Depression Or Not, Immigration Continues Unabated

Center For Immigration Studies ^ | 27 March 2009 | Mark Krikorian

[zeestephen]

This just in: 1.1 million people got "Green Cards" last year [2008] through the federal immigration program.

[zeestephen]

Here is the link to the just published [March 2009] analysis of "Legal Permanent Residents" [Green Cards] in the United States:

http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2008.pdf

[ex91B10]

..."Legal Permanent Residents" ...

No problem with that.

[wac3rd]

I have a problem with that...I want to be “anti-immigrant” for a while, see who’s here, deport those not allowed here and then think about who and where we import poverty from.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

This is political d*mn the economics. Flood the USA with supporters of “The Divine One, “ and viola’ eternal office. Once one controls the political one then has access to each and every bit of wealth. Hopefully, Americans can learn to think politically before it is too late.

[pissant]

Then you don’t know how corrupt the immigration system is.

[org.whodat]

I see a large problem with that, the people were paid on how many they processed instead of whether they could contribute to America. No more leaches.

[WildcatClan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyTmClBU7nA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpaoZE8oXk&feature=related

That was 1.1 million. That would be enough people to populate a city that would be counted in the Top 10 in population every year. Roughly, a Dallas, Texas every year. If you like, watch the videos at the links as they do a great job explaining that it is not just illegal immigration that is damaging to our country.

[kabar]

Immigration, legal and illegal, has had and will continue to have a major and far-reaching impact across a broad spectrum of existential challenges that confront this nation, e.g., national security, the economy/global competitiveness, health care, taxes, energy independence, education, entitlement reform, law enforcement, social welfare programs, physical infrastructure, the environment, civil liberties, and a continued sense of national identity/shared sense of endeavor. Immigration is the defining issue of our time with enormous implications for the future of this nation and the preservation of our patrimony. Yet, seldom will you hear immigration mentioned by our political and intellectual elites in connection with these challenges.

The U.S. adds one international migrant (net) every 36 seconds. Immigrants account for one in 8 U.S. residents, the highest level in more than 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13. In a decade, it will be one in 7, the highest it has been in our history. And by 2050, one in 5 residents of the U.S. will be foreign-born. Currently, 1.6 million legal and illegal immigrants settle in the country each year; 350,000 immigrants leave each year, resulting in net immigration of 1.25 million. Since 1970, the U.S. population has increased from 203 million to 306 million, i.e., over 100 million. In the next 40 years, the population will increase by 135 million. Three-quarters of the increase in our population since 1970 and the projected increase will be the result of immigration. The U.S., the world’s third most populous nation, has the highest annual rate of population growth of any developed country in the world, i.e., 0.975% (2009 estimate), principally due to immigration.

We don't need that many legal immigrants annually.

[kabar]

We have added more than 23 million to our population since 2000 and immigration accounts for 75% of the increase. That is the equivalent of adding the current population of Texas, our second most populous state.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Economically, we need zero immigration for awhile. We have plenty of Americans who are unemployed

First we do need to do away with illegal aliens, guest worker amnesty visas, H1B visas, and most special visa programs...then we can limit the legal immigrants.

There is no need for new foreign workers of any type...so immigration and illegal alienism are not needed