Half of Texas is illegal

[MacUser]

Half of immigrants in Texas are there illegally, study says
State has one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations.
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/n ... immig.html

Thursday, November 29, 2007

WASHINGTON — Half of the nearly 3.5 million immigrants living in Texas are in the country illegally, the Center for Immigration Studies says in a report being released today.

[scooter]

Let's hope they don't remember the Alamo.

[RamboPreacher]

Let's hope they don't remember the Alamo.

why? so they can rent cars and go back?

[Mike Vande]

This is a surprize?

I am curious what the ratio of illegal to legal immigrants is in California and Arizona...

[soulsearcher]

This is a surprize?

Exactly, Mike. And how about this... I heard today on a local radio station in Orlando that the results of the last census show that 1/3 of the state of Florida is hispanic.

[MacUser]

This is a surprize?

Exactly, Mike. And how about this... I heard today on a local radio station in Orlando that the results of the last census show that 1/3 of the state of Florida is hispanic.

Yep, I seen 30% on that figure. Amazing.

[paul]

Illegal Immigrants in California

According to U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS), an estimated 2,209,000 illegal immigrants resided in California in 2000, up from 1,476,000 in 1990. This number represented about 32 percent of the entire estimated illegal immigrant population in the United States (then estimated to be about seven million). CIS estimated that about 6.5 percent of California's population in 2000 were illegal immigrants, with a majority being from Mexico. Across the entire United States, an estimated 4.8 million illegal immigrants were from Mexico, up from two million in 1990.

Los Angeles County

close to 800,000 illegal immigrant residents in the county by 2005 (with about 320,000 in the City of Los Angeles). Accounting for the magnet that Los Angeles has been for illegal immigration, the Almanac suggests an estimated illegal immigrant population closer to one million in Los Angeles County (with close to 400,000 in the City of Los Angeles). We further estimate this population, if illegal immigration continues unabated, to grow to 1.3 million by the year 2010.

[Sherry]

Jose and Carlos are panhandlers . . . . .They panhandle on different areas of town. Carlos panhandles just as long as Jose, but only collects 2 to 3 dollars each day, maybe 8 on a good day.

Jose brings home a suitcase FULL of $10 bills, drives a Mercedes, lives in a mortgage free house, and has a lot of money to spend.

Carlos says to Jose, "I work just as long and hard as you do, but how do you bring home a suitcase full of $10 bills every day?"

Jose says, "Look at your sign, what does it say?"

Carlos sign reads, "I have no work, my wife and 6 kids are hungry."

Jose says, "No wonder you don't get much money."

Carlos says, "So what does your sign say?"

Jose shows Carlos his sign . . . .It reads, "I only need another $10.00 to move back to Mexico."

[Jennifer Smith]

We may not like it, but they are simply looking for a better opportunity for their children, like we all are.. they work at jobs many Americans won't take.. over 70% of illegal immigrants do pay taxes, w/o receiving the benefits those taxes provide.. and 90% believe it is important to learn English.. they have a beautiful culture, strong work ethic, and loving interpersonal family relationships.. they are discreet, modest, and unassuming.
(Our work conference yesterday related to this topic)

[Mike Vande]

We may not like it, but they are simply looking for a better opportunity for their children, like we all are.. they work at jobs many Americans won't take.. over 70% of illegal immigrants do pay taxes, w/o receiving the benefits those taxes provide.. and 90% believe it is important to learn English.. they have a beautiful culture, strong work ethic, and loving interpersonal family relationships.. they are discreet, modest, and unassuming.
(Our work conference yesterday related to this topic)

The problem is the ones who don't pay taxes, and there's a bunch of them. The profile on them is that they come here, live off the grid and work their tails off for about ten years, sock away as much as they can, then go back to Mexico with the money and retire. For them it's not about a better life of their kids, it's about setting themselves up at the American taxpayer's expense.