There are up to 26 thousand undocumented migrants living in Ireland - and campaigners say they need to be regularised.
One in five migrants has been living here for over a decade - with the majority here for more than five years.
Last week - US President Barack Obama promised an amnesty for undocumented people living in the US for at least five years, and with American born children.
Former Justice Minister Alan Shatter says it's time we started treating migrants here, how we'd like our emigrants abroad to be treated;
Juliette Gash speaks to Karuna from Nepal who's lived here for five years;