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> Posted on Tue, Sep. 27, 2005
>
> Report: Illegal immigration has increased
>
> STEPHEN OHLEMACHER
> Associated Press
>
> WASHINGTON - Illegal immigrants are increasing despite tighter border
> security and now outnumber foreigners moving to the United States
> legally.
>
> Total immigrants to the U.S. declined after the Sept. 11, 2001,
> terrorist attacks, partly because of increased security measures, the
> Pew Hispanic Center reported Tuesday. The 2001 recession also was a
> likely factor, reducing jobs available in the United States.
>
> Now the number coming to the country is on the upswing again.
>
> Immigration - both legal and illegal - topped 1.5 million people in
> 1999 and 2000, according to the report. The number of people entering
> the United States then plummeted to 1.1 million people by 2003, the
> same level as in 1992.
>
> Immigration bounced back to 1.2 million in 2004, but the report
> cautioned that it is difficult to say whether the recent upswing is
> part of a new trend.
>
> "The extremely high (immigration) flows at the end of the past decade
> were not the norm, nor part of a long-term trend, but rather the peak
> of a momentary increase that lasted for only a few years," said the
> report, by demographer Jeffrey Passel and Roberto Suro, a former
> journalist who is director of the Pew Hispanic Center.
>
> The report documents immigration levels from 1992 to 2004, generating
> estimates from a variety of Census data.
>
> The Pew Hispanic Center is a nonpartisan research organization
> supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
>
> Border security gained national attention last month after the
> governors of two states, Arizona and New Mexico, declared states of
> emergency on their borders with Mexico. The governors cited security
> shortcomings by the federal government.
>
> Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said at the time that he
> had already ordered a review of border security strategy.
>
> "The Pew report is yet another indicator that the immigration system is
> broken," said a statement by John Cornyn, chairman of the Senate's
> Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee. "Immigration
> reform must be comprehensive and address both enforcement and improved
> avenues for legal immigration."
>
> The Texas Republican has co-authored a bill that would create a
> temporary worker visa, as well as a mandatory system for employers to
> check on the immigration status of prospective employees.
>
> The Pew report said immigration levels closely mirror economic
> conditions in the United States - as the economy improves, immigration
> increases - suggesting that the lure of jobs is a strong factor in
> attracting people to this country. The U.S. economy appears to be a
> stronger factor than economic conditions in the countries sending
> immigrants here, the report said.
>
> "The U.S. economy was obviously a very important factor in determining
> these flows," said Suro.
>
> Among the report's findings:
>
> _Since 2001, the number of legal permanent residents entering the
> United States has declined from 578,000 to 455,000, while the number of
> illegal immigrants has increased from 549,000 to 562,000. Legal,
> temporary residents account for the remainder of people entering the
> country.
>
> "We've seen a fairly steady growth in the number of undocumented
> immigrants living here, and this data shows very sizable numbers coming
> in," Passel said. "We're clearly not stopping them at the border."
>
> Declines in legal immigration "appear to reflect processing backlogs,
> security delays and other developments that followed the Sept. 11
> attacks," the report said.
>
> _Mexico accounted for about a third of all U.S. immigrants, a
> percentage that was steady from 1992 to 2004. Other Latin American
> countries accounted for about 20 percent of all immigrants, Asia
> accounted for a little more than a quarter, and Europe and Canda
> combined to account for about 14 percent.
>
> _More immigrants are shunning states with large immigrant communities,
> such as New York and California, and moving to states with smaller
> foreign-born populations, such as North Carolina and Iowa.

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