Immigration has been a key issue in the United States for several decades. Every year millions of people, mainly from Mexico and Central America, migrate north towards the United States searching for higher wages. The United States benefits greatly from the presence of these immigrants, but unfortunately some connotations of their presence, including the reality of the monetary hindrance that they have on US social services because of their relatively low and usually unreported salaries. A fighting attitude is shared by millions of legal and illegal immigrants, and it is now becoming clearer that there is a need for a new policy, one which involves reasoned compromise on both sides, yet one that unquestionably begins to allow amnesty and intelligent pathways to citizenship. Given the current circumstances surrounding immigration, there is no question that a compromise should soon be reached, and if both sides are fair enormous benefits for each will result.