The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of Immigration Statistics have the answer. Lots!
Actual number is 11,550,000 as of January 2006. I guess it took a while to count them all considering they released the report this month.
The link to the August report titled:
“Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2006″ is HERE
In summary, there were an estimated 11.6 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States as of January 2006. Nearly 4.2 million had entered in 2000 or later. An estimated 6.6 million of the 11.6 million unauthorized residents were from Mexico.
Mexico continues to be the leading source of unauthorized immigration to the United States. The estimated unauthorized immigrant population from Mexico increased from 4.7 million in 2000 to 6.6 million in January 2006.
California remained the leading state of residence of the unauthorized resident population in 2006, with 2.8 million. The next leading state, Texas, had 1.6 million unauthorized residents, followed by Florida with nearly 1 million.
That is a lot of people. There are approximately 300 million people in America. That means about 1 in 30 are illegal. Maybe I am a skeptic, but that seems a bit too many to deport.
Ron Paul’s solution is HERE:
“We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us, both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists. Unless and until we secure our borders, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase.”
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There are many persons who say that we cannot rid the country of 11.5 million ‘Illegals”…I say B.S.
This is a defeatist attitude, and without even trying.
Now,If the Congress was NOT in favor of “keeping” these people (for their VOTES,) we wouldnt even be having this problem…
Secondly, It is no secret that yet another bigger problem is that
Lobbyists of Big Business have gotten to the $$$$$$ hungry Congress.
From the year 2001 til 2006 there was a net ‘PROFIT’ of $1.3 TRILLION
dollars from the work of Illegals, who will work, ( NOT the jobs Americans wont do)….but the jobs Americans ‘would’ work, but cant get hired because these ‘Illegals’ work at half the hourly rate that Americans are paid….
One TRILLION minutes ago , Dinosaurs walked this earth…!!!!!!!
Now, with BigBusiness making this much profit, and Congress getting paid off at the going rate of
$ 14,900. every three months, we will never see the illegals go.
They would go if :
1)We immediately cut off their’free’
$$ of everything…Welfare, Medical, School Breakfasts and Lunches, HUD housing,Soc. Security benefits, etc.
2)We heavily fined Employers who hire any “ILLEGALS” at the cost of
$10,000 for each one caught in their employ.
3)Enact a new Felony Law that makes it ‘Illegal’ to be “in this country without permission, and without PROPER I.D.”
Failure to comply will be a ‘mandatory’ prison term of 5 years in a FEDERAL prison. This will be effective as of JAN.1 2008.
4)Re-write the 14th Amend. Sect.1 of the Constitution AWAY from “jus soli”
to the “jus sanguinis”.
This is on ‘the soil’, and the other preferred method of citizenship in all of Europe is ‘babies are same nationalty as parents”.
This takes care of the ANCHOR-BABIES.
5)Build a concrete wall, 18′- 30″ wide, for the entire length of the Border…
When those here hide out and refuse to leave, When caught,in prison they go, and for the full 5 years….
even if we have to build a new prison …
Six hospitals have been ‘bankrupt’so
far from costs incrued by Illegals.
Those who would prefer to serve 4 years in our military and receive an HONORABLE” dis-charge, could become citizens immediately after discharge
including their immediate family…
It is terrible to have a Congress who are Political Whores, but there will be no “sticking heads in the sand” and pretend it isnt happening.!
You have the ‘VOTING’ power to remove all incumbents from Congress, no matter if you think the new ones would be the same..
Voting Congresspersons OUT shows the Power of We, the people, And it is the only way to start anew.
At meetings with the new Congressional Prospects, let them know what you expect and want from them….and remind them that you are their BOSS, and they can be removed also.
Term-limits” for Congress would be the first thing to order the Newbies”
to accomplish. 5-(4 year terms) =20 yrs. and then ,if re-elected, they
are Gone…!!!!!!
But its a hell of a lot better than to say it cant be done, which is TRUE, as long as you let your Congress person stay…!!!!
)We built an 18′ concrete wall, not a puny fence, and for the entire length of the border….
fence which any can climb,
Comment by Bigjer — September 1, 2007 @ 6:57 pm |
I understand your point of view because it’s not fair for people to leave for free but many “illegals” do pay taxes. If there contractors don’t take taxes from them it’s not all their fault because the contractors are supposed to do that. I’m sorry to say this but can you imagine many Americans wanting to work as janitors all the time or in fast food or construction,I truly don’t see that happening.If congress makes an efficient immigration reform who knows what can happen. just in case you don’t notice the inflation problems aren’t just because of illegal immigrants it’s over another war almost like with Vietnam which was pointless because they still became communist. O and putting so many people in jail is gonna make the taxes higher in all the US. this is very complex put your self in the position of an illegal immigrant and think really hard what u would do having your family split up by a document and your children being denied the rights every US citizen should have. I’m not trying to say your wrong because you’ve made some really good points but let them show they will honor and obey the laws of this nation in order to become legalized, please open up your mind to different opinions because there’s always different ways to look at a situation.
that’t my school email.
THANKS
Comment by Brandy — February 13, 2008 @ 7:23 pm |
fuck yous rednecks wy dont yous go back to europe
Comment by same — October 10, 2008 @ 9:54 am |