1. Period 2 Emilie Hercreg Melanie Eichhorn

2.  More than 65 million immigrants have come to the United States legally or illegally.  Since 2000, more than 1 million immigrants a year have entered the United States legally or illegally.  More than 1/3 of immigrants do not have a high school diploma.  About 350,000 illegal aliens came to the United States in the 1990s alone.  9-11 million illegal immigrants live in the US.  Majority of illegal aliens live in California, Texas, New York, Florida, and Illinois.  If current trends continue, our population will double to over half-a- billion by the end of the century.

3. 2000*Population2005Population2006Population2008Population % change from 2000 All States8,460,000All States10,500,000All States11,550,000All States11,600,000 37% 1. California2,510,000California2,770,000California2,830,000California2,850,000 14% 2. Texas1,090,000Texas1,360,000Texas1.64 MTexas1.68 M 54% 3. Florida800,000Florida850,000Florida980,000Florida840,000 5% 4. New York540,000New York560,000Illinois550,000New York640,000 19% 5. Illinois440,000Illinois520,000New York540,000Arizona560,000 70% 6. New Jersey350,000New Jersey480,000Arizona500,000Illinois550,000 25% 7. Arizona330,000Arizona470,000Georgia490,000Georgia460,000 109% 8. North Carolina 260,000North Carolina 380,000New Jersey430,000New Jersey400,000 14% 9. Georgia220,000Georgia360,000North Carolina 370,000North Carolina 380,000 46% 10. Nevada170,000Nevada240,000Washington280,000Nevada280,000 65% 40 other states 1,750,00040 other states 2,510,00040 other states 2,950,00040 other states 2,950,000 69% Unauthorized Immigrant Population States of Residence in US 2000-2008 http://immigration.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000845

4.  The 1924 National Origins Act limited the amount of immigrants allowed to enter the United States.  The Refugee Act of 1980 allowed more refugees to come to the United States.  The Immigration Reform and Control Act of punished companies that knowingly hired illegal immigrants and allowed illegal immigrants already living in the US to become citizens.

5.  The Immigration Act of 1990 raised the number of immigrants allowed to emigrate to the US by 385,000 people.  The Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 allowed deportation for illegal immigrants and rejection for asylum claims.

6. 2000*Population2005Population2006Population2008Population % change from 2000** All Countries8,460,000All Countries10,500,000All Countries11,500,000All Countries11,600,00037% 1. Mexico4,680,000Mexico5,970,000Mexico6,570,000Mexico7,030,00050% 2. El Salvador430,000El Salvador470,000El Salvador510,000El Salvador570,00033% 3. Guatemala290,000Guatemala370,000Guatemala430,000Guatemala430,00048% 4. Philippines200,000India280,000Philippines280,000Philippines300,00050% 5. China190,000China230,000Honduras280,000Honduras300,00088% 6. Korea180,000Philippines210,000India270,000Korea240,00033% 7. Honduras160,000Korea210,000Korea250,000China220,00016% 8. India120,000Honduras180,000Brazil210,000Brazil180,00080% 9. Ecuador110,000Brazil170,000China190,000Ecuador170,00055% 10. Brazil100,000Vietnam160,000Vietnam160,000India160,00033% Unauthorized Immigrant Population Countries of Origin 2000-2008 http://immigration.proco n.org/view.resource.php ?resourceID=000845

7.  Since the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, deportation had doubled.  Some feel that if we do not start enforcing immigration laws and using deportation, then we are rewarding illegal immigrants for coming to the United States illegally by giving those jobs and care.

8.  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/120722 27#12072227 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/120722 27#12072227  “Because people intuitively understand that, if you grant amnesty to the 10, or 11 or 12 million, whatever they are, illegal immigrants already in this country you will draw tens of millions more from Latin America and around the world, because the message you'll be sending is come here illegally and we don't care. We'll make you a citizen anyway. So—but if you put that fence up and prevent anybody else from coming in illegally, then you have more latitude to extend citizenship to the people already here.”-Carlson

9.  The Supreme Court ruled that illegal immigrants must be granted education by their state. This is costing the state of California nearly $7 million a year which does not help our economy.  If 90% of the ESL students are children of illegal aliens then the education costs for children of illegal aliens is about $34.5 billion per year.

10.  Illegal immigrants take millions of jobs away from American workers which hurts our economy. http://vodpod.com/watch/2577440-lou-dobbs-on-illegal-immigrants

11. Top 20 Occupations* % of Unauthorized Immigrants in Total Work Force # of Unauthorized Immigrant Workers Total # of All Workers 1. Brickmasons, blockmasons and stonemasons 40%131,000325,000 2. Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers and tapers 37%94,000255,000 3. Roofers 31%76,000246,000 4. Miscellaneous agricultural workers 30%269,000910,000 5. Helpers, construction trades 28%52,000184,000 6. Dishwashers 28%101,000364,000 7. Construction laborers 27%556,0002,055,000 8. Maids and housekeeping cleaners 27%417,0001,555,000 9. Cement masons, concrete finishers and terazzo workers 27%29,000109,000 10. Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders 26%96,000369,000 11. Grounds maintenance workers 25%356,0001,413,000 12. Packers and packagers, hand 24%119,000504,000 13. Butchers, poultry and fish processing workers 23%71,000305,000 14. Carpet, floor, and tile installlers and finishers 22%68,000306,000 15. Painters, constuction and maintenance 22%173,000791,000 16. Parking lot attendants 21%21,000100,000 17. Chefs and head cooks 20%75,000377,000 18. Sewing machine operators 20%49,000248,000 19. Refuse and recyclable material collectors 19%22,000112,000 20. Cooks 19%427,0002,219,000 Other "unauthorized" occupations** 9%3,120,00034,979,000 All other occupations 2%1,928,000106,407,000 Total, Civilian Labor Force (with an occupation) 5%8,258,000154,135,000 http://i mmigra tion.pro con.org /view.r esourc e.php?r esourc eID=00 0845

12.  They used to work jobs such as farm labor and cleaning hotel rooms now they are spreading to jobs formally worked by Americans such as construction, fast food, and retail.  They’re taking summer jobs from high school and collage students who are American citizens.  There are 13 million illegal aliens in our country and millions of them illegally working our jobs

13.  If an illegal immigrant gets seriously injured, they would probably go to a hospital to get treated. Even though they are illegal, hospitals are required to provide care to any person that walks through the hospital doors. When the illegal immigrant has no insurance or money to pay, the United States taxpayers pay for this illegal immigrants injury. Is this fair?

15.  Many illegal immigrants obtain a drivers license by using fake documentation. Some states require that drivers pay for car insurance. However, some illegal aliens cancel their car insurance because they cannot afford it. Most illegal aliens are paid minimum wage and cannot afford car insurance and a well working car. This causes these illegal immigrants to be more prone to car accidents.  Since the terrorist attack on 9/11, many Americans have been worried that our border is too open and that it is very easy for people to just enter the United States. “The national security demands that we know who is living within our borders, especially since 9/11.” - Senator John Cornyn http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WuOvCKC9Qs&feature=related

16.  Federal investigators believe that as much as 2.2 million kilograms of cocaine and 11.6 kilograms of marijuana were smuggled into the United States via the Mexican border in 2005.  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reports that the Mexican drug syndicates operating today along our Nation’s Southwest border are far more sophisticated and dangerous than any of the other organized criminal groups in America’s law enforcement history.  In North Carolina the DEA reports “a significant increase in drug-trafficking activity”.  Mexican drug trafficking organizations usually use illegal immigrants in the U.S. to transport cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and heroin into and throughout the country.  Mexican criminal groups are also increasing their involvement in retail drug distribution.

17.  An anchor baby, as known as “a jackpot baby” is a child born in the U.S. by illegal immigrants. This child automatically becomes a U.S. citizen. Their illegal families are suddenly able to ‘anchor’ onto the benefits of that child and get approved for public housing, free rent, food stamps, Medicaid, unemployment, Earned Income Credit, and a lot of other benefits, including the automatic citizenship of the parents once the child becomes an adult. The reason anchor babies get to become U.S citizens is because of the 14 th amendment which states: "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction there of, are citizens of the United States and of the State where in they reside.“

18.  It’s not fair that a legal American family with a sick child and can’t afford the medical bills it needs to keep their child healthy. But at the same time isn’t eligible for Medicaid because they make $1.00 an hour. But, if their baby had been born an immigrant, they would have automatically been eligible for Medicaid. What kind of message is this? Law-abiding parents cannot get medical help for their children who desperately need it but all an immigrant child has to do is be blessed with illegal immigrant parents.

19.  “to the president: if you want to deliver on your unwavering commitment to immigration reform, write a bill,” the senator said “You write the bill, send it to the House. See what happens, because I don’t think you have much of a chance of getting it through the Senate.”