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U.S. Undocumented Immigrant Numbers Surge
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| Last Edited | RP Mar 21, 2005 07:32pm |
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| News Date | Monday, March 21, 2005 11:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The tightening of homeland security since 2001 has not stemmed undocumented immigration into the United States, with a report released Monday showing the number of illegal immigrants growing by roughly 485,000 people a year.
An analysis of government data by the Pew Hispanic Center, a private research group in Washington, showed an estimated 10.3 million undocumented immigrants living in the United States last year, an increase of about 23 percent from 8.4 million in 2000.
"The numbers are astounding," said Cathy Travis, a spokeswoman for Rep. Solomon Ortiz, a Texas Democrat who has pressed for greater funding for border security and immigration control. "Until we match our budgetary priorities with our national security priorities, this is going to be the case."
Critics of illegal immigration said there is little political will to stop the trend, despite the lessons of the Sept. 11 terrorists attacks, because businesses benefit from the supply of cheap labor. |
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