Still thinking about the President's speech yesterday on his new illegal immigration plan. Here's some stats from Immigration Watch:
~ Before 1965 the U.S. admitted an average of 200,000 immigrants and refugees per year. After 1990, the average annual total rose to nearly one million.
~ Since 2000, an average of 500,000 illegal aliens have entered and settled permanently in the U.S. per year.
~ The Census Bureau estimates that a total of 8.7 million illegal aliens live in the U.S. A study at Northeastern University put the total at 11 million.
In the meantime the Minuteman Project also has new goals, "We're struggling to keep up with the demand," Founder Chris Simcox said. "It's our aim, by next November, the '06 elections, to have Minuteman interior chapters in every congressional district in the country." Read more here.
I think it would have been smart for the President to have acknowledged the Minutemen in his speech. They represent the concern of a good chunk of Americans.
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