For many years, America has had a misconception about immigrants. Most Americans think they are taking up space, money, and jobs, but that is not the case. American citizens born in the United States have a trace of immigration in their family history, which leaves them no room to judge others because, after all, immigration happens somewhere and "[a]ll Americans are immigrants” (Granquist). Americans have common misconceptions about many things, such as that America is the greatest in the world and that democracy is the best form of government. It turns out that immigration is another common misconception among Americans. However, that doesn't mean it isn't a fixable problem. Over the past few years of policy and reform in the United States, America has begun to eliminate prejudice against immigrants and understand why it occurs. America has made progress in equality in culture, religion, education, and language, making it a better environment for immigrants. America has managed to get rid of the difficulties and stereotypes of immigrants and understand how much they benefit. After implementing reforms to increase equality and reduce prejudice, America benefited socially and economically. Since immigrants increased the demand for supply, they created more jobs. This in turn led to an upswing in the economy. America has made some of the most appropriate changes in order to benefit others as well as themselves. With the reforms advanced in America and the determination not to prejudge immigrants, the environment improved and America began to benefit. In the beginning, America had loose border patrols and almost anyone could enter the United States if needed. Many immigrants took advantage of this and came middle of paper......immigrants, Latinos and Asians to the United States.” Center for Immigration Policy. 2012. Armas, Genaro C. “Language Barriers Cause Problems.” The Associated Press. 2009.Bhugra, Dinesh and Becker, Matthew A. “Migration, Cultural Bereavement, and Cultural Identity.” World Psychiatry. 2005. Dumas, Firoozeh. Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up as an Iranian in America. Random House Publishing Group, 2004. Granquist, Mark. “Religious Issues in American Immigration.” Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 2012. Griswold, Daniel. “Immigrants have enriched American culture and strengthened our influence in the world.” The Cato Institute. 2002. Holeywell, Ryan. “How language fits into the issue of immigration”. Governing. 2012. Kane, Tim, Ph.D. and Johnson, Kirk A., Ph.D. “The Real Immigration Problem…and the Real Solution.” Backgrounder. The Heritage Foundation. 2006.