Did you know that 75% of immigrants in U.S. have permanent visa and most of the rest 25% didn't cross illegal?
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I love the fact that you posted the numbers! :D\nI'm happy that someone did. And it IS racism when everyone is dying to get the mexicans out when there are a lot more cultures and people that have come to the U.S.\nso it isn't just the "lazy mexicans" Which actually WORK MORE THAN A LOT OF YOU COMBINED.\n\nthanks.
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Illegal immigration is a problem everywhere including other countries.
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The other 25% would leave.
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Youve Gotta Stop Listening To The Mainstream Media\n\nThere Are more than 20 Million Illegal Aliens presently resided in the United States, with roughly 12,000 additional illegal aliens entering every day.  \nhttp://www.theamericanresistance.com/ref/illegal_alien_numbers.html#howManyIllegals\n\nThese Are Stats From LA...\n\n--The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely Illegal Aliens from south of the border.\n \n--75 percent of people on L.A.'s most-wanted list are Illegal Aliens\n\n--Nearly 25 percent of inmates in California are Illegal Aliens.\n \n--29 percent of inmates in the Federal Prisons are Illegal Aliens.
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at least 100 immigrants
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The myth of “lazy” immigrants cheating U.S. taxpayers and living off welfare couldn’t be farther from the truth.\n\nAccording to a 2004 study by the Urban Policy Institute, virtually all undocumented men--96 percent--and 62 percent of undocumented women are in the workforce. According to a March report from the Pew Hispanic Center, of the more than 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., 7.2 million were employed in March 2005, making up approximately 4.9 percent of the labor force in the U.S. \n\nIt doesn't seem funny to me.  I think you should read up on the facts more before you ask such questions that knowingly or not expose your classist and (I'd assume also) racist ideology.
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On May 1st, I noticed alot of people were really happy and shopping. Traffic was great. Mexicans take it personally because 65% of the illegal population comes from Mexico. Of course they will raise a stink, they hate America but they love our money.
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Well they are certainly the vast majority. The other nationalities, come in via different ways. From getting a student visa, and not returning home for example.\nWe will see what their boycott does, especially if most American Citizens, spend their money that day as well.
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Not ALL people from another country are illegal . Just the people who come here without permission to do so and stay here and don't pay taxes.  Yeah, that's pretty illegal.  On the other hand, if someone comes here with a green card or something legal like that; it's all good.
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As a former Border Patrol Agent,  between 1,300 - 1,500 illegals per day actually make it into the US and another 500-1000 get caught by the US Border Patrol and sent back to Mexico voluntarily. I would say that 90 % of those crossing illegally are Mexican while the others, called OTM's (other than Mexican) are from Central and South America with some Asians and Middle-easterners sprinkled in. Many of these who are sent back cross again and are successful in making it into the US. Since President Bush has mentioned this guest worker program, the numbers of illegal aliens crossing the southern border has increased dramatically.
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Uhhh hey smart one everybody who lives in America had descendants come from other countries. If you're not in America, oh well. I think modern day immigrants are the people who just got here and don't have green cards lol
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It affected immigration from certain countries.
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People from all nationalities will participate in the marches tomorrow. Pastors, Lawyers, Doctors,sheiks, taxi drivers, factory workers, fruit pickers, immigration advocates,... just to name a few, will participate in the marches. Majority of the marchers are gonna be legal immigrants who have been through the system, some American citizens. I think majority of illegal immigrants might stay home just to stay out of trouble. One thing most people don't realize is that these people are not criminals. They just want a part of the American dream. I bet there are some of them who even want to join the military to fight for the US. Majority of immigrant haters have no idea of what's outside of the United States. When one travels to a different country, one bacomes like a fish out of water. Having immigration issues makes it even worse. You become more like your own prisoner. Home sweet home; there is no place like home. The point I'm trying to make is that America is greatest nation in the world and these people want to be part of it. They risk their lives, leave everything behind just to be part of this great nation. You'll be surprised that some of the illegal immigrants were lawyers, judges, teachers, nurses,doctors,engineers, and so on and so forth; they leave it all behind to adopt this great nation as their home. Not all immigrants are unskilled like people thought. I'm not talking about just Mexicans. I'm talking about immigrants in general.
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According to the PEW Hispanic research center the vast majority of illegals coming form Mexico were gainfully employed before entering America.
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Well there is really no way to know how many illegal ones come since they are undocumented. So every website you go to is just going to be estimating. This website says how many entered up to 2004: http://www.dhs.gov/ximgtn/statistics/
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You are right. According to the pew Hispanic research center the vast majority of illegal Mexicans were gainfully employed before crossing into America. I saw an interview on an Arizona news show. The interview was with a 16 year old girl who thought she could cross the desert. She was lucky the border patrol found her. When she was asked what preparations she had made for her journey she said none, then she was asked how far she had ever walked at on time before and her response was from one end of the mall to the other. When asked if she would try to enter illegally again she said yes.
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A lot of the answerers here are demonstrating that are both ignorant and racists, I don't know if it's worth explaining them again that 66% of the undocumented workers pay social security taxes they don't use and that illegal immigrants are a small fraction of the underground economy in the US that includes all the drugs, prostitution and illegal activities that are normal in this country.