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Up to 61 million Immigrants Might Flow into U.S. Under Proposed Reform
Rocky Mountain News ^
| July 1, 2006
| Robert Rector
Posted on 07/01/2006 7:15:40 AM PDT by kellynla
Think the immigration debate is mainly about giving amnesty to the 10 million illegals already here? Think again. Amnesty is a drop in the bucket. The real issue is the staggering increase in legal immigration hidden in the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, recently passed in the Senate. By a ratio of about 4-1, U.S. voters would prefer less immigration, not more. But the Senate bill would do just the opposite. The original bill would have allowed as many as 100 million people to legally immigrate to the United States over the next 20 years. We're talking about a seismic shift of unprecedented proportions.
Facing criticism, the Senate has amended the bill - which now would allow "only" 61 million new immigrants. That still more than doubles the current legal immigration rate, from 1 million a year now to 2.5 million.
Current law would let 19 million legal immigrants enter the United States over the next 20 years; the Senate immigration bill would add an extra 42 million.
Why such extraordinary growth? Consider how the new law would work.
Under the Senate bill, immigrants could enter or attain lawful status within the country through nine channels. In each channel, immigrants would gain permanent residence and the right to become citizens:
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderlessness; employerswhocheat; givemecheaplabor; illegals; iloveillegals; iwantcheaplabor; knownothing; rant; sameoldsameold; teardownthatwall; thebordersucks; whine
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To: MNJohnnie
"Your numbers change everytime you need a new excuse to beat this dead horse"
Still waiting for you to back up your "200 million Mexican illegals" rant.
It's you that is giving out fake numbers.
"The US House has all ready said there will BE no Immigration bill this year"
The enforcement only House Immigration Bill will do nicely. This year or any other year.
Don't have a problem with that.
"The fact is you people HAVE nothing to say"
"We people" don't want illegals Mexican aliens in this country.
We don't want the over 80% of the illegal drugs in the US that flood in through the wide open Mexican border
The same "we people" won't want the over $60 Billion worth of drugs come in through the Mexican border.
All that clear to you yet?
And stop your hysterical screaming will ya?
"That why your side cannot win a single election"
We won in the Cali 50th district, and The Republican House is solidly in our corner.
Even The Republican Senate voted against amnesty.
On the other hand, you and your LaRaza Appreciation Society pals ave on your side Murtha, The Swimmer, Durbin, and all the regular assortment of loony left moonbats.
Plus John McCain of course.
To: Jameison
Here ya go
Senate Immigration Bill Would Allow 100 Million New Legal Immigrants over the Next Twenty Years
by Robert Rector
WebMemo #1076
May 15, 2006 | |
If enacted, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act (CIRA, S.2611) would be the most dramatic change in immigration law in 80 years, allowing an estimated 103 million persons to legally immigrate to the U.S. over the next 20 yearsfully one-third of the current population of the United States.
Much attention has been given to the fact that the bill grants amnesty to some 10 million illegal immigrants. Little or no attention has been given to the fact that the bill would quintuple the rate of legal immigration into the United States, raising, over time, the inflow of legal immigrants from around one million per year to over five million per year. The impact of this increase in legal immigration dwarfs the magnitude of the amnesty provisions.
In contrast to the 103 million immigrants permitted under CIRA, current law allows 19 million legal immigrants over the next twenty years. Relative to current law, then, CIRA would add an extra 84 million legal immigrants to the nations population.
The figure of 103 million legal immigrants is a reasonable estimate of the actual immigration inflow under the bill and not the maximum number that would be legally permitted to enter. The maximum number that could legally enter would be almost 200 million over twenty yearsover 180 million more legal immigrants than current law permits.
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posted on
07/01/2006 1:26:53 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Jameison
103
posted on
07/01/2006 1:29:41 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
"200 Million Immigrants in 20 Years: "
Where does it say 200 million illegal Mexican immigrants at again?
To: Texasforever
That part of the debate is over 200 million illegal Mexicans someone is suposed to have posted here, and the point that the population of Mexico is not even up to 200 million
To: Jameison
Where on this thread did ANYONE say anything about 200 million illegals other than you?
106
posted on
07/01/2006 1:38:46 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
If you will show me where someone here put in a post talking about 200 million illegal Mexican aliens, that will be just fine and dandy.
To: Jameison
Yes and that didn't stop those on your side from claiming that in 20 years we would have 200 million legal aliens if the Senate bill was passed. They are now down to 60 million so the poster is right, ya'lls numbers change all the time.
108
posted on
07/01/2006 1:41:10 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
Go to post # 35 will ya?
To: Jameison
You demanded proof of the 200 million claim I gave it to you. Sorry if you were caught with your pants down.
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posted on
07/01/2006 1:42:36 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Jameison
Still no mention of illegals. You have lost this one completly.
111
posted on
07/01/2006 1:44:11 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
"You demanded proof of the 200 million claim I gave it to you. "
You gave nothing.
Again post # 35.
Show me 200 million illegal Mexicans post on this board.
To: Texasforever
"Still no mention of illegals. You have lost this one completly."
Here ya go:
"Ok. We start with 9, then went to 11, then went to 16, then 20, then 48, then 89 then 96 then 100 then 200 and now back to 61"
I guess they realized that the 200 million number was a bit over the top since the population of Mexico is only 107 million. I would hate to be a mindless boob that always had to start barking at the moon when manipulators threw out "processed" red-meat."
To: freedumb2003
Ummm...clawrence3 is no longer with us. IMHO, while his posts were annoying, he maintained a better posting standard than most FROBL. He was a worthy adversary.
sw
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posted on
07/01/2006 1:48:06 PM PDT
by
spectre
(Spectre's wife)
To: Jameison
You are the one that challenged him on the 200 million "rant". The numbers have been all over the map from the Tancredo sock puppets. That is a FACT. I provided the proof for it. You are now looking for a corner in a round room.
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posted on
07/01/2006 1:49:30 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
"You are the one that challenged him on the 200 million "rant". "
After post # 35 talked about 200 million Mexicans, and the population of Mexico being less than 200 million.
Put up or shut up.
To: Jameison
The claims for 200 million were coming from YOUR side of this argument as I showed in my links.
117
posted on
07/01/2006 1:52:33 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
"That is a FACT"
You wouldn't know facts if they hit you in the face.
"I provided the proof for it. "
You provided irrelevant hot air from LaRaza.
"You are now looking for a corner in a round room."
Naaah.
Its' you and your Mexican pals that are slinking around the corners of every street in downtowner areas of New York.
To: Jameison
I the links I provided were all from anti-immigration sites. Try to keep up.
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posted on
07/01/2006 1:56:00 PM PDT
by
Texasforever
(I have neither been there nor done that.)
To: Texasforever
"The claims for 200 million were coming from YOUR side of this argument as I showed in my links"
Show me where anyone claimed 200 illegal MEXICANS are coming in.
200 million illegals from all over the world is not the same as 200 million illegals Mexicans.
Get it?
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