The Change Mariner

Immigration Into U.S. Continues to Rise

The Washington Times:

Net immigration to the United States rose dramatically by 1.4 million in each of the past two years, about half a million of whom were listed as illegal aliens, a report said yesterday.

The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) said if the numbers remain unchanged, this decade will mark the most massive wave of immigration in American history, with 45 million immigrants -- about 14 percent of the country's total projected population -- forecast to be residing in the United States by 2010.

The extensive FAIR report also said the figures show that immigration totals are unrelated to the labor needs and economic conditions in this country. Despite a weak U.S. economy and rising unemployment in the United States since 2000, the report said, immigration significantly has outpaced record levels seen in the 1990s and has shown no sign of abating.