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Dec 19, 2005
Immigration Not Slowed Down By Recession
Foreign-born less educated now than in the past, probably taking jobs away from native-born Americans
By Gary Feuerberg
Epoch Times Washington D.C. Staff


Some myths about the nation's immigration population were dispelled and some surprises emerged from an analysis of the March 2005 Current Population Survey (CPS), collected by the U.S. Census Bureau.

It's commonly believed that the economic slowdown that began in 2000 retarded the flow of immigration. Not true. The recession and/or 9/11 probably did not slow the rate down, but if it did a trickle, immigration flow has never been higher than in the past 5 years.

Every decade, the Bureau conducts a census of the U.S. population, trying to count everyone as required by the U.S. Constitution. But in the mid-decades, the Bureau uses a survey, the CPS, to update the census. Before the Bureau could publish its March 2005 analysis and results, Steven A. Camaroto, the Director of Research of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), "beat them to it," as he put it, focusing exclusively on immigration matters, and wrote a report that is available online .

Dr. Camaroto summarized his findings at Washington's National Press Club on Monday, December 12. Here are three key findings:


(1) "The 35.2 million immigrants (legal and illegal) living in the country in March 2005 is the highest number ever recordedâ€â€