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To: cavan who wrote (10477)	2/3/2003 11:25:43 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 48461

At some point we run out of money....

To: cavan who wrote (10477)	2/3/2003 11:26:15 AM
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Undocumented immigrant tally hits 7 million INS: Yearly growth could be 500,000 By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar Tribune Newspapers: Los Angeles Times February 1, 2003 WASHINGTON -- The number of undocumented immigrants in the United States reached 7 million in 2000, and the net growth of that population could be as much as half a million a year, the Immigration and Naturalization Service reported Friday. With 2.2 million undocumented residents, California had the largest number of any state, about 30 percent of the total undocumented population. Texas, where the number of undocumented immigrants passed 1 million for the first time, had the second-largest figure. But some of the most rapid growth took place in states such as Georgia, Iowa and South Carolina, which had relatively few undocumented immigrants before 1990. The figures marked an upward revision from a previous Immigration and Naturalization Service estimate of 5.8 million undocumented immigrants in January 2000. Many other authorities--including the Census Bureau--regarded that number as too low. Some experts believe the actual figure exceeds 10 million. Mexico has long been the leading source of undocumented immigrants. The new INS estimates showed the Mexican share of the undocumented population rose from about 58 percent in 1990 to 69 percent in 2000. The number of undocumented Mexicans increased from about 2 million in 1990 to 4.8 million in 2000. The decade saw economic travails in Mexico, the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement, and the spread of Mexican migration beyond traditional destinations including California and Texas to states in the South, Midwest and Northeast. The other countries in the top 10 are El Salvador, Guatemala, Colombia, Honduras, China, Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, the Philippines and Brazil. But none of these nations accounted for more than 3 percent of the undocumented population. The report estimated that 968,000 undocumented immigrants arrived in 1999. About 245,000 left the country, for the most part voluntarily. An additional 183,000 became legal residents. On average, the undocumented population rose by about 350,000 a year during the 1990s. The figures do not include would-be immigrants turned away at the land border and other points of entry before they technically entered the United States. In 2000, the INS turned back 2.3 million foreigners who tried to enter the country without proper papers. The INS study showed that many undocumented immigrants eventually become legal residents--nearly 1.5 million over the course of the decade. Advocates of curbs on immigration said the figures show border enforcement is still lacking. "With nearly 1 million illegal immigrants a year, our system is still broken," said Steven Camarota, research director at the Center for Immigration Studies. He said the numbers also indicated a national security problem, showing that America had "lost control of its borders, and that's extremely troubling given the threat to this country from Al Qaeda terrorists." chicagotribune.com