is struggling to cope with the enormous number of immigrants arriving in the country each year. The majority of immigrants come from poor countries and come to the United States in search of work. A research organization called the Urban Institute found that immigrants rely more on welfare and earn lower incomes than natives, resulting in them not paying taxes. The Urban Institute is a nonprofit organization that studies this country's social and economic problems. Statistics from a Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) newsletter show: ?. . . the share of immigrant households below the poverty line (29 percent) is much higher than the share of native households that are poor (14 percent), more than twice as high....