[GeronL]

That headline is something we've all known for a very long time.

We need to get picky who gets in, maybe even trade some of our commies for freedom-loving people.

[knittnmom]

Quite a surprising story, coming from the WaPo.

[WatchingInAmazement]

Immigration hits five-year high, report says
Mon, Dec. 12, 2005

STEPHEN OHLEMACHER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON - Immigration - both legal and illegal - continues to boom as Congress grapples with how to better control America's borders.

A new report by the Center for Immigration Studies found that 7.9 million people moved to the United States in the past five years, the highest five-year period of immigration on record.

The report, released Monday, comes as the House prepares to take up a bill to curb illegal immigration by boosting border security and requiring workplace enforcement of immigration laws.

There are 35.2 million foreign-born people living in the United States, according to the report, which is based on the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey from March. The report said an estimated 9 million to 13 million are here illegally.

"The 35.2 million immigrants living in the country in March 2005 is the highest number ever recorded - two-and-a-half times the 13.5 million during the peak of the last great immigration wave in 1910," said the report by Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates tougher policies on illegal immigration and favors attracting immigrants with needed job skills.

About 12.1 percent of the current U.S. population was born in another country, the highest percentage since 1920, according to Census figures.

The report's estimate of the overall number of immigrants living in the United States is consistent with other analyses. But experts warn that it is difficult to accurately measure the number of people entering the country each year.

A recent study by the Pew Hispanic Center found that immigration levels peaked around 2000, then dipped in 2002 and 2003. Nevertheless, Jeffrey Passel, a research associate at the Pew Hispanic Center, said immigration levels remained high, compared with historic levels.[snip]
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/13389797.htm

[gubamyster]

ping

[jackbenimble]

By focusing its attention on hardening its own borders, the United States leaves Mexico to shoulder a burden not of its own making and does nothing to address the root causes of global migration, including poverty at home.

The world's problems are all America's fault. The shame! I feel so dirty and guilty. I think I'll call my congress critter and beg her to raise my taxes! /sarcasm