Looks ok to me. Which part don't you like?
Posted on 02/22/2005 5:05:20 PM PST by F16Fighter
The size of the undocumented immigrant population in the United States is probably about 9 million people.
A report released by the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service in January 2003 estimated the size of the undocumented immigrant population at 7.0 million in 2000. A separate analysis by Jeff Passel of the Urban Institute estimated there were 8.5 million undocumented immigrants in 2000. Passel and others believe that net illegal immigration from Mexico alone has been growing at a rate of 500,000 people annually, which places current estimates at a minimum of 9.0 million unauthorized immigrants.
In the 1990s, the undocumented immigrant population grew by 350,000 per year. According to the INS, from 1990 to 1999, the size of the undocumented immigrant population grew by about 350,000 people per year on average, and by as much as 500,000 people per year in the latter third of the decade.
The states with the largest unauthorized populations are California and Texas. INS estimates show the states that had the largest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2000 were California (2.2 million) and Texas (1.0 million), followed by New York (0.5 million), Illinois (0.4 million), and Florida (0.3 million). Texas became the second state after California to have over one million unauthorized residents.
Almost one-third of all undocumented immigrants live in California. According to the INS, of all undocumented immigrants in the United States in 2000, 32 percent lived in California, followed by Texas (15 percent), New York (7 percent), Illinois (6 percent), and Florida (5 percent). Combined, these five states accounted for 64 percent of all undocumented migrants.
The states with the largest numerical increases in their unauthorized populations in the 1990s were California, Texas, and Illinois, in that order.
INS data show that the states with the largest numerical increases in their unauthorized populations between 1990 and 2000 were California, Texas, Illinois, Arizona, Georgia, North Carolina, and New York, in that order. Each of these states had increases of morethan 100,000 in the number of unauthorized residents between 1990 and 2000.
Georgia, North Carolina, and Colorado experienced rapid growth in their unauthorized immigrant populations between 1990 and 2000. Between 1990 and 2000, the unauthorized immigrant populations of several states grew rapidly, according to the US Immigration and Naturalization Service, including:
Georgia 571 percent (from 34,000 to 228,000)
North Carolina: 692 percent (from 26,000 to 206,000)
Colorado 365 percent (from 31,000 to 144,000)
Seven states that had 10,000 or fewer unauthorized immigrants in 1990 also experienced rapid growth through the decade:
Arkansas 440 percent (from 5,000 to 27,000)
South Carolina 414 percent (from 7,000 to 36,000)
Tennessee 411 percent (from 9,000 to 46,000)
Alabama 380 percent (from 5,000 to 24,000)
Iowa 380 percent (from 5,000 to 24,000)
Wisconsin 310 percent (from 10,000 to 41,000)
Nebraska 300 percent (from 6,000 to 24,000)
There is no evidence to suggest that this pattern has changed since 2000. The five countries of origin with the largest unauthorized immigrant populations are Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, and Honduras.
In 2000, the largest source country for unauthorized immigrants was Mexico (4.8 million), according to the INS. The unauthorized resident population from Mexico increased by 140 percent, from about 2.0 million in 1990 to 4.8 million in 2000, according to the INS. Unauthorized immigrants from Mexico represented 69 percent of the total unauthorized resident population in 2000. In 1990, unauthorized immigrants from Mexico represented 58 percent of the total.
Six other source countries were estimated to have over 100,000 unauthorized immigrants resident in the United States, including El Salvador (189,000), Guatemala (144,000), Colombia (141,000), Honduras (138,000), China (115,000), and Ecuador (108,000). There is no evidence to suggest that this pattern has changed since 2000.
This information was compiled by Elizabeth Grieco, MPI’s Data Manager, in October 2003. For questions or to arrange an interview with a data expert or policy analyst, please contact Colleen Coffey at 202-266-1910 or ccoffey@migrationpolicy.org. Please visit us at www.migrationpolicy.org.
My guess is he posts from the Mexican counsulate, which is indeed gated.
First it will reduce the flow to a trickle, that will make it easier to pick them up. Then they will stop, because it won't be worth the trouble anymore.
"Annual arrests of illegal immigrants in the fenced sections have dropped to 3,000 from about 25,000 over the past three years. It's so hard to get across that people aren't trying, say officials with Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, part of the Department of Homeland Security."
Crime drops off
"Violent crimes in that area have virtually come to a stop," San Diego police Sgt. Juan Gonzales says. "Where once there were hundreds of illegal immigrants, and they were preyed upon by smugglers and bandits, now we almost never see them or get reports of violent crimes at all."
Ok, so now I am racist.
I have a problem with anyone, whether they be hispanic or otherwise, who comes here illegally, makes demands on this society financially, culturally, or socially, and contributes to the degredation of our language and social fabric.
Of course your neighbors assimilate into Southwestern culture - they are taking it over, don't have to speak English, and don't have to mingle with peoples of other backgrounds. Perhaps your personal experience has not been a negative one, but I assure you that you are not the norm.
You obviously are not a student of history and cannot see what is going on. We are being taken over not by force, but by mass migration without thew consent of those originally here.
If these illegals are only looking for work, why don't they go through the H1B process legally???????????????
Yes. And it used to be the other way around. And at one time I would have agreed with you.
But does it really help us in the long run if we import the cognitive elite of the world? It helps us but it hurts other countries, makes them susceptible to tyrants and revolutionaries that we will have to deal with farther down the road.
I'm thinking we should be more independent of the rest of world.
My thought is that if people want to come here, they should at as minimum have the following:
1. Extensive criminal background check;
2. Work history with verifiable references;
3. Two financial sponosors who will financially guaranty the state's costs if the person goes on the doll or otherwise;
4. An immunization record;
5. Some skill or trade.
6. Demonstrate ability to converse in English
Absent that, we are importing low wage people who drive down wages for entry level jobs that used to go to uneducated American citizens.
Not only is the above "surreal" since 9/11, but it's compounded by the Bush Administration's attention to detail, the conviction, the man-power, and the committment of a quarter TRILLION dollars the war in Iraq for Iraqi security.
"American Security" for the United States of America? Bah, humbug.
It truly boggles the mind.
"Very few real Republican conservatives exist anymore. Socialism/third world status here we come."
Yes. That's exactly what's in store for America.
Historically, Republicans received 33% of the Hispanic vote nationwide.
In the last election, President Bush received 44% of the Hispanic vote.
If President Bush had received 33% of the Hispanic vote in 2004, He would no longer be President Bush.
Simple enough for ya?
Here's a tougher one - if 66% of the hispanics entering the country (assuming the current rate remains constant) vote for the democratic candidate, how long will it be before the GOP becomes extinct?
Darn it. Make that 56%, not 66%.
Yes.
Home prices are high because corrupt California politicians are making it impossible to build homes.
Ridiculous. Come here and look around.
You know not of what you speak.
The rate of home ownership in California is about the lowest in the country.
Source?
Would it be fair to do a study of homosexuality in America and use San Francisco as your model?
I'm just saying that using Santa Ana as your example is EXTREME.
Perhaps it prevents you, but that's you.
Don't miss the current FR poll:
Which of the following is the best way to solve the illegal immigration problem?
Seal and militarize the borders
45.0%
Beef up and enforce existing law
39.3%
Some form of guest worker program
9.3%
Other
3.7%
Undecided/Pass
2.7%
Yes.
I'm just saying that using Santa Ana as your example is EXTREME.
I disagree. That city USED to be really neat. USED TO BE.
No wonder the hospitals are full of them.
Looks ok to me. Which part don't you like?
LOL!!!!!!!
" They "assimilate" very easily into out Southwestern culture."
Here's your "assimilation", bay. Why won't you talk about this article???
Bill seeks to prevent Colonias (Texas)
Corpus Christi Cller-Times ^ | February 10, 2005 | Tim Eaton
Posted on 02/10/2005 9:59:32 AM PST by SwinneySwitch
Developers would face new rules
AUSTIN - Third-world-like conditions that exist in Nueces County and other parts of South Texas in colonias could come closer to being eradicated if a new bill becomes law.
Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen, filed a bill Wednesday seeking to end the construction of colonias, which are underdeveloped neighborhoods which are usually past paved roads and in patches of land without municipal water and sewer lines.
"We have colonias with no running water, no drainage, no septic tanks. And when it rains, it floods," said Hinojosa, who represents Nueces County. "People cannot get out of the house. Kids cannot go to school, and you have health problems associated with this."
The bill's two-pronged approached would allow Nueces County to receive state and federal grants that have historically been reserved for border communities, and it would put demands on developers.
Under the legislation, developers must get a plat, a legal document approved by Nueces County commissioners, that includes a map of a subdivided property to ensure adequate roads, sewage, drainage, water and other necessities.
Senate Bill 425 is based on codes that have allowed Hidalgo County officials to force developers to meet accepted municipal standards for water, wastewater and solid waste, Hinojosa said.
And if Hinojosa's bill becomes law, developers won't find it as easy to take advantage of people with low income and create neighborhoods that look like third world countries with little economic development, he said.
State Rep. Vilma Luna, D-Corpus Christi, state Rep. Abel Herrero, D-Robstown, and state Rep. Gene Seaman, R-Corpus Christi, attended Hinojosa's news conference to show support for the bill.
Nueces County Commissioners Peggy Banales and Betty Jean Longoria also attended and thanked Hinojosa for his efforts.
"This will give us the teeth we needed," Longoria said.
Some of the available grant money that Nueces County could receive may help pay for cleaning up some of the roughly 50 existing South Texas colonias, according to Hinojosa's staff.
So, far Hinojosa's bill has not garnered any vocal opposition.
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I drive by at least 200 of them every morning.
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