[lit-ideas] Re: Immigration

  • From: Eric <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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  • Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 14:51:03 -0500

http://www.cfr.org/publication/10210/
What is the state of the national immigration debate?
Contentious and deeply divided, experts say. Public opinion polls show *most* Americans are in favor of strong punitive measures to prevent and/or reduce illegal immigration. However, business leaders, policy experts, and politicians—including President Bush—have proposed amnesty programs and other measures that will not cut off what they call a necessary flow of labor into the United States. "There's a big gap between the elites and the American general public" on how to handle immigration, says Joseph Chamie, director of research at the Center for Migration Studies. Immigration is a "political hot potato in an election year," he says. "It's a lose-lose situation for politicians."

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http://www.cfr.org/publication/10211/immigration_on_front_burner.html

... the population of illegal immigrants in America—the majority of them from Mexico—continues to grow. The Federation for American Immigration Reform estimates in a report that, if left unchecked, illegal immigration will help push the U.S. population from its current level of 297 million to 420 million by 2050*. A 2005 Pew Hispanic Center report says most immigrants from Mexico had jobs at home, but came to the United States for higher-paid work**.



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*http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=research_06projections

**http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=58

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