One out of Every 10 People Born in Mexico --> Lives in US

[festeringZit]

Pew Center: 11% of all born in Mexico live in U.S.

One out of 10 people born there live in America, report says. President Obama travels to Mexico Thursday.

By VIK JOLLY
The Orange County Register
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On the eve of President Barack Obama's visit to Mexico, recast statistics on Mexican immigrants by the Pew Hispanic Center show that nearly 11 percent of the people born in Mexico live in the United States.
The Pew Hispanic Center, a part of the Washington, D.C.-based Pew Research Center, today released a statistical profile showing that Mexicans now account for 32 percent of all immigrants in America and more than one out of 10 of all persons born in Mexico live in the U.S.
A record 12.7 million Mexican immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2008, a 17-fold increase since 1970, according to the center. Mexicans comprise about six out of 10 or 59 percent of the estimated 11.9 million unauthorized immigrants in the U.S., the center says.
"It's important that (immigration) policies recognize the reality which is that there are 13 million Mexicans in the United States and that the two countries are intertwined because of the large numbers of people from Mexico living in the United States," said Jeffrey Passel, a Pew Hispanic Center senior demographer.
Earlier this week, the White House cast Obama's first presidential trip south of the border as a chance to revitalize relations with an entire hemisphere of nations.
Obama on Thursday is traveling to Mexico City, a clear signal of support for President Felipe Calderon as the U.S. and Mexico grapple with the deadly flow of drugs and weapons. Obama is then spending Friday through Sunday in the twin-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for the Summit of the Americas, a gathering of 34 Western Hemisphere nations.
On comprehensive immigration reform, which collapsed in Congress during President George W. Bush's administration, White House aides say Obama remains committed to it. Obama, already dealing with an enormous agenda, is expected to try to begin an immigration effort this year.
Dan Restrepo, the senior director for Western Hemisphere affairs, said immigration and the treatment of immigrants is important to Obama and Calderon. He did not answer whether it would be on the agenda for the two leaders' meetings on Thursday in Mexico.
Estimates on the number of illegal immigrants in the United States vary.
Barbara Coe, leader of the Huntington Beach-based California Coalition for Immigration Reform, says illegal immigrants should be deported.
"How about the simplest solution of all?" she said. "It's not policy, its federal immigration law which specifically states: deportation. How about for the first time we have a president that actually enforces our immigration law?"
Officials at the Mexican consulate in Santa Ana couldn't immediately be reached for comment.
The current Mexican share of all foreign born people living in the U.S. at 32 percent is the highest concentration of immigrants to the U.S. from a single country since the late 19th century, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
But it is not unprecedented, the center adds. Irish immigrants represented a third or more of the immigrant population from 1850 to 1870. Germans were 26 percent to 30 percent of the foreign-born population from 1850 to 1900, according to the center.
To read the complete Pew statistical profile, visit http://pewhispanic.org/factsheets/factsheet.php?FactsheetID=47


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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

 

[mr21]

Securing the borders and deporting all illegals should be the govt's number one priority.

This would improve many problems like crime, healthcare, education, unemployment, traffic, communicable disease, etc.

Even Mexico is smart enough to secure their own southern border.

 

[kingbill]

Yes it would cut down on a lot of that but how much would it cost to get your grass cut or other general yard work complete...you have to look at the big picture.

 

[punter]

Or the cost of re-roofing.

 

[Jack Herer]

Illegal immigrants contribute greatly to your country´s economy.

And trust me, if you were born in Mexico and your life sucked, with no chances of improving, you see your family struggling every day just to eat... you´d be trying to run across the border too. Its a matter of not only surviving, but also hoping for a better life.

US citizens are lucky to be born in a wealthy country and you take that for granted every single day. Wish you guys could sometimes put yourselves in someone elses shoes.

 

[mr21]

Yes it would cut down on a lot of that but how much would it cost to get your grass cut or other general yard work complete...you have to look at the big picture.

I would happily pay twice as much or more for landscaping, produce, etc. because I could save the $550/month that I spend on my son's private school.

Illegal alien children and "legal" anchor babies really bring the SoCal public school system into the sewer - ESL classes, free meals, demand on teachers' time, class sizes, etc.

It would also be nice to know myself or my family could get immediate help at an ER if needed instead of waiting hours behind illegals with the flu and colds.

I would have no problem living without soiled diapers in every park and parking lot, considerably less graffiti, and 4 families in a 3-bedroom house.

If you don't see these things yet where you live don't worry because it is spreading throughout the county. I was in Sioux City, Iowa last year and saw plenty of graffiti, mercados, carnicerias, panaderias, and cristo jesus churches there.

BTW, I am 100% for LEGAL immigration so please don't confuse that with ILLEGAL immigration. My mother-in-law and her family immigrated legally from Korea and they have all been successful with their businesses and most of their children became highly educated with great careers. None of them were ever on any form of public assistance or incarcerated since arriving in the 1960s.

 

[kingbill]

Illegal immigrants contribute greatly to your country´s economy.

And trust me, if you were born in Mexico and your life sucked, with no chances of improving, you see your family struggling every day just to eat... you´d be trying to run across the border too. Its a matter of not only surviving, but also hoping for a better life.

US citizens are lucky to be born in a wealthy country and you take that for granted every single day. Wish you guys could sometimes put yourselves in someone elses shoes.

Agreed...just because you mom shit you out on a certain part of the planet you aren't owed anything...

 

[COVERIT!]

Illegal immigrants contribute greatly to your country´s economy.

And trust me, if you were born in Mexico and your life sucked, with no chances of improving, you see your family struggling every day just to eat... you´d be trying to run across the border too. Its a matter of not only surviving, but also hoping for a better life.

US citizens are lucky to be born in a wealthy country and you take that for granted every single day. Wish you guys could sometimes put yourselves in someone elses shoes.

This is a tough subject. I've talked to people just as you've described, and heard stories of how they had to save for YEARS, just to get the chance to here, (illegally) in hopes of making a better life. Some work three or four jobs, and work hard. It's horrible over there. However, the ones that are drug dealers, gang members, or people that suck on the government teat, they give the others the bad name. Bottom line for me, if they come here legally, great. If not, sorry.
As for grass cutting, etc...... give me a break. Cut your own damn grass or get your neighborhood teenager to do it, like we used to.

 

[Daheavy1]

This is a tough subject. I've talked to people just as you've described, and heard stories of how they had to save for YEARS, just to get the chance to here, (illegally) in hopes of making a better life. Some work three or four jobs, and work hard. It's horrible over there. However, the ones that are drug dealers, gang members, or people that suck on the government teat, they give the others the bad name. Bottom line for me, if they come here legally, great. If not, sorry.
As for grass cutting, etc...... give me a break. Cut your own damn grass or get your neighborhood teenager to do it, like we used to.

I agree with your post, adding....

Most first generation illegals that come here are actually honest hard working laborers. They often work multiple jobs and are uneducated. The problem I see is their offspring. The parents work so hard, have so many jobs, don't speak the language and don't place a high value on education. Their kids are stuck at home in low income areas without a focus on education and use their free time to become involved in gangs and criminal activity.

 

[barman]

Securing the borders and deporting all illegals should be the govt's number one priority.

This would improve many problems like crime, healthcare, education, unemployment, traffic, communicable disease, etc.

Even Mexico is smart enough to secure their own southern border.

It's preposterous to imagine the US being able to even deport 10% of the current illegals (1 million+) unless they're willing to increase ICE personnel and funding by literally 20x or more.

And to "secure the border" demands an increase in ICE and USBP personnel and funding at least 10x.

The latter wouldn't matter anyway unless the feds took the final step required to secure the border while not impeding legitimate personal and commercial traffic. And that is to increase the size of the various border crossing points by 10x as well.

Failure to do any of the three steps above assures that the others would be utterly impossible to achieve.

 

[Fngorh]

move to new orleans. see how far $500 a month get you. You will have a top 40% school in the 49th worst system in the country. Don't worry about spanish being taught. The ebononics system is great. Also, no good peeps to do your lawn or clean your house.

 

[guitarjosh]

The dirty little secret is that rich republicans don't want to see the boarder sealed, as they get a lot of cheap labor from Mexican immigrants.

 

[billbeater]

this explains all the coronas and bud light lime on the shelves :drink:

 

[mr21]

The dirty little secret is that rich republicans don't want to see the boarder sealed, as they get a lot of cheap labor from Mexican immigrants.

...and the middle-class has to deal with the negative aspects (poor schools, crime, overcrowded emergency rooms, etc.) that the rich can insulate themselves from.