More than 52,000 have crossed the southern border since October and US politicians are having trouble finding solutions and the right rhetoric.
It's been over a year since the senate passed an immigration bill that died in the US House of Representatives.
Ben Stanton, in for Ben Kieffer, talks with Donna Hoffman and Chris Larimer from the University of Northern Iowa about how the issue is treated in Iowa in light of the 2014 midterm elections.