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Most new Texas jobs went to immigrants, legal and illegal (Rick Perry; who to blame; what to do) - 09/22/11

... some excerpts from the study (by Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies): * Of jobs created in Texas since 2007, 81 percent were taken by newly arrived immigrant workers (legal and illegal). * In terms of numbers, between the second quarter of 2007, right before the recession began, and the second quarter of 2011, total employment in Texas increased by 279,000. Of this, 225,000...

Lamar Smith might be weak on immigration (GOP DREAM Act?) - 12/24/10

... with unemployment. Quotes: * Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies: “If he is not willing to do it - there is a lot of public support for reducing legal immigration - he is going to find he will be pressured on that issue"... Camarota said he believes Smith is enough of a dealmaker that he might even consider a modified DREAM Act legalizing young immigrants, if it was coupled...

Groups have "unprecedented amounts of money" to push amnesty; Dobbs leaving was "critical victory" - 01/11/10

... them. On a more hopeful note: ...(Steven Camarota), research director for the Center for Immigration Studies, which supports stricter immigration limits, said the unity might be a myth. No matter how unified coalition leaders are, he said, they'll face a skeptical public — particularly with a high unemployment rate... He said "opinion leaders" are significantly out of touch with average voters...

25% fewer Mexicans entered U.S. due to economy last year; NYT admits to jobs magnet - 05/15/09

... stimulus jobs. Preston brings on Steven Camarota of the Center for Immigration Studies to say that enforcement works: "The latest evidence suggests that you can reverse the flow... It is not set in stone, so with some mix of enforcement and the economy, fewer will come and more will go home." Wayne Cornelius of the University of California, San Diego says, "[Mexicans are] not forgoing migration...

Obama home mortgage bailout open to illegal aliens - 02/25/09

... illegal immigrants owning homes," (Steven Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies) said, "and in most cases mortgage lenders will accept a taxpayer ID or a Matricula Consular card issued by a Mexican Consulate office as identification to illegal immigrants from Mexico." Chad Buchanan, a manager at SaveMyHomeUSA - a group cooperating with the Obama administration...

Bush admin scam: Social Security "no match" letters will have little effect ("tough" new DHS policy) - 08/17/07

... immigration violations... ...[Steven Camarota, research director for the Center of Immigration Studies] said he suspects the Bush administration hopes the business community, whose division over the recent Senate immigration compromise bill helped lead to its failure, will be galvanized into action by the threat of economic upheaval. "They don't really want to upset the apple cart, they...