Immigration is a complex subject, including the problems faced by immigrants migrating to America, such as the reasons for immigrating in America, the dramatic increase in population in the United States, the Dream Act legislation and their psychological problems. problems. Immigrating to the United States causes many psychological effects such as the emotional distress that people may experience from being separated from their families. Immigrants are people who migrate from other countries across national borders to experience a better life. The mechanism by which immigrants are allowed to reside permanently or temporarily stay in the United States is extremely complicated given the problems immigrants faced when they finally completed their journey to America. For example, many Americans oppose the entry into the United States of immigrants, known as xenophobes. Xenophobes are people described as “lacking compassion and decency and only caring about preserving their racially, ethnically, and culturally restricted world” (Byrne, 2014). This group of people has a powerful and irrational fear of strangers. Some people are xenophobic towards immigrants because they believe that the increase in population will deteriorate the economy. Xenophobes have criticized the concept of aliens entering the United States, saying the Dream Act legislation would constitute "a backdoor amnesty that would encourage more aliens to sneak into the United States in hopes of eventually being legalized » (Davis, 2010). Immigrants are strongly psychologically affected by xenophobic negativity and discrimination, which can impact their mental health. The growing immigrant population faces an overwhelming amount of conflict. Middle of paper We are finally in America. These issues include the fear of being deported or separated from their families, the psychological struggle with the shock of coming to a foreign country and their future opportunities. Many immigrants “hoped to obtain legal status and believed that their lives, once legal, would change dramatically for the better” (Rodriguez, R. and DeWolfe, A., 1990). One day, an immigrant's transition to America might become easier. In the future, we hope that immigrants will have access to opportunities such as the ability for young people to continue to reside in the country through the Dream Act to further their education and careers. Additionally, immigrants may benefit from mental health care to overcome the stressful transition to a new country in the future, as the foreign population in America will steadily increase over time..