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Old 10-06-2011, 03:35 PM
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Default After 5 years in Alabama, new law has illegal immigrant family packing

After 5 years in Alabama, new law has illegal immigrant family packing
Gabriela Vazquez maneuvers through piles of clothes and toys while trying to control her two small children.
"They never stop," she says, while pulling a pair of pants from an almost-empty drawer and deciding whether to toss the pants to the "keep" or "leave" pile. The decision is not an easy one.
Vazquez is attempting to pack five years of her life in the United States into only a handful of bags. (what did she bring with her when she snuck in? Nothing!)
"I crossed over into the U.S. with nothing but my clothes, so I'm taking nothing, only my clothes and my kids," she says. (What about all those remittances you sent back to Mexico?)
Vazquez began packing moments after a federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama, last week allowed most of the state's controversial law, known as HB56, against illegal immigration to go into effect.
Judge refuses to block law during appeal
The law allows police officers to check the legal status of people when suspicions exists, detain them and turn them over to federal authorities. It is described by both its supporters and its opponents as the strictest state immigration law in the nation.
Law's enactment spooks immigrants
"We expected the judge to rule like the other judges who blocked the laws in Arizona and Georgia," Vazquez says, referring to similar anti-illegal immigration laws approved in those states, with federal judges subsequently blocking the more severe parts of those bills. (Surprise, there are judges that know what the word illegal means!)
"Now, they can take me away from my children anytime," Vazquez says. (And you can go back to Mexico WITH YOUR KIDS)
Her journey began five years ago when she and her husband left the Mexican state of MIchoacan and headed north in search of jobs. (Don’t you love it when the media uses words like “left” and “headed north” instead of the truth, they snuck into the US illegally)
"In Mexico, it is hard to find a job. I'm 35 years old, and the ads seeking help say they want people between the ages of 18 and 35," Vazquez says. (Fact; Mexico has a lower unemployment rate than the US and those jobs Vazquez says she can’t do are JOBS THAT THE MEXICANS THEMSELVES DON’T WANT, BUT INSTEAD WANT THE BETTER PAYING JOBS IN THE US. So the cry that they only come here to feed their families and are doing the jobs legal citizens won’t do is exactly what they’re doing by leaving Mexico. There are jobs for them in Mexico, they just don’t want them)
"It wasn't easy coming over. We left our parents, our siblings, our family, and they didn't know what was going to happen to us."(So, since it was so hard to leave them, it should be very easy to return to your family)
The couple entered the United States illegally and headed for Montgomery, where they had relatives. (This is a result of the 1986 amnesty, where those that were made legal set up places for the continuing invaders to come and find work) They first rented a room in a mobile home with other families until they found jobs.(Yes, they pack 30 in a house and turn the neighborhood into a barrio) Vazquez's husband, Marco, became a carpet installer while she jumped from job to job in restaurants, hotels and grocery stores.(Jobs that US citizens lost and were replaced by the invaders)
Deportations will set record in 2011, Napolitano says
They managed to save enough to move into their own place. Along the way, she gave birth to a boy, now 4 years old, and a girl, now 2. (Children that will cost the taxpayers $2,000 per month to educate)
"I was not planning on having kids, but here they are," Vazquez says with a smile.(Oh, you just couldn’t help but get pregnant. Using birth control or keeping your legs crossed, well that just didn’t cross you mind. But you left Mexico at 35 years old; so why didn’t you have kids before coming to the US? Oh, ya, anchor babies pay much better than Mexican kids, how foolish to even ask)
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-10-05/u...on-mobile-home
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Old 10-07-2011, 04:52 AM
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Default So you can't find a job. Maybe here's why !!!!!!!!!!!

Immigrant Population at Record 40 Million in 2010




2000 to 2010 was Highest Decade of Immigration Ever, Despite Job Loss



WASHINGTON (October 6, 2011) – New Center for Immigration Studies' analysis of Census Bureau data shows the nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal), also referred to as the foreign born, reached 40 million in 2010, the highest number in American history. Nearly 14 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) settled in the country from 2000 to 2010, making it the highest decade of immigration in American history. This is the case even though there was a net decline of jobs during the decade. In contrast, from 1990 to 2000, job growth exceeded 20 million and slightly fewer immigrants arrived (13.2 million).

Steven A. Camarota's Memorandum, 'A Record-Setting Decade of Immigration: 2000-2010,' is available on the Center for Immigration Studies' website at: http://cis.org/2000-2010-record-sett...of-immigration.
•The nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached 40 million in 2010, the highest number in the nation’s history.


•The nation’s immigrant population has doubled since 1990, nearly tripled since 1980, and quadrupled since 1970 when it stood at 9.7 million.


•Of the 40 million immigrants in the country in 2010, 13.9 million arrived in 2000 or later making it the highest decade of immigration in American history, even though there was a net loss of jobs during the decade.

•New arrivals are offset by out-migration and deaths. As a result, the net increase in the immigrant population was more than 8.8 million over the last decade, from 31.1 million in 2000.


•While the number of immigrants in the country is higher than at any time in American history, the immigrant share of the population (12.9 percent) was higher 90 years ago.


•Growth in the immigrant population has primarily been driven by high levels of legal immigration. Roughly three-fourths of immigrants in the country are here legally.


•Immigrants continue to head to non-traditional states of settlement. The six states with the largest immigrant populations accounted for 65 percent of the total in 2010, 68 percent in 2000, and 73 percent in 1990.


•Overall the immigrant population grew 28 percent between 2000 and 2010. But it grew at more than twice the national rate in: Alabama (92%), South Carolina (88%), Tennessee (82%), Arkansas (79%), Kentucky (75%), North Carolina (67%), South Dakota (65%), Georgia (63%), Indiana (61%), Nevada (61%), Delaware (60%), Virginia (60%), and Oklahoma (57%).


•Since 1990 the immigrant population has doubled. It grew at more than twice the national rate in: North Carolina (525%), Georgia (445%), Arkansas (430%), Tennessee (389%), Nevada (385%), South Carolina (337%), Kentucky (312%), Nebraska (298%), Alabama (287%), Utah (280%), Colorado (249%), Minnesota (235%), Delaware (223%), Iowa (222%), Indiana (219%), Oklahoma (215%) and Arizona (208%).


•States with the largest numerical increase over the last decade were: California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey, Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, Maryland, Washington, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts.


•Latin America continued to dominate immigration. Countries from this region accounted for 58 percent of the growth in the immigrant population from 2000 to 2010.


•With nearly 12 million immigrants, Mexico was by far the top immigrant-sending country, accounting for 29 percent of all immigrants.


•Countries in addition to Mexico have also seen significant growth in their populations. In 1990 there was only one sending-country with more than 1 million immigrants in the United States, by 2000 there were four such countries and in 2010 there were eight.

Discussion: The finding that immigration was so high in the first decade of the 21st century is important because it is a reminder that immigration is a complex process; and it is impacted by many factors in addition to labor market conditions in this country. The desire to access public services, enjoy greater political freedom, or join relatives in the United States all affect the decision to migrate. These things do not change even if there is little or no job growth. Moreover, the opportunities available in the United States may still be much better than in many sending countries even if the US economy is experiencing a prolonged period of weak job growth.

It is also important to understand that immigration is driven in part by social networks of friends and family who provide information about conditions in the United States and often help new immigrants after they arrive. As the immigrant population grows, it creates momentum for more immigration. None of this means that the level of immigration is unaffected by the economy. There is evidence that immigration levels were affected to some extent by the economy during the last decade. However, the evidence is clear that the level of new immigration remained high, even in the face of a prolonged period of weak job growth.

Data Source: The data for this Center for Immigration Studies analysis comes primarily from the American Community Survey (ACS) collected by the Census Bureau. The ACS has become one of the primary sources of data on the size and growth of the nation’s immigrant (or foreign-born) population. Immigrants are persons living in the United States who were not American citizens at birth. This includes naturalized American citizens, legal permanent residents (green card holders), illegal aliens, and people on long-term temporary visas such as foreign students or guest workers, who respond to the ACS. It does not include those born abroad of American parents or those born in outlying territories of the United States.


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The Center for Immigration Studies is an independent research institute that examines the impact of immigration on the United States
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