Over the years more than 10 million illegal immigrants have settled down in the United States, with many forming new families and having children. It has now been seen that one out of every 15 children who live in the United States of America has an illegal parent, and most of these children have turned US citizens.

It would be useful to ponder on what these children must be going through on a daily basis- they must be living with the knowledge that the US government could take their parents away. This would be a terrible price to pay for the children of these illegal immigrants. Anxiety and fear amongst the children are the two terrible factors that doctors and counselors have to surmount. Studies have shown that the constant fear leaves behind in its wake, growth problems amongst the children – these children have been shown to display lower academic performance and high levels of anxiety.

According to a recent estimate around 5 million children in the United States are suffering, due to having at least 1 immigrant parent, and what’s more, more than 5 million of these children have been born in the country.

So what then could be the solution? Legalization could be one of the ways out. Legalization could place these children on a level playing ground with other children of their age in the country. President Barack Obama’s executive actions had offered a short term fix to the problem. The very same actions are however been put on the back burner due to a court ruling.