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Re: Commentary: 10 ugly things about the immigration debate
Just some food for thought. I was trying to remember the past policies we've had when we tightened immigration. But I came across this wiki entry. It has some good statistics if you'd like to view the entire article. It's kind of long. 
Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Contemporary immigrants tend to be younger than the native population of the United States, with people between the ages 15 and 34 substantially overrepresented. [7] Immigrants are also more likely to be married and less likely to be divorced than native-born Americans of the same age.[8]
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Three-quarters of immigrants surveyed by Public Agenda said they intend to make the U.S. their permanent home. If they had to do it over again, 80 percent of immigrants say they would still come to the U.S. 50 percent of immigrants say the government has become tougher on enforcing immigration laws since 9/11, and 30% report that they personally have experienced discrimination.[8]
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Public attitudes about immigration in the U.S. have been heavily influenced by the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The number of Americans who told the Gallup poll they wanted immigration restricted increased 20 percentage points after the attacks.[9] Half of Americans say tighter controls on immigration would do "a great deal" to enhance U.S. national security, according to a Public Agenda survey.[10]
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44 percent saying it helps and 45 percent saying it hurts the U.S.[12] Surveys show that the U.S. public has a far more positive outlook about legal immigration than illegal immigration. The public is less willing to provide government services or legal protections to illegal immigrants. When survey data is examined by race, African Americans are both more willing to extend government services to illegal immigrants and more worried about competition for jobs, according to the Pew Research Center.[13]
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Contemporary immigrants settle predominantly in seven states: California, New York, Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Illinois.[citation needed] These are all high foreign-born population states, together comprising about 44% of the U.S. population as a whole.[citation needed] The combined total immigrant population of these seven states is much higher than what would be proportional, with 70% of the total foreign-born population as of 2000.[citation needed] Of those who immigrated between 2000 and 2005, 58% were from Latin America.[citation needed]
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Bureau figures show that the U.S. population grew by 2.8 million between July 1, 2004, and July 1, 2005.[15] Hispanics accounted for 1.3 million of that increase.[16] If current birth rate and immigration rates were to remain unchanged for another 70 to 80 years, the U.S. population would double to nearly 600 million.[17] The Census Bureau's estimates actually go as high as predicting that there will be one billion Americans in 2100, compared with one million people in 1700 and 5.2 million in 1800.[18][19] Census statistics also show that 45% of children under age 5 are from a racial or ethnic minority.[20][21]
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Immigration to the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I'll continue to search for those articles I originally set out to find. 
But you never know where your little search engine will lead you.  |