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Canada, this woman is concerned about Canadian illegal aliens??

“ Last year, officials apprehended 723,840 people trying to enter the country illegally. Nearly 662,000 were from Mexico; 610 were from Canada.” ( only 25% are apprehended!)
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/07/06/20090706immig0706.html

32 posted on 09/06/2009 9:36:30 PM PDT by AuntB (If the TALIBAN grew drugs & burned our land instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)

More than 1 million people became citizens in 2008, with 780,000 taking the oath of allegiance in the first 10 months, according to preliminary figures from the Department of Homeland Security. Leading countries of birth of new citizens were:
Mexico (122,258), India (46,871), Philippines (38,830), China (33,134) and Vietnam (27,921)
Largest number of people naturalizing lived in: California (181,684), New York (73,676) and Florida (54,563). SOURCE: Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of Homeland Security www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/WestVolusia/wvlHEAD03WEST012209.htm

33 posted on 09/06/2009 9:37:50 PM PDT by AuntB (If the TALIBAN grew drugs & burned our land instead of armed Mexican Cartels would anyone notice?)