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| Study finds 11% drop in illegal immigrants living in U.S. |
| 2008-07-31 |
| The administration began aggressively enforcing workplace laws after Congress last year failed to pass an immigration overhaul. In the months since, thousands of workers have been arrested in scores of raids. Evidence that the strategy may have succeeded in reducing the number of illegal immigrants was presented in a report Wednesday by a group favoring tighter curbs on all forms of immigration. The report by the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington-based think tank, says that the number of illegal immigrants fell about 11% between last August and May, from 12.5 million to 11.2 million. Independent demographers said they also had seen a drop in the illegal immigrant population. The study was based on an analysis of census data. Steve A. Camarota, the center's research director, acknowledged that the economy played a role in the decline but said that several factors pointed to enforcement as key. For instance, the legal immigrant population continues to grow, while the fall-off in illegal immigrants began even before unemployment began rising. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 slightly better enforcement on the border, Jobsite enforcement, falling construction, increasing automation in agribusiness and the downturn in economic activity are all parts of the equation. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-31 14:49 |
| #5 If anything the illegal immigrant thing should have us confronting the "living wage" and "minimum wage" mindset because a lot of liberals seem to think everyone but illegals deserves these things. IF we were to demand on living wage and minimum wage law enforcement the demand for illegals would dry up and the problem would go away. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-07-31 13:17 |
| #4 Why would anyone want to move to the US anyway? Our economy is in a depression, there are no jobs, our air and water are polluted so badly they kill millions of people a day, we hate anybody who doesn't look like us, there is no opportunity, everything is awful ... /liberal rant (sarcasm, if you didn't already get it) |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-07-31 12:15 |
| #3 That doesn't make sense, tu3031. House prices have fallen, and the value of the dollar as well, but the latter only affects those dealing with international currencies. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-07-31 12:01 |
| #2 They're also getting priced out. My brother the firefighter says the Brazilians in my old hometown are moving south because it's too expensive to live up here. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-31 11:40 |
| #1 Enforcement works. Get a fence up to stem the drug trade and our cities will get a lot safer. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-31 11:33 |