Friday, August 24, 2007

Facts about undocumented immigrants in U.S.

Immigration raids and deportations split families apart.
According to a 2004 study by the Pew Hispanic Center, there are 3.1 million U.S. born (citizen) children with at least one parent in the country illegally.

The U.S. economy relies heavily on undocumented labor.
Estimated 70% of farm workers in the U.S. are undocumented.
Only 2% of all farm workers in the U.S. come on the guest-worker program.
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Undocumented put more into the system than they take out.
Undocumented immigrants put in $7 billion more into Social Security than they take out.
They put $1.5 billion more into Medicare than they take out.
A study by The National Academy of Sciences found that immigrants' tax payments are greater than all costs of services they use.

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