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  23% of all U.S. births in '02 were to immigrants
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Last EditedThomas Walker  Jul 08, 2005 11:14pm
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News DateSaturday, July 9, 2005 05:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionBirths to immigrants accounted for 23 percent of all births in the United States in 2002, a rate that tops the previous high in 1910, according to a new study that says the increase could affect the ability of immigrants to assimilate.

In addition, an estimated 383,000 births -- about one in 10 U.S. newborns -- in 2002 were to illegal alien mothers. According to the report by the Center for Immigration Studies, that figure shows how difficult it will be to have a true temporary worker program because those children are citizens who can help delay their parents' deportation and, eventually, help them apply for legal permanent residence.

"It reminds us that illegal aliens are not simply workers," said Steven A. Camarota, the report's author and director of research for the center. "A temporary worker program would actually result in millions of permanent additions to the U.S. population."
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