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1.4 million immigration population in US from India
HT.com ^ | Washington, December 13, 2005 | HT.com

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.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aliens; asia; china; europe; illegals; immigrantlist; immigration; india; indianamericans; mexico; us
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To: sheana

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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.

http://www.usinpac.com/Content.asp?SEC_ID=44

21 posted on 12/14/2005 7:56:10 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: sheana
why do we NEED people like that to immigrate here

Because odd ball immigrants like that change the world. The ice cream trucks they are buying may be the next Ben and Jerrys in 10 years.. I hear that Albert Einstein was quite an oddball immigrant, yelling at himself all night, keeping his neighbors awake.. His house reeked of garbage at times.. naaa.. don't need people like that...
22 posted on 12/14/2005 7:56:13 AM PST by mnehring ("Everybody better celebrate the holidays my way or shut the hell up." The Christmas spirit lives.)
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To: sheana

Indian cooking does give out seemingly offensive smells, and it is somewhat understandable to not want to live near them for this reason.


23 posted on 12/14/2005 7:58:08 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: rightinthemiddle

Most. And they probably make more money than most of us.


24 posted on 12/14/2005 7:58:24 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: rightinthemiddle
According to Dr. Samuel Huntington's classic, Who are we?, Indians and Filipinos have the lowest welfare recipients in the entire US. The Chinese are next but the difference between the Indians/Filipinos and the Chinese is not very significant. In any case, percentages of welfare recipients among Asian immigrants (except muslims) is quite insignificant.
25 posted on 12/14/2005 7:58:29 AM PST by indcons (indcons on Rush Limbaugh's show (transcript): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1535861/posts)
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To: sheana

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.


26 posted on 12/14/2005 7:59:39 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: sheana
My home county of about 700,000 people is now 14% Asian-American, evenly split between East Asian and South Asian; my home town has an even high percentage of Asian residents, particularly South Asian.

The value of my father's house has doubled in the last 8 years. I doubt the presence of Asian immigrants has been much of a factor, except insofar as they're drawn by the good reputation of the schools and then help to maintain the reputation once they're there.
27 posted on 12/14/2005 7:59:40 AM PST by HostileTerritory
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To: CarrotAndStick

All this talk about Indian food is making me hungry.. Time for some Tandori Chicken for lunch.


28 posted on 12/14/2005 8:00:06 AM PST by mnehring (“Anybody who doesn’t appreciate what America has done and President Bush, let them go to hell”...)
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To: sheana

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?


29 posted on 12/14/2005 8:01:23 AM PST by wtc911 (see my profile for how to contribute to a pentagon heroes fund)
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To: proxy_user

So they're better Americans than many American-born citizens?


30 posted on 12/14/2005 8:01:29 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: mnehrling

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...


31 posted on 12/14/2005 8:02:10 AM PST by CarrotAndStick (The articles posted by me needn't necessarily reflect my opinion.)
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To: mnehrling

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.


32 posted on 12/14/2005 8:02:12 AM PST by HostileTerritory
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To: proxy_user

Immigration whould be based on whether or not they have something of value to add to our society imo.



from post #18


33 posted on 12/14/2005 8:02:26 AM PST by sheana
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To: RockinRight

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.


34 posted on 12/14/2005 8:03:09 AM PST by HostileTerritory
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To: sheana
"Well I will not argue the fine points with you."

Of course you won't argue the fine points....a couple of posters have already shown how illogical your original argument was. Here is some advice - please find out some truth about the people you are trying to slander. Ignorance does not work on a forum like this because you are doing to be called on your ignorance and misrepresentations.

Finally, steretyping is not a good practice, especially when it is based on your weird experience with one neighbor of unknown origin.
35 posted on 12/14/2005 8:03:09 AM PST by indcons (indcons on Rush Limbaugh's show (transcript): http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1535861/posts)
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To: indcons

A Christian or even Hindu Indian is nothing like a Muslim Arab.


36 posted on 12/14/2005 8:03:37 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: CarrotAndStick

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.


37 posted on 12/14/2005 8:03:50 AM PST by Ninian Dryhope
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To: wtc911

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.


38 posted on 12/14/2005 8:03:54 AM PST by sheana
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To: HostileTerritory

I certainly like that trait!


39 posted on 12/14/2005 8:03:55 AM PST by RockinRight (It’s likely for a Conservative to be a Republican, but not always the other way around)
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To: indcons

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.


40 posted on 12/14/2005 8:04:17 AM PST by HostileTerritory
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