Funny enough there are illegals in this country from every nation in Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Middle East ... and *gasp* even Europe ...
I know most come from Mexico ... but it never fails that this type of discussion only focuses on them and not the thousands of others ....
It's overt racism in my opinion.
Depends on where you live. In Amarillo they aint coming from Europe!
Well let's start w/ rounding up the illegal European au pairs, then. I don't think we should foot the airplane flight ... give 'em a dingy, one paddle and von boyage.
I don't understand who this statement is not overtly racist if you consider other similar statements to be so as well.
Mexico is the leading source country of undocumented immigration to the United States.
In October 1996 an estimated 2.7 million undocumented immigrants from Mexico had established residence here (See Table 1).
Mexican undocumented immigrants constituted about 54 percent of the total undocumented population.
The estimated population from Mexico increased by just over
150,000 annually in both the 1988-92 and 1992-96 periods.
The estimated number of Mexican undocumented immigrants who arrived between 1990 and 1996 is based on data on country of birth and year of immigration collected by the Census Bureau in the
March 1994, 1995, and 1996 Current Population Surveys (CPS). Demographic analysis of the CPS data indicates that approximately 230,000 undocumented Mexican immigrants established
residence annually between 1990 and 1996.
This is the net annual addition of undocumented Mexicans who arrived during the period. Note, however, that it does not reflect the average annual growth of the Mexican undocumented population.
To compute average annual growth it is necessary to subtract the number of undocumented Mexicans who lived here in January 1990 and
who emigrated, died, or adjusted to legal permanent resident status during the 1990-96 period. This
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last step produces the estimate cited above of just over 150,000 annual growth of the Mexican undocumented population since 1988.
In October 1996, 15 countries were each the source of 40,000 or more undocumented immigrants
(See Table 1).
The top five countries are geographically close to the United States--Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, and Haiti. Of the top 15 countries, only the Philippines, Poland, and Pakistan are outside the Western Hemisphere. The estimated undocumented population from Poland has declined by more than 25 percent, from 95,000 to 70,000, since 1988, possibly
reflecting changed conditions in that country over the last several years.
Although undocumented immigrants come to the United States from all countries the world, relatively few countries add substantially to the population.
The annual growth of the undocumented
population can be grouped into four disparate categories:
1) Mexico, with more than half of the
annual growth, adds just over 150,000 undocumented residents each year;
2) six countries--El Salvador, Guatemala, Canada, Haiti, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic--each add between 6,000 and 12,000 annually;
3) thirteen countries each add about 2,000 to 4,000 annually; and 4) the
remaining approximately 200 other countries add a total of about 30,000 undocumented residents
each year (See Table 1).
A large majority of the additions each year, more than 80 percent, are
from countries in the Western Hemisphere.
Funny enough there are illegals in this country from every nation in Latin America, Asia, Africa, Australia, Middle East ... and *gasp* even Europe ...
I know most come from Mexico ... but it never fails that this type of discussion only focuses on them and not the thousands of others ....
It's overt racism in my opinion.
It focuses on Mexican illegals because they make up the vast majority of illegal aliens. The proximity of Mexico and our lack of will to enforce the border has created this situation.
Don't act like it is us picking on poor lil ole Mexicans. I don't know the stat off the top of my head but I am willing to be they make up at least 90% of illegal immigrants.
To use stats from 1992-1996 is using stats from a whole other reality than what is going on now and has over the last few years.
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