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One in six U.S. workers is foreign born; Census Bureau does sales job - 12/07/2009

... "chief of the Census Bureau’s immigration statistics staff": "This really shows that immigrants integrate over time the same way they always have." Why is a government worker sounding more like a far-left promoter of massive immigration?

WaPo admits: massive immigration has created a "troubling" situation (second generation Hispanics) - 12/07/2009

Last month, the New York Times admitted some of the troubling aspects of the immigration policy they support. Now comes NC Aizenman of the Washington Post with "Struggles of the second generation" (link, via this) in which they likewise admit that the policies they support have created a "troubling" situation. Almost all of it is a sketch of the child of Mexican immigrants who&...

300,000 new, taxation-friendly citizens in California, thanks to the GOP helping the Dems import new voters - 5/11/2009

Teresa Watanabe of the Los Angeles Times offers "Naturalized citizens are poised to reshape California's political landscape" (link): More than 1 million immigrants became U.S. citizens last year, the largest surge in history, hastening the ethnic transformation of California's political landscape with more Latinos and Asians now eligible to vote... Leading the wave, California...

Chart shows percentage of foreign country's population in U.S.: Guyana at 32%, Mexico at 11% - 4/28/2009

There's a chart here showing the percentages of various foreign countries populations who now live in the U.S. The data is from a government source and Pew Hispanic and is from 2007. The figures are probably on the low side. Leading off, almost one third of Guyana's population lives here (31.8%). Next up are Trinidad & Tobago (21.3%), Jamaica (21.1%), El Salvador, (16.0%), Mexico...

NYT's immigration map by group and by time shows: Mexican immigration like no other - 3/11/2009

The New York Times has an interactive map showing where those from various countries settled in the U.S. and showing their proportion in relation to the then-current population (link). You can move the slider at the top to watch the migration pattern change over time. And, what it shows is that immigration from Mexico is like none other in our history. While there was a past large flow from Europe...

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