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March 2007
Albert
A Nation of Immigrants Anthony Quinn
(Mexico)
Einstein
Elie Wiesel
(Germany) Jagdish Bhagwati
(Romania)
(India)
Henry Kissinger
(Germany) Oscar de la Renta
(Dominican Republic)
Sammy Sosa
(Dominican I.M. Pei
Republic) (China)
Sydney
Poitier
(Bahamas)
Jerry Yang
(China) Arnold
Schwarzenegger
Isabel Allende (Austria)
(Chile) Frank McCourt
(Ireland)
J.K.
Galbraith Madeleine Albright
(Canada) (Czech Republic)
Carlos Santana
(Mexico)
U.S. Immigration – By the
•Numbers
In March 2005, the immigrant population reached
35.2 million people.
• Immigrants make up 12.1% of the population.
• 7.9 million immigrants have entered the USA since
2000, making the 2000-2005 period the period of
greatest immigration in US history.
• 3.7 million of those 7.9 million immigrants entered
the US illegally. The estimated population of
illegal immigrants is 11 million.
• In 2005, 10.3 million school-aged children were
from immigrant families.
• Immigrants have not affected the nation’s age
structure. The average age in American remains
at 36 years.
Immigrant Population vs. Native
Population
Immigrants Natives
% of population not completing high
school 30 8
H. R. 213
Provides discretionary authority to immigration judges to determine if alien
parents of US citizen children should not be deported.
H. R. 134
Amends the INA to deny visas and admission to aliens who have been
unlawfully present in the US for more than 6 months.