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Article #563Re: 4 fold increase in illegal aliens in Wisconsin
From: Burt
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 11:23
Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2003 11:23
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r_obert@REMOVE_THIS.hotmail.com wrote in message news:<f2dp3v89scvge1afpa219vg347cstm051j@4ax.com>... > 41000 illegal aliens in Wisconsin, and 7 to 10 million in the United > States! And that's just the ones that haven't been made legal by all > the amnesties and special programs passed by the government. > > The United States government continues to refuse to hear the wishes of > the American people, and reduce immigration, and get control of our > borders. Wisconsin Senators Herb Kohl and Russ Feingold are > particularily unwilling to support enforcement of our nation's > immigration laws, as shown here: > > http://profiles.numbersusa.com/profile_state.php3?District=WI > > Robert > > ---------------------- > > http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_8448797.shtml > > 41,000 illegal immigrants live in Wisconsin, report says > > > The Associated Press > > WASHINGTON — The government reported Friday that there were 41,000 > illegal immigrants in Wisconsin— a relatively small number, but a > fourfold increase since 1990. > > “That’s 41,000 people who are potentially taking jobs from Wisconsin > residents, and also providing a drain on health systems and social > service systems as well,” said U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, a > Wisconsin Republican who chairs the House Judiciary Committee. > > The number of immigrants living illegally in the United States jumped > by 1 million in under four years, the government reported Friday. > > In the latest count, based on the 2000 Census and INS statistics, the > Immigration and Naturalization Service reported that roughly 7 million > immigrants, mostly Mexicans, were living illegally in the United > States as of January 2000. > > That’s an increase over the 5.8 million illegal immigrants the INS > said lived in the country as of October 1996. The population grew on > average during the 1990s by 350,000 a year, about 75,000 more per year > than reported in earlier INS estimates. > > “The figures in Wisconsin and nationally show that the INS has been a > complete failure in enforcing our immigration law inside the United > States,” Sensenbrenner said. > > The homeland security legislation which passed Congress last year > included Sensenbrenner’s proposal to split the INS’ enforcement and > processing duties. > > “We’re not going to have the homeland security that we need until we > enforce the immigration law the way that it’s written,” he said. “We > as a nation do a better job of forcing people to pay their parking > tickets than we do in enforcing the immigration law.” > > The totals of illegal immigrants in the U.S. are likely to trigger > further outcry from groups seeking greater restrictions on immigration > and tougher enforcement of immigration laws. > > “These numbers again confirm ... that America has lost control of its > borders,” said Steve Camarota, research director for Center for > Immigration Studies, a group that wants to curb immigration. > > Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the nation’s immigration > laws and enforcement have been under heightened scrutiny. But all 19 > of the hijackers entered the country legally, with travel, student or > business visas. Most of the visas were still valid at the time of the > attacks. > > John Gay, a lobbyist for the American Hotel & Lodging Association, > said the numbers shouldn’t be a surprise because “we all know how > broken the system is.” The association lobbies on behalf of businesses > who rely on immigrant labor. > > “If you’ve got an economy that is sucking that many workers into it > and no reasonably legal means to bring them in, then it’s broken,” Gay > said. > > Mexicans made up 69 percent, or 4.8 million, of the illegal immigrant > population in 2000, compared with 58 percent in 1990, the INS said. > > The new estimates are based on the foreign-born population counted in > the 2000 Census, combined with INS statistics on immigrants admitted > to the country, deportations and numbers of nonimmigrant residents > admitted, such as temporary workers. > > Aside from Mexico, other countries that each was the source of more > than 100,000 citizens illegally in the United States include El > Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, China and Ecuador. > > The INS said California had the most illegal immigrants, about 2.2 > million or 32 percent of the national total. States with the largest > numerical increases in the 1990s were California, Texas, Illinois, > Arizona, Georgia and North Carolina. California’s share, however, has > dropped from 42 percent of the total population in 1990, which > reflects the growth of the Hispanic and immigrant population in other > states over the past decade. > > > > > ( modify address for return email ) > > www.numbersusa.com > www.americanpatrol.com Notice how the local press and the usual political hacks tout "hispanicism". What bullshit! Expect nothing from the Democraps, even fatty Sensenbrenner is keeping his slack jaw locked on this issue. Burt
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