Posted on 09/27/2005 2:11:07 PM PDT by dennisw
The number of new illegal immigrants to the United States surpassed the number of authorized immigrants from 1999 through at least last year, according to a study based on government statistics that was released today by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The study said that immigration to the United States-- legal and illegal, from all regions of the world-- rose during the 1990s, peaked in 2000 and declined substantially since 2001 as the national economy slowed. The number of new arrivals rose in 2004, as economic conditions improved, the study said.
Although, the arrival of both authorized and unauthorized immigrants declined with the economic downturn, the number of legal immigrants declined more sharply, the study said. Fewer legal immigrants arrived in 2003 and 2004 than in the mid-1990s, the study said, while the number of new illegal immigrants has settled back to about the same level as in the mid-1990s.
More than 34 million immigrants now live in the United States, and make up 12 percent of the nation's population, according to a Census Bureau estimate last year. The number has more than tripled since 1970, when the foreign-born population numbered 9.6 million. In the Washington area, one in six residents was born in another country.
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No, we have all our elected officials supporting illegals before US citizens.
"Flame away, but everything was fine up till now? Are you just coming out of your 20's? This has been an issue since I was a child. (30 years ago)"
I'm older than you by a bit.
Once again, to quote Jorge' "911 changed everything"
He forgot to add: border security.
LOL, they are 'expanding'! They even formed a T shape.
"Sorry, that just isn't true."
I know you're fightin' the good fight here but I'll have to stick by my claim....I hunted that figure down on a government website about 2 months ago.... give me a bit of time to dig it back up, ok?
Yeah... even a Bushbat has the correct time twice a day..
Far right? Why call them the "far right"? Is it because people are finally demanding something be done?
potlatch,devolve, This is good to put someones picture under it,like Sheehan and have the guy spit on them.Just an Idea I
got from a master of funny stuff named Rodge.
LOL, thanks Boazo. Another one for my ever growing collection!
Good idea Boazo. I wish I knew a way to just cut out the working parts of a gif or be able to paint out the background and still have the gif work!
If someone wants to become president in '08 all they need to say is, "I will secure the southern border with the military within 100 days of taking office, from Brownsville to San Diego". That will be your new president.
I've seen it done but,I'm clueless also as to how it's done.
"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,
1. The act of invading; the act of encroaching upon the rights or possessions of another; encroachment; trespass.
LOL, if you know someone did it on something on the forum, ping me and I will ask them what program they use. I'm good at asking!
"He forgot to add: border security."
Amen! So has every other American President in my lifetime! This is one thing that has affected us all. This must be addressed by every candidate next election.
"Tom Tancredo: If we had true enforcement of our laws from an employers stand point, then you would find that many of the millions of people who are here would go back home. Then the ones who remain, we could begin deporting -- and yes I mean deporting. The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation."
Just because illegal aliens may have to pay a small fine doesn't mean that it can't be considered an amnesty. If we change our immigration laws to accomodate illegal aliens so that they can legally stay in the United States, then they are being rewarded for their lawbreaking. Whether we call it an amnesty or something else, in the end the illegal aliens win because they get what they wanted, and that is to be able to legally live and work in the United States.
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