THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR IMMIGRANTS

ENOUGH:

With the current and continued political power plays in Washington, the facts, the facts gets lost in the fiction, the people lost amongst the power plays. So I did a little research, just a quick look, and realizing numbers vary but at least a quick snap shot shows some of the REALITIES of Immigration, rather than Political pawns. As much of the research shows, at this point in time most of our immigrate population is coming from Latin America....I am not sure which border we need to secure for that.

According to a Pew Hispanic Center report, in 2005, 56% of illegal immigrants were from Mexico; 22% were from other Latin American countries, primarily from Central America 13% were from Asia; 6% were from Europe and Canada; and 3% were from Africa and the rest of the world.

Where do they come from? According to the US Census Bureau, the largest group is from Central America, almost 37%, Mexico being the largest contributor there. The next largest group is from the Caribbean with about 10%. Asia contributes a full 25% of the total with South America, Europe and other regions making up the rest.

Most are Farmworkers: Birthplace and Age

* The majority (72%) of all farmworkers were foreign born.
* 68 percent of all farmworkers were born in Mexico
* 45 percent were from the traditional sending states of west central Mexico, including Guanajuato, Jalisco and Michoacán.
* 20 percent of farmworkers were from the non-traditional sending states of southern Mexico, including Guerrero, Oaxaca, Chiapas, Puebla, Morelos and Veracruz
* 3 percent of farmworkers were born in Central American countries
* 1 percent of farmworkers was born elsewhere
* Twenty-nine percent (29%) of foreign-born farmworkers have spent 20 or more years in the US, 26 percent have been in the U.S. for 10 to 19 years, 19% have been in the U.S. for 5 to 9
years, and 26% have been here for 4 or less years.
* Farmworkers in the United States have an average age of 36. Seventy-six percent (76%) are over 25 years old, 13 percent are between 18 and 21, 9 percent are between 22 and 24, and
* 3 percent are between 14 and 17.
"Due to the weak economy, job growth has slowed since 2000 and so has the growth of the labor force. Nonetheless, the foreign-born share of growth has risen, and it reached 51 percent of the total between 1996 and 2002. This share has increased in the slow economy because natives typically have more options, and during periods of weak job growth, they can exit the labor force and pursue other alternatives, such as going back to school."
Source: The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

Unbanked Households Immigrant Groups Mexican 53% Latin American 37% Asian 20% European 17%
Top countries
Mexico
2010 = 11,711,103
2000 = 9,177,487
1990 = 4,298,014

Latin America
2010 = 21,224,087
2000 = 16,086,974
1990 = 8,407,837
Source: 1990 and 2000 decennial Census and 2010 American Community Survey

The number of undocumented Mexican nationals arriving to the United States declined by 80 percent between 2004 and 2010. In 2010 fewer than 100,000 Mexican nationals settled in the United States, compared to an annual flow of about 525,000 undocumented persons from Mexico from 2000 to 2004.

Immigrants are a net plus for our economy: $1.5 trillion—The amount of money that would be added to U.S. cumulative gross domestic product over 10 years with a comprehensive immigration reform plan that includes legalization for all undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States. $11.2 billion—The amount of money households headed by unauthorized immigrants paid in state and local taxes in 2010. $4.5 billion to $5.4 billion—The amount of additional net tax revenue that would accrue to the federal government over three years if all undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States were legalized.　In contrast…

$2.6 trillion
—The amount of money that would evaporate from U.S. cumulative GDP over 10 years if all undocumented immigrants in the country were deported or "self-deport." $285 billion—The cost of removing the entire undocumented population from the United States over a five-year period, including continued border- and interior-enforcement efforts. $23,482—The cost of apprehending, detaining, processing, and transporting one individual in deportation proceedings.　Immigrants largely arrive through legal channels

There were 39.9 million foreign-born people in the United States in 2010.
44 percent were naturalized citizens.
24 percent were legal permanent residents.
29 percent were unauthorized migrants.
3 percent were temporary legal residents (such as students or temporary workers).

50.9 percent of our nation’s foreign born are women and 54.2 percent of naturalized foreign-born persons are women. The foreign-born share of the overall U.S. population is 12.9 percent today, lower than the highest percentage (14.8 percent) achieved in 1890.Most immigrants have made a home in the United States

11.5 million undocumented immigrants were living in the United States in January 2011, an increase of one-third since 2000, when there were 8.5 million undocumented immigrants. 86 percent of undocumented immigrants have been living in the United States for seven years or longer. 5.2 percent of the U.S. labor force consisted of undocumented immigrants in 2010, even though they comprise only 3.7 percent of the nation’s population. 45 percent of unauthorized immigrant households are composed of couples with children. By comparison, the figure for U.S. native households and legal immigrant households is 21 percent and 34 percent, respectively. 16.6 million people are in families with at least one undocumented immigrant, and 9 million of these families are of "mixed status" with at least one unauthorized adult and one U.S.-born child. 4.5 million U.S.-born children had at least one unauthorized immigrant parent in 2010, an increase from 2.1 million in 2000.　
source: http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/report/2012/07/06/11888/the-facts-on-immigration-today/