Thread: New Pew Study -- look at the percentages

Growing illegal immigration in the US
Edward Alden
3/17/2006

THE number of illegal immigrants in the US has continued to grow by nearly half a million each year in spite of efforts to increase security at the country's borders, according to a survey released recently.
The study, by the Pew Hispanic Centre, said the population of unauthorised migrants reached between 11.5m and 12m last year, accounting for nearly a third of the foreign-born population in the US. That number is up from roughly 8.4m in 2000.
The continued rise was driven primarily by the strong demand for low skilled work in the US. "What we're seeing is a labour migration that is tied to employment opportunities," said Jeffrey Passel, the study's author.
The findings come as the Senate is to take up legislation aimed at stemming the flow of illegal immigrants coming to the US. The Senate judiciary committee is launching a three-week effort to produce a bill that the committee's chairman, Republican Arlen Specter, hopes will create new legal channels for foreign workers in the US.
The proposal, outlined by committee staff earlier, would allow those illegally in the US to apply for renewable two-year work visas, and would create a new guest worker programme to allow new workers to come to the US legally.
That contrasts with legislation that passed the House of Representatives late last year and would toughen enforcement against illegal aliens but would not allow for new guest workers. Differences between the House bill and the Senate version would have to be resolved later this year.
The Pew survey underscored the substantial presence of illegal workers in the US labour market. It estimated about 4.9 per cent of the US labour force, or 7.2m workers, was composed of unauthorised migrants.
Nearly a third of those work in service occupations, 19 per cent in construction and 15 per cent in production, installation and repair jobs. Illegal workers are especially prevalent in farming, where they make up nearly a quarter of all workers, as well as cleaning, residential home construction and food processing.

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With the new farm machinery, they now have machines to pick peaches, cherries..etc...that can stay in the field 24/7.....once the farmers get these machines, what will we do with this mass of illegals???

Moostracks, good point. And the machines wouldn't be sucking social services dry, either.

Nearly a third of those work in service occupations, 19 per cent in construction and 15 per cent in production, installation and repair jobs. Illegal workers are especially prevalent in farming, where they make up nearly a quarter of all workers, as well as cleaning, residential home construction and food processing.

The above paragraph is good argument for the number of illegals moving in on ghe construction and mechanic jobs.

500,000 a year??.....1.2 million came in the first two months of this year. At that rate we will have another 7 million THIS year., and there were only 243,000 new jobs created last month. Somebody took somebody else's job.

Keep in mind this is the Pew Hispanic center. They are at least acknowledging that illegal aliens are coming in a half a million a year--that is a step forward. Keep in mind that they only admitted that there were eleven million here when most people know there are at least 20 million.

But of those 11 million-- 1/3 have taken jobs that aren't just low paying jobs. Construction workers, mechanics, plumbers, electricians. Get it? Those are not two dollar an hour jobs.