Thread: 8 Million Illegal Aliens Still Hold US Jobs

Number of illegal immigrants holds steady in U.S.

Pew Hispanic Center puts the number of people living here illegally at 11.2 million

By HOPE YEN
The Associated Press
updated 2/1/2011 12:17:42 PM ET 2011-02-01T17:17:42

WASHINGTON — After a dropoff during the recession, illegal immigrants seeking to sneak across the U.S. border may be ready to move again.

A new study released Tuesday finds the number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. last year was roughly 11.2 million, a number virtually unchanged from 2009. In that year, the level of illegal immigration declined for the first time in two decades, dropping 8 percent from 2007, as a sour economy and stepped-up border enforcement made it harder or less desirable for undocumented workers to enter from Mexico.

The number of illegal immigrants in the U.S. labor force also was unchanged last year at 8 million, representing about 5 percent of workers in the U.S., after hitting a peak of 8.4 million in 2007, according to the nonpartisan Pew Hispanic Center, which based its analysis on census survey data.

States posting some of the biggest declines in the number of illegal immigrants since 2007 included Florida, New York, Colorado and Virginia. Unauthorized immigrants in three Mountain West states — Arizona, Nevada and Utah — also edged lower.

In contrast, illegal immigration was on the rise in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, with the combined populations of these states increasing from 1.6 million in 2007 to 1.8 million last year, according to the study.

Jeffrey S. Passel, a senior demographer at Pew who co-wrote the report, said it was difficult to discern whether the latest numbers were a sign that illegal immigration was back on the upswing. But he noted that over the last two decades, illegal immigration in the U.S. has steadily increased or remained flat during economic downturns — with the decline in illegal immigrants in 2009 being the exception.

"It's still expensive and dangerous to sneak across the border, and the likelihood of being able to find a job in the U.S. is not very good. But things are still better here than in Mexico," Passel said.

According to the Pew study, the number of illegal immigrants has risen from roughly 8.4 million estimated in 2000. After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, illegal immigration was largely unchanged before spiking higher during the mid-decade housing boom. The level of illegal immigrants reached a peak of 12 million in 2007, experts say.

Currently, illegal immigrants make up roughly 4 percent of the U.S. population — a number largely unchanged from previous years.

Steve A. Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington group that advocates tighter immigration policies, said it wasn't surprising that illegal immigration had stopped declining. He predicted the numbers will soon pick up, citing some improvement in the U.S. economy as well as the Obama administration's "promise of legalization to undocumented workers."

"There's no reason for these numbers to go down," Camarota said. "Our legal policy remains very permissive, and we're not enforcing the law."

Other Pew findings:

—Mexicans make up the majority of the illegal immigrant population at 58 percent, or 6.5 million. They are followed by people from other Latin American countries at 23 percent, or 2.6 million; Asia at 11 percent or 1.3 million; Europe and Canada at 4 percent or 500,000; and African countries and other nations at 3 percent, or 400,000.

—The states with the highest percentage of illegal immigrants were Nevada (7.2 percent), California (6.8 percent), Texas (6.7 percent) and New Jersey (6.2 percent).

—About 350,000 newborns last year had at least one illegal immigrant parent, representing 8 percent of all births. That share is largely unchanged from 2009.

The Pew analysis is based on the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey through March 2010. Because the Census Bureau does not ask people about their immigration status, the estimate on illegal immigrants is derived largely by subtracting the estimated legal immigrant population from the total foreign-born population. It is a method that has been used by the government and Pew for many years and is generally accepted.

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The Pew analysis is based on the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey through March 2010. Because the Census Bureau does not ask people about their immigration status, the estimate on illegal immigrants is derived largely by subtracting the estimated legal immigrant population from the total foreign-born population. It is a method that has been used by the government and Pew for many years and is generally accepted.

What did I tell you AirbornSapper7? They really do count the unemployed the same way the Pew Center counts illegal aliens. We know how short they are on the illegal aliens, so the unemployment figures are just as short.

We are in one hell of a mess, and we better fix it pronto.

your on top of it ... and yep, pretty damn scary ain't it

PEW........is that anything like "pu,what stinks?"

The job numbers are off and of course you have to look at who puts them out..The PROPAGANDA GOVERNMENT

The majority of we Americans are wise enough to know where all the employment positions are going and there is no need to try and increase employment because any vacant position will be filled by people who are unlawfully residing in the U.S.

If illegal employments were ceased, this Country will become stable quickly.

"It's still expensive and dangerous to sneak across the border, and the likelihood of being able to find a job in the U.S. is not very good. But things are still better here than in Mexico," Passel said.

Of course it is...especially with the treasure trove of benefits that we shell out for each anchor baby they produce. That’s a deal that will keep them coming and encourage them to stay, since mexico is not going to subsidize their multiple anchor babies.

These 8 million workers need to be deported along with every other illegal alien in the US, and these jobs filled with Americans at sustainable wages.

8 million jobs for Americans equals an average household of 3 x 8 = 24 million Americans off of MediCaid, welfare, food stamps, free school lunch and out of HUD Slave Cabins. We have 55 million on MediCaid, so 24 million is 44% of our MediCaid budget could be reduced by stopping illegal immigration in our work force.

8 million jobs equals more than half of our unemployment. January unemployment numbers were 14.7 million so 8 million is 54% of our total unemployment which means we could our direct unemployment numbers by 54%.

So illegal immigration is responsible for 44% of our welfare state and 54% of our unemployment at 8 million illegal alien workers. Anyone believe there are only 8 million illegal alien workers in the US? There's a whole lot more than 8 million illegal alien worker and a whole lot more than 11.2 illegal aliens in the country, so illegal immigration is responsible for the vast majority of our poverty amongst Americans that costs US taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars a year in welfare, public assistance and misery for those impacted directly by illegal immigration. It's existence is a national disgrace.

That's why stopping illegal immigration and reducing legal immigration is step number 1. in Judy's Five Steps to Fix the US Economy.

When you stop illegal immigration you create jobs for Americans at sustainable wages, reduce government spending on poverty programs and end illegal alien remittances that drain our money supply. 1 stone, 3 birds. And that's before we even get to reducing education expenses, crime and incarceration costs, and traffic fatalities. That makes it 1 stone, 7 birds.

http://www.alipac.us
http://www.numbers.usa.com
http://www.americanworker.org
http://www.fairtax.org

Judy's Five Steps To Fix the US Economy:

1. stop illegal immigration and reduce legal immigration
2. pass the FairTax
3. protect our trade
4. legalize/regulate/tax under 2 the illegal drug trade
5. drill baby drill

It's time to act and use our 800,000 state and local police officers to do the job the feds refuse to do.

Go get them Republicans, get them out of here, and keep them out. Lets get R done.