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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Roger that!
~~ until they protect our borders and coastlines from all foreign invaders!
May I see your papers, citizen?
Gladly. If you pulled the nonsense in almost any other country in the world, you would be booted out asap.
I don't care to be like other countries...you?
In certain ways, there are other countries who do things better than we do. Sorry, we are not the best all the time, every time. Protecting our borders and keeping track of who invades us is not our strong point if you did not notice.
Please tell me which group you fall in to:
1. You are an illegal yourself;
2. You have family memebers here illegally;
3. You employ illegals;
4. You hope to employ illegals;
5. You profit off the labor of illegals;
6. All or some of the above.
Such as?
Please tell me which group you fall in to:
None.
Germany has stricter driving laws than we do. It is harder to get a driver's license.
Almost every country on the face of the Earth has a better public education system than we do. For the money we spend, it is a complete waste of money. The same is not true for many other countries.
There are many items I can list, but allowing mass migration of illegal aliens is simply dangeous and to give them welfare benefits is even worse.
There is a reason most countries don't do this, because it creates chaos like we have.
/sarc
"Bush grants freebies? "
You aren't seriously going to suggest that the President has not expanded entitlements, are you?
Just what in the Hell are you doing on a Conservative Forum? Are you a DU Troll? If not, your posts on this and other threads sure indicate it. Go away and quit bothering us.
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