Pew Studies Illegal Immigration Like It’s Something New
Where to start? How about, first, did anyone really need a ‘formal’ study to be aware that illegal immigrants are having more children in the US? Second, does it seem odd that a formal study would be credited to ‘a US study’ by the Pew ‘Hispanic’ Center? It seems any time those with an unfavorable view of illegal immigration express their opinion it is immediately met with resentment for citing Mexico or South America or anything referred to as ‘Hispanic.’ Yet it appears that Pew Research has a wing called the Pew Hispanic Center claimed to be non-partisan which apparently has the sole purpose to ‘track’ the Latino population in the US.
So where is the outrage over this? There are a number of stories or reports from various sources listed in news search engines dealing with related items and citing the study but no outright vitriol was observed over the study or the source. Imagine that. Maybe its too early. Besides, those who favor shamnesty and open borders may not want to make waves before the Messiah takes up so-called ‘reforms’ for immigration. The US has never needed legitimate reforms but simply enforcing existing law. Allowing E-verify to expire is a good example of the open borders crowd opposing practical remedies for illegal immigration.
But on to the report below on this study. Look at the percentages Pew estimates and then claim Mexico, South America, Hispanic, Latino, whatever, are not primary contributors to the problem of illegal immigration. And if the number of children born to poverty by this epidemic is even close to accurate it may explain the soaring cost of taxpayer funded social programs to address the situation. Both are features of reasonable complaints against illegal immigration without any mention of the fact that ignoring the rule of law is simply wrong and a dangerous precedent regarding national security and economic turmoil.
Stanford Matthews
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Study: Illegal Immigrants Having More Children in US |
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14 April 2009 |
A U.S. study says illegal immigrants are having a growing number of children in the United States and are almost twice as likely as average to raise them in poverty.
The study released Tuesday by the Pew Hispanic Center says there are 11.9 million illegal immigrants living in the United States, about 76 percent of them Hispanic.
The survey found that a growing number of children of unauthorized immigrant parents -73 percent - were born in the United States and are U.S. citizens.
The study found one-third of children born to unauthorized immigrants live in poverty, nearly double the poverty rate for children of U.S.-born parents (18 percent).
The study found that illegal immigrants are now more broadly spread around the country, settling in states where relatively few had lived two decades ago, such as Georgia, North Carolina and other southeastern states.
The survey says that while the number of illegal immigrants surged from 1990 to 2006, it has since stabilized.
The research found that of illegal immigrants living in the United States, 59 percent are from Mexico, 11 percent from Central America, and seven percent from South America. It says 11 percent of undocumented residents are from Asia, four percent from the Caribbean and less than two percent from the Middle East.
The Pew Hispanic Center is a non-partisan research organization that tracks the Latino population in the United States and its impact on the country.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.