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Immigrant births soar in Georgia
Foreign-born moms account for 20%

By EUNICE MOSCOSO
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Published on: 07/08/05

Nearly one-fifth of all births in Georgia are to immigrant mothers, a rate that has increased dramatically in the past 35 years, a study released Thursday said.

Of those births, 43 percent were to mothers who are illegal immigrants. As a result, 8 percent of births in the state are to illegal immigrant mothers, the study said.
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"The numbers are really, really striking," said Steve Camarota, director of research at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of the study. The center is a Washington think tank that advocates stronger immigration controls.

In 1970, 1 percent of births in Georgia were to immigrant mothers, compared with 19 percent in 2002 â€â€