Posted on 09/26/2014 3:14:50 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
A new report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) released on Thursday shows that the number of immigrants living in the United States – legal and illegal -- reached a record 41.3 million as of July 2013, and the fasting growing immigrant population are from the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
According to the report, the regions with the largest increases of immigrants to the U.S. from 2010 to 2013 were South Asia (up 373,000, 16 percent growth); East Asia (up 365,000, 5 percent growth); the Caribbean (up 223,000, 6 percent growth), the Middle East (up 208,000, 13 percent growth); and sub-Saharan Africa (up 177,000, 13 percent growth).
“The new data makes clear that while Latin America and the Caribbean are still a significant source of immigration, the growth is being driven in large part by immigration from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa,” Steven Camarota, director of research at CIS and lead author of the report, said.
The report, using newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau, reveals the nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) grew by 1.4 million from July 2010 to July 2013. The immigrant population, referred to as the foreign-born by the Census Bureau, includes all those who were not U.S. citizens at birth, including illegal immigrants.
Other findings in the report include:
• The sending countries with the largest increases 2010 to 2013 were India (up 254,000, 14 percent growth); China (up 217,000, 10 percent growth); the Dominican Republic (up 112,000, 13 percent growth); Guatemala (up 71,000, 9 percent growth); Jamaica (up 55,000, 8 percent growth); Bangladesh (up 49,000, 32 percent growth); Saudi Arabia (up 44,000, 97 percent growth); Pakistan (up 43,000, 14 percent growth); and Iraq (up 41,000, 26 percent growth).
• As a share of the total population, immigrants (legal and illegal) comprised 13.1 percent of U.S. residents (about one out of every eight), the highest percentage in 93 years. As recently as 1980, 6.2 percent of the population was comprised of immigrants.
• States where the number of immigrants grew the most since 2010 were Texas (up 227,240); California (up 160,771); Florida (up 140,019); New York (up 85,699); New Jersey (up 81,192); Massachusetts (up 62,591); Washington (up 57,402); Pennsylvania (up 57,091); Illinois (up 47,609); Arizona (up 39,647); Maryland (up 38,555); Virginia (up 37,844); North Carolina (up 30,289); Michigan (up 29,039); and Georgia (up 28,020).
• States with the largest percentage increase since 2010 were North Dakota (up 27 percent); West Virginia (up 17 percent); and Wyoming (up 14 percent). In South Dakota, Nebraska, and Idaho the immigrant population increased 10 percent. It grew 8 percent in New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania and 7 percent in Iowa, Delaware, and Minnesota.
The data show that the largest immigrant population is from Mexico, with an estimated 11.6 million legal and illegal immigrants living in the United States in 2013.
The number of immigrants from Mexico, however, fell by one percent from 2010 to 2013, according to the report. The number of European immigrants also declined over that time period.
After vanquishing all its enemies, some of which were the most deadly any nation has ever faced, the United States was finally vanquished by its elected representatives.
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That 1982 Supreme Court ruling is the reason we need Constitutional amendments like the following to try to control illegal immigration:
1. "School attendance: Only citizens, legal residents, those with special student visas can attend elementary, high school, and colleges in the United States."
2. "One parent must be a citizen before a newborn child is given automatic citizenship."
3. Felony: We must finally declare that crossing the border illegally is a felony.
Illegal parents come to the United States for the wonderful benefits that their children can receive, like a quality education and great health care. Can you blame them for making the dangerous, long trip with their young children, or sending their children by themselves with the hope that the United States will automatically let them stay?
I don't understand how a child can illegally cross the southern border one day and automatically be eligible to enroll in public school the next day. That is wrong.
BTTT!
Well, at least they got off the 11 million illegals from Mexico and are not up to 11.6 million. Truth be told it’s closer to 30 or 40 million.
Interesting that the FDA can trace cuts of beef sold in my local grocery store to the exact cattle from which they came, but no government agency has a clue as to how many illegals are in the U.S. or the location of those who still are here on an expired visa.
Everywhere I go lately I feel like I’ve landed at the U.N.
It seems, and know it’s not a fact, yet it seems like everyone is foreign. It gives me a headache to hear all the different languages and a sick pit in my stomach.
More uplifting news.
Democrats are attempting to get more dependent people people in the country because that type will vote for them. Does that bother you Jacquerie?
Since casting my first vote, which was in 1972 for Richard Nixon, I’ve never considered voting rat, and I’ve never missed an election, yet.
I consider jury duty in the Florida republic to be a privilege.
What is your opinion of personal jury attendance?
Interesting - why do you ask?
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