Current Immigration Boom Dwarfs the Great Wave of 1910
Jim Kouri, CPP
July 27, 2006
The current boom in the United States immigrant population dwarfs the peak of the great immigration wave of 1910, according to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, DC.
The study indicates that there are 35.2 million immigrants -- legal and illegal -- living in the US making it the largest immigrant population in US history. Also, the current wave is two and a half times the 13.5 million immigrants in 1910.
Nearly half of the post-2000 immigration arrivals are believed to be illegal aliens, who've either entered the country illegally or are part of the almost 3 million visa overstays.
States with the largest increases in their immigrant populations are California, Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina and Mississippi.
The CIS study reveals that the poverty rate for immigrants is 57 percent higher than that of US citizens and that one-third lack health insurance, while almost one-third are on some type of government welfare program.
Lower educational attainment of many immigrants plus their low wages are the primary reasons given by the CIS for why so many immigrants use welfare programs and cannot pay for healthcare.
The study indicates that there are 35.2 million immigrants -- legal and illegal -- living in the US making it the largest immigrant population in US history. Also, the current wave is two and a half times the 13.5 million immigrants in 1910.
Nearly half of the post-2000 immigration arrivals are believed to be illegal aliens, who've either entered the country illegally or are part of the almost 3 million visa overstays.
States with the largest increases in their immigrant populations are California, Texas, Georgia, New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Washington, Virginia, Arizona, Tennessee, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, South Carolina and Mississippi.
The CIS study reveals that the poverty rate for immigrants is 57 percent higher than that of US citizens and that one-third lack health insurance, while almost one-third are on some type of government welfare program.
Lower educational attainment of many immigrants plus their low wages are the primary reasons given by the CIS for why so many immigrants use welfare programs and cannot pay for healthcare.
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