The Senate has approved a new immigration reform that will provide a solution to the 11 million unauthorized illegal immigrants currently in the U.S.

The bill that passed the Senate on Thursday will pave the road for a 13-year-long citizenship path for the illegal aliens, and will also setup a $3 billion barrier to limit the immigrants that come through the southern border of the country.

"Today, with a strong bipartisan vote, the United States Senate delivered for the American people, bringing us a critical step closer to fixing our broken immigration system once and for all," the Whitehouse expressed in a statement.

The proposal calls for two types of immigrants. One type offers a blue card, which is the new legal status card for agricultural workers.

If the immigrant has worked in the agricultural industry for at least 100 days in the two years before December 31, 2012, they are eligible to apply for the blue card.

Blue card applicants must pay a $400 fee and pay any missing taxes. Criminals are not allowed to apply. There is a cap of 112,000 blue cards in the first five years.

Blue card immigrants will be able to obtain permanent resident status after 5 years. The Senate bill also provides minimum wage protections for different categories of agricultural workers, though it remains to be seen that it will be comparable to the federal minimum wage for legal immigrants.

Non agricultural illegal immigrants will have to pay a penalty of up to $500 for their illegal entrance to the country. Additionally, they will also have to pay back all the missing taxes in order to receive the temporary approval to stay in the States.

The temporary approval named "registered provisional immigrant status" will allow the applicant to apply for U.S. jobs and permission to go in and out of the country.

The "registered provisional immigrant status" lasts for 6 years and can be extended for $500 more if needed.

After obtaining this status for 10 years, the immigrants can apply to become lawful permanent residents. This process will cost an additional $1000.

The bill that passed the Senate on Thursday will only affect non-agricultural immigrants that have been in the country since December 31, 2011. Additionally, there are restrictions that reject felony convicts and three-time misdemeanor violators. Immigrants that have attempted illegal voting or have certain infectious diseases will also be rejected.