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On Oct 30, 8:36 pm, gringogirl <sumarli...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Please, if you have never forwarded a single one of my messages in the
> past, forward this one.  I've been following this issue closely for
> years and have never seen anything as shocking as this.
>
> This is not about race, it's about security and the financial well-
> being of the United States.  We simply cannot take this exponential
> growth, no country can.
>
> Do you wonder which party has been more complicit in creating our
> illegal immigration problem?  Guess what, it's both parties.  Check
> out the findings from Federation for American Immigration Reform.  If
> we don't insist that our sorry excuses for leaders stop this invasion,
> we are in real trouble and will lose our country as we know it.
>
> http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuece...
>
> How Many Illegal Aliens?
> Government and academic estimates indicate that as of 2006 there are
> 11 to 12 million illegal aliens living in the United States . The
> Center for Immigration Studies estimated the illegal alien population
> at 10 million as of November 2004. FAIR estimates that in 2007 the
> illegal alien population is above 13 million persons.
>
> It is difficult to have an exact figure because the illegal nature of
> their presence prevents any enumeration, but the U.S. Census Bureau
> estimated 8.7 million illegal aliens were here in 2000, and
> immigration officials estimate that the illegal alien population grows
> by as many as 500,000 every year.
> Estimated Distribution of the Illegal Alien Population
> The nationalities of the illegal alien population in the Census Bureau
> estimate and INS estimate for 2000 are as follow:
> Region/Country CB Est. INS Est.
> North and Central America  5,312,990
> Mexico 3,871,912 4,808,000
> Cuba 216,297
> Dominican Republic 17,942 91,000
> El Salvador 336,717 189,000
> Guatemala 238,977 144,000
> Canada 156,231 47,000
> Haiti 48,003 76,000
> Honduras   138,000
> Jamaica 37,666
> Trinidad & Tobago 44,178
> Otr N&C America 345,067
> South America 624,419
> Argentina 35,958
> Brazil   77,000
> Colombia 174,786 141,000
> Ecuador 105,197 108,000
> Peru 68,174 61,000
> Otr S America 240,304
> Europe 1,113,683
> France 36,477
> Germany 113,327
> Greece 15,507
> Ireland -2,233
> Italy 62,456
> Netherlands 17,885
> Poland 92,684
> Portugal 33,874
> Spain 23,816
> U.S.S.R. (incl. Est., Lat., Lith.) 344,877
> United Kingdom 123,246
> Yugoslavia 110,280
> Other Europe 141,487
> Asia 1,363,419
> Middle East 114,818
> Iran 30,823
> Israel 24,372
> Otr M E (incl. Afghanistan ) 59,623
> South & East Asia 1,248,601
> China (incl. Taiwan ) 226,886 115,000
> India 200,306 70,000
> Japan 118,357
> Korea 182,621 55,000
> Philippines 155,239 85,000
> Otr S& E Asia 365,192
> Africa 243,342
> Oceania 47,568
> Australia 16,777
> Other Oceania 30,791
> All Other   795,000
> Total 8,705,421 7,000,000
>
> The estimate by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)
> issued in February 2003 put the number of resident illegal aliens at
> seven million (as of Jan. 2000), 4.8 million of whom were Mexican and
> 2.2 million of whom resided in California . That estimate included the
> annual rate of increase in the illegal alien population -- 350,000
> with 73,200 (31.6%) of that annual increase taking up residence in
> California . So, by 2003, the illegal alien population would have
> increased to over eight million.
>
> The method by which the INS arrived at this estimate was based on data
> collected as a result of the 1986 amnesty and then relied on Census
> data and INS legal immigration data and airline arrival/departure
> records for updating the estimate. The estimate included only aliens
> who continued to reside illegally in the United States for more than
> one year. Left out of the estimate were aliens doing seasonal work
> illegally in the United States and all aliens during the first year of
> overstaying the terms of an authorized nonimmigrant entry, as well
> groups of illegal alien residents who were issued work permits under
> programs such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
>
> The 2000 Census, like all previous censuses, made no attempt to
> determine the immigration status of foreign-born residents.
> Nevertheless, the results of the Census did contribute to a re-
> evaluation of the size of the illegal alien population. Most analysts
> agree that the illegal alien population now numbers more than 10-11
> million persons as is shown below.
> The first estimates that challenged the INS estimates appeared from
> labor force researchers at Northeastern University .[1] They estimated
> in 2001 that the illegal alien population could be as large as 11
> million. They later revised that estimate upward to 12 million.
>
> The director of the Census Bureau, when asked about the much higher
> estimate of the illegal alien population agreed that the 2000 Census
> data indicated that the illegal alien estimate of the INS was too low,
> but did not offer a different estimate.
>
> In the August 2001 issue of Demography, immigration researchers
> estimated the current total population of illegal aliens at 7.1
> million, of whom 3.9 million were Mexicans. Also in August, a
> demographer at the Urban Institute issued an estimate that the illegal
> alien population was 8.5 million, with 4.5 million of them being
> Mexican.
>
> The Census Bureau issued an estimate in January 2002 that the illegal
> alien population in 2000 was 8,705,421. That estimate was based on the
> discrepancy between the number of foreign-born residents and the
> number of legally admitted immigrants. Included in that number may be
> aliens residing in the United States under provisions that preclude
> their deportation, but who are not legal permanent residents, such as
> beneficiaries of Section 245(i) petitions, or asylees who have not
> been in the country long enough for adjustment of status, or Central
> American beneficiaries of the NACARA legislation. The Census Bureau
> estimate is preliminary and subject to modification after review of
> the methodology by interested parties.
>
> An independent estimate by analysts of the bear-Stearns investment
> firm said the illegal alien population "...may be as high as 20 million
> people."[2] This estimate dismisses lower official estimates as being
> flawed by the non-response of illegal alien to census takers. However,
> this conclusion misses the fact that the official estimates are
> instead based on a comparison between the growth in the foreign-born
> population and new legal immigrant arrivals. This allows the trend in
> the illegal alien population to be observed despite non-response in
> the Census.
>
> TIME Magazine in a feature article in 2004 published an estimate of
> three million illegal aliens arriving each year.[3] However, that
> estimate was based on a mistaken assumption that a million illegal
> aliens are being apprehended each year and three times as many avoid
> apprehension. The actual number of persons apprehended is considerably
> lower than one million because the same individual often may be
> apprehended multiple times during the year.
>
> The following table shows estimates of the illegal alien population by
> state by the INS, DHS[4] and the Pew Hispanic Center[5] as well as the
> current estimates by FAIR. (Numbers are thousands).
>
> State INS'92 INS'96 INS'00 DHS'05 DHS'06 Pew'02-4 Pew'05 FAIR'07
> Ala. 3 4 24     28 40 55
> Aka. 2 4 5     5 5 10
> Ariz. 95 115 283 480 500 500 425 475
> Ark. 4 5 27     28 40 50
> Cal. 1,600 2,000 2,209 2,770 2,830 2,400 2,625 3,470
> Col. 35 45 144     225 250 270
> Ct. 22 29 39     70 85 115
> Del. 2 3 7     28 23 20
> D.C. 21 30 10     28 25 35
> Fla. 270 350 337 850 980 850 863 810
> Ga. 26 32 228 470 490 225 400 440
> Hi. 6 9 2     28 28 30
> Idaho 12 16 19     28 35 35
> Ill. 220 290 432 520 550 400 400 775
> Ind. 11 14 45     70 70 110
> Iowa 5 6 24     70 70 55
> Kans. 15 20 47     70 55 90
> Ky. 5 6 15     28 45 40
> La. 18 22 5     28 35 25
> Maine 2 3 3     5 5 5
> Md. 33 44 56     225 250 150
> Mass. 65 85 87     225 200 250
> Mich. 28 37 70     125 125 200
> Minn. 6 7 60     70 88 125
> Miss. 3 4 8     28 40 20
> Mo. 12 16 22     70 50 65
> Mont. 1 1 2     5 5 5
> Neb. 6 8 24     28 45 45
> Nev. 19 24 101 240   125 175 170
> N.H. 2 2 2     5 20 15
> N.J. 105 135 221 380 430 350 388 490
> N.M. 29 37 39     70 63 70
> N.Y. 410 540 489 560 540 650 600 1,110
> N.C. 20 22 206 360 370 300 350 385
> N.D. 1 1 2     5 5 5
> Ohio 18 23 40     125 111 115
> Okla. 17 21 46     70 63 85
> Ore. 27 33 90     125 150 170
> Pa. 27 37 49     125 150 140
> R.I. 9 12 16     28 30 35
> S.C. 4 5 36     28 55 75
> S.D. 1 1 2     5 5 5
> Tenn. 10 13 46     125 125 100
> Texas 530 700 1,041 1,360 1,640 1,400 1,500 1,740
> Utah 13 15 65     70 83 125
> Vt. 2 3 2     5 5 5
> Va. 42 55 103     225 275 205
> Wash. 42 52 136   280 225 225 255
> W.V. 2 2 2     5 5 5
> Wis. 6 8 41     125 93 90
> Wyo. 1 2 2     5 5 5
> Total 3,865 4,947 7,013 10,760 11,550 10,080 10,803 13,175
>
> Amnesty proposals for granting legal residence to these illegal aliens
> take various forms, and the number of proposed beneficiaries vary
> depending on the proposal. For example, in the 1986 general amnesty,
> illegal aliens other than those in agricultural work were eligible
> only if they had been living in the United States for four years
> (since 1982). Thus, the nearly three million beneficiaries did not
> include illegal aliens who had arrived during the previous four years
> (unless they presented fraudulent evidence of having arrived earlier,
> as many of them did).
>
> Although the number of illegal aliens in the country can only be
> estimated, and it is unclear what form currently proposed amnesty
> provisions might take, it is safe from the above analysis to conclude
> that any new amnesty would likely involve as many as four times as
> many illegal aliens as benefited from the 1986 amnesty.
>
> Updated 10/2007
>
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>
> [1] "Feds Undercount Illegal Aliens," NewsMax.com, (March 16, 2001).
> [2] Robert Justich and Betty Ng, "The Underground Labor Force is
> Rising to the Surface," Bear Sterns, January 3, 2005.
> [3] Barlett, Donald and James Steele, "Who Left the Door Open?," TIME
> Magazine, September 12, 2004.
> [4] The most recent estimates by DHS only show the estimate for the 10
> states with the largest illegal alien population
> [5] Pew Hispanic Center estimates of the illegal immigrant population
> are stated as a range, e.g., California 2.5 million to 2.75 million.
> The chart shows the mid-point of the estimate, e.g. California 2.625
> million
> _________________________________

After suffering under Bush's failure to secure the border the major
Democratic candidate, Senator Clinton, cuts and runs*. America needs a
total political remake.

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*Her Thighness tries to even avoid the topic i.e. her comments during
last night's debate.