Excerpted; here are the salient points.
10 Things You May Not Have Known About Immigration
Newhouse News ^ | 3/24/2006 | Chuck McCutcheon
Did you know ...
1. That during 2001-2004, the number of entering legal immigrants -- 3.8 million -- eclipsed the 3.7 million who arrived in the decade of the 1890s during the mass migration from Europe?
3. That there are at least 11.5 million unauthorized U.S. immigrants from all countries?
4. That more than 7 million unauthorized immigrants were employed in March 2005?
9. That the number of foreigners other than Mexicans entering illegally has soared?
10. That the Homeland Security Department releases non-Mexican illegal immigrants caught in the United States if they do not have felony convictions and do not pose a threat to national security? The reason is a lack of bed space in detention facilities. They are given a notice to appear in court for deportation proceedings, but most never show up.
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Thanks Lucy for the ping. I knew most of those, I just wish all the illegals wherever they are coming from would be put in one place along with all our elected politicians and let them live together. I am very disappointed in all our elected officials except for VP Cheney and Secy of Defense Rumsfeld!