Posted on 12/14/2005 7:36:46 AM PST by CarrotAndStick
As the US Congress considers some tough immigration proposals to tighten the entry process into the country, a new study shows that of the 35.2 million foreign-born population in America in 2005, around 1.4 million are Indians.
There are 35.2 million foreign-born people with the number of illegal immigrants anywhere between 9 to 13 million, according to the study by the Centre for Immigration Studies.
"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 by Steven Camarota, director of research for the Centre.
Of the 35.2 million foreign born immigrants in the United States in 2005, South Asia would account for 1.8 million with India taking the bulk of this figure with 1.411 millions and accounting for a citizenship rate of nearly 34 per cent.
About 12.1 per cent of the current US population was born in another country, the highest percentage since 1920, according to Census figures.
Overall Mexico will come away with the highest number of foreign immigrants at nearly 11 million which will be followed by East Asia, South Asia (India) and Vietnam in South East Asia.
Statistics show that as far as India is concerned, the period 2000 to 2005 showed a sharp upswing in the number of immigrants at nearly 460,000 for the 5-year period.
The pre-1980 statistics show an immigrant population number for India at 170,000, rising to 209,000 between 1980 and 1989 and to 573,000 between 1990 and 1999.
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Indian Americans are one of the wealthiest and best-educated communities in the United States. With a median household income of $60,093, compared with $41,110 for non-Hispanic white families, there are few groups that have comparable income levels.
Indian cooking does give out seemingly offensive smells, and it is somewhat understandable to not want to live near them for this reason.
Most. And they probably make more money than most of us.
Well, if it were not for Indians, we could not get any programmers under age 35 at all. There are simply no Americans available with the skills needed in the NY metro area. Or if there are, they are not sending in their resume when we offer jobs paying $60-90K.
All this talk about Indian food is making me hungry.. Time for some Tandori Chicken for lunch.
Didn't that town have any codes? And you lived next to them long enough for all this to go on and don't even know if they were Indian or Pakis?
So they're better Americans than many American-born citizens?
Watch it though, Indian food was meant for Indian lifestyles that involved heavy work in the fields. With the work gone, you'll see the pounds adding up pretty fast.
If you eat it, make sure you burn it...
Seriously. I am going to have to leave this thread... I only have $4 in my wallet, am trying to keep my weight down, and the buffets I like are on the wrong end of my commute.
Immigration whould be based on whether or not they have something of value to add to our society imo.
from post #18
It depends on how you define "American", but on average they're much more entrepreneurial and likely to start up their own small businesses. You tell me if that's a trait we like.
A Christian or even Hindu Indian is nothing like a Muslim Arab.
And we got the smartest and hardest working ones too. I had some car trouble last night and an Indian coworker went out of his way to give me a lift home. Good guy. His son is studying biomedical engineering and applying to medical schools. He is getting some interviews at medical schools too.
My daughter is studying chemical engineering at Rice University and many of her classmates are Indians. They are a tough bunch to go up against when the class is graded on a curve and the class average is a 55.
Considering they spoke NO English....no I never knew exactly where they were from. Try getting a city to enforce codes. I turned them in numerous times.
I certainly like that trait!
I have to say, I don't find your implication that the bad neighbors were probably just Pakistanis to be a lot more tasteful than the original post.
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