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= NOTES =

__USCIS__ -Sam McCue

__uscis.gov __
 * 1) * if you are born in the US, you are automatically a citizen
 * 2) * possession of citizenship is not affected by alien parents being in the US for a temporary amount of time
 * 3) * persons born on foreign public ships are not born subject to US jurisdiction even though born in territorial waters
 * 4) * for a while, Indians born in the US were not considered citizens until the act of June 1, 1924-then Indians born were considered citizens
 * 5) * a child found in the US with parents unknown is considered to be native-born in the US if they're under five years of age
 * 6) * a stowaway is someone who doesn't have a ticket or consent to travel on a boat, plane, car etc. if you have consent/ticket, you are not a stowaway
 * 7) * if a foreign exchange student violates their Visa, they are not allowed to come back to the US for 5 years after the date of the violation\
 * 8) * if any alien tries to help another alien enter the US without citizenship, passport, green card etc, it is considered smuggling
 * 9) * in order to be considered smuggling, the alien would have to knowingly do it (as in, they'd have to know it was against the law, and depending on the circumstances, they may not realize it's illegal)
 * 10) * a defense against smuggling can be that the alien who crossed the border thought they were entitled to come over here and that it was legal
 * 11) * active military service counts as physically being in the US
 * 12) * the citizen parent "must have served honorably" in order to transmit citizenship under the statute
 * 13) * any temporary physical presence by parents in US, even as minor or alien, while exclusion proceedings were pending following birth of child for more than a few hours meets residence requirement
 * 14) * constant stays in the US for college (more than 3 years) or boarding school (9 months or more) is considered a US resident for purposes of section 201 of the 1940 act
 * 15) * section 201 states you are allowed to apply for a visa to legally be allowed to the States (this includes exchange students)

__immigration.laws.com__

16. a non immigrant visa can be given so that way international individuals can be educated, married, or employed in the US

__immigration.about.com__

17. you can download a free visa form at USCIS.gov 18. different types of VISA forms are: -employment based forms -family based forms -green card based forms -humanitarian benefits based forms -citizenship and naturalization based forms 19. temporary visas include: -exchange visitors -religious workers -media and journalists -business, tourists, and visitors -fiance to marry US citizen/spouse etc 20. an immigrant visa is a permanent visa 21. immigrant visa categories are: -immediate relatives -special immigrants -family-sponsored -employer-sponsored 22. it's suggested to get an immigration lawyer 23. tips for choosing a lawyer: -get references -search AILA -interview your short list -compare fee schedules -check cridentials 24. AILA is the American Immigrations Lawyers Association, specializing in immigration laws

__us-immigration.com__

25. benefits of becoming a US citizen: -right to vote -reunite your family in the US -obtain citizenship for children born abroad -ability to travel into and outside of the US freely -collect benefits -become a federal employee -become an elected official 26. if green card has expired or will expire within 6 months, send it in to be renewed immediately 27. some green cards do not to be renewed, but it's suggested

__library.thinkquest.org__

28. immigration has been around since the beginning of time, when humans started moving to areas other than their own 29. first successful immigration trip of the English had been the permanent settlement in Jamestown 30. by the 1700's, US already started developing immigration laws

__teacher.scholastic.com__

31. before internet and immigration forms, the immigrants would arrive at Ellis Island to receive entrance to the US 32. if you were sick, you were not allowed in because they didn't want foreign health epidemics 33. the immigrants would be able to exchange their home money for US dollars, and also were allowed to buy any train tickets they would need 34. the immigrants would be examined by drs as they walked up a staircase. if anyone had difficulties walking up them, they would get a chalk mark on their clothes and would have to get a physical before being admitted to US 35. at the very end, immigrants would go to the "kissing post" which got its name from all the emotional reunions 36. some of the Ellis island immigrants had to wait for 3-5 hours, while others (depending if problems occurred) would have to wait weeks or months to get interviewed by legal inspectors 37. most reasons for coming to America include more opportunities, being together with family, more money, and more jobs. plus more rights 38. other than certain government positions, the laws and rights for immigrants are the same for us

__immigrationequality.org__

39. the immigration equality act is an act protecting the immigrants that are gay, bi, lesbian, transgenders, of HIV positive 40. it's recommended that if an immigrant is charged with an offense, and would live to temporarily visit another country, they should speak with an attorney to ensure they're still welcomed to the US when they come back 41. since January 4, 2010, being HIV positive can no longer be a reason why you're not permitted to a green card 42. while the tourist visa may say when you have to leave, the stamp in your I-94 (paper inside passport) is the legal amount of time you're allowed in the States. this is used in case you need to finish something up in the US but don't have enough time with your visa 43. it's illegal to marry someone for the purpose of getting a green card. 44. if caught for above crime, you can punishments as severe as a 250,000 fine, or 5 years in prison 45. because of the DOMA (defense of marriage act) act, marrying the same sex will not get you marital green cards

-Chase Heffner

http://www.usimmigrationsupport.org/illegal-immigration.html http://immigration.procon.org/ http://www.endillegalimmigration.com
 * 1) an individual who is residing in a country illegally is known as an illegal immigrant
 * 2) other terms used are: undocumented immigrant, undocumented alien, unauthorized migrant, illegal migrant, illegal alien, migrant, undocumented worker
 * 1) an immigrant can either come here illegally or come here on a visa and violate the terms for the visa and then be illegal
 * 2) over 10 million illegal aliens
 * 1) In October 2008, the illegal immigrant population stood at 11.9 million according to thePewHispanicCenter
 * 2) The U.S. Census Bureau showed that the immigrant population reached nearly 38 million in March 2007
 * 3) If immigration continues at current levels population will increase from 301 million today to 468 million in 2060
 * 4) 167 million, or 56% increase
 * 5) There are approximately 7.7 million illegal aliens employed inU.S.jobs in 2008
 * 6) A 1997 studies found that cheap labor of illegal immigrants and poor immigrants caused a 44% decrease in wages from 1980 to 1994
 * 7) Amnesty for illegal immigrants will cause costs to increase from $10.4 billion a year to $28.8 billion
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">This is because an amnesty program would transform an illegal immigrant to an unskilled immigrant with legal status
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">could access various government programs
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">due to low income, these unskilled immigrants with legal status would make modest tax payments
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tax payments in illegal households are only 28% of other households primarily due to much lower levels in education
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">results in low income and lower tax payments
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">mandatory workplace verification of Social Security numbers, could reduce illegal population by1.5 million illegal immigrants each year
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In 2007, 157,000 were found to be unauthorized to work
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">80% have committed serious crimes
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">40% have violent crime histories
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">25-50% of all gangsters arrested in the criminal gang suppression efforts in northern and westernVirginiaare estimated to be illegal immigrants
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">90% of all members of ms-13 are illegal immigrants
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DREAM act of 2007 prevented the legalization of some 60,000 illegal immigrants
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">by providing in-state college tuition and other education and government benefits
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">DREAM Act also would have set in motion a process for potentially amnestying 2.1 million illegal immigrants
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #427b2e; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">not counting the 1.4 million parents and siblings
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 71% of Americans want to see the bosses who hire illegal immigrants arrested
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 64 percent support police conducting surprise raids on businesses suspected of hiring illegal immigrants
 * 25) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 80 percent of U.S. voters oppose proposals for government-backed health-care plans for illegal immigrant
 * 26) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 78 percent of Americans believe that high immigration numbers have had a negative impact on the cost and quality of the nation's health care system
 * 27) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 78% of voters were opposed to legalizing the status of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the U.S.
 * 28) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 73% of Americans called for a drop in the number of illegal immigrants
 * 29) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 74% of Americans think the government is not doing enough to keep illegal immigrants from coming into this country
 * 30) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 66% of voters nationwide say it is very important for the government to improve its enforcement of the borders and reduce illegal immigration
 * 31) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 73% of U.S. voters believe that a police officer should automatically check to see if someone is in this country legally when the officer pulls that person over for a traffic violation
 * 32) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 67% of voters also say that if law enforcement officers know of places where immigrants gather to find work, they should sometimes conduct surprise raids to identify and deport illegal immigrants
 * 33) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 68% of U.S. voters favor strict government sanctions on employers who hire illegal immigrants
 * 34) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 62% of New Jersey Residents oppose offering illegal immigrants some type of driver’s licenses
 * 35) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Only 20% of New Jersey residents favor extending in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrants living in the state compared
 * 36) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 37% who say illegal immigrants should pay higher out-of-state rates
 * 37) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 39% say that illegal immigrants should not even be allowed to attend New Jersey’s public colleges and universities at all
 * 38) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 74% of U.S. voters continue to believe the federal government is not doing enough to secure the country’s borders
 * 39) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 63% of voters say gaining control of the border is more important than legalizing the status of undocumented workers in the country
 * 40) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 60% of voters said reducing illegal immigration and cracking down on employers who hire them is important to them
 * 41) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: serif; font-size: 16px; text-align: start; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> 58% of likely voters prefer that the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country go home

-erin mccabe
 * 1) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Meant for children who’s parent are illegal
 * 2) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Born in the U,S,A
 * 3) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Can help with future earnings
 * 4) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Apply at age 15 or older
 * 5) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Introduced 2001
 * 6) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Help reduce 2.2 billion dollars
 * 7) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Stands for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act
 * 8) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">850,000 calls, faxes, and emails have supported the DREAM act
 * 9) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">81,000 petitions acts have been given
 * 10) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">a sign-on letter from 109 national originations and 202 originations represent 41 states
 * 11) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">40 press conference’s in 32 states and over 100 Spanish tv channels
 * 12) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">meant for those who are going to college or into the military
 * 13) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">almost 755,000 students can be benefited from the DREAM act
 * 14) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">To qualify you must enter the country before the age of 16
 * 15) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">present in the U.S.A for 5 years
 * 16) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">must obtain a GED
 * 17) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">must graduate from a High School within the U.S.A
 * 18) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">must be between ages of 12-35
 * 19) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">must have good moral character
 * 20) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">To qualify in California there is 4 things
 * 21) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">attend a high school within state
 * 22) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">stay there for 3 years
 * 23) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">graduate with a GED
 * 24) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">provide a affidavit
 * 25) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">New York has 5 requirements
 * 26) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">attend a high school within for 2 or more years
 * 27) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">receive a high school diploma
 * 28) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">obtain a GED
 * 29) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">apply to a college within 5 years of graduation
 * 30) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">maintain a GED at the college of choice
 * 31) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Visa overstay is a reason they stay
 * 32) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">to obtain family states
 * 33) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">marriage
 * 34) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">unmarried child under the age of 21
 * 35) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">orphan to be adopted
 * 36) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">EWI stands for enter without inspection
 * 37) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">EWI is for people who enter without a visa
 * 38) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">can stay if have good moral behavior
 * 39) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Immigrants are included in the Health Care Bill
 * 40) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Salt lake city has a place to deport
 * 41) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Utah is against immigration laws
 * 42) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">laws are being made for women pregnant with child
 * 43) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Georgia is going against immigrants
 * 44) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Obama has examine that our government has ‘wholes’ within immigration laws
 * 45) <span style="background-color: #f8f7f7; color: #ef4e4e; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Education for immigrants is a hard topic

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__[]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #810081; display: block; font-family: 'Juice ITC'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left;">__[]__ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b15d5; display: block; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left;">Erik Turner-M <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">__http://cis.org/node/54__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.25in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">__http://www.fairus.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16663&security=1601&news_iv_ctrl=1007__
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Best estimate shows that the illegal population has declined 13.7%.
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">It has declined from a peak of 12.5 mil to 10.8 mil.
 * 3) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">DHS estimates a 1.5 percent decrease from Jan1, 2007, to Jan 1, 2008.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">There is evidence that the number of new illegal immigrants arriving has fallen by about one-third in the last two years compared to earlier in this decade.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">There is also evidence that the number of illegal immigrants returning home has more than doubled in the last two years compared to earlier in this decade.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Our analysis shows that only the //<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">illegal // immigrant population has declined.
 * 7) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The fact that the legal immigrant population does not show the same decline is an indication that stepped up enforcement has played a role.
 * 8) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The illegal immigrant population began falling before there was a significant rise in their unemployment rate.
 * 9) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">There is evidence that the illegal population rose in the summer of 2007, while Congress was considering legalizing illegal immigrants.
 * 10) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">When that legislation failed to pass, the illegal population quickly began a dramatic fall.
 * 11) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The Current Population Survey findings show clear evidence of decreasing illegal population.
 * 12) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Recent migration data from the Mexican government also show a very significant decline in net migration from that country.
 * 13) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Us illegal immigration fence increased.
 * 14) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Border Patrol personnel have almost doubled.
 * 15) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">E-Verify program allows employers to verify if they are allowed to work.
 * 16) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">It now covers 1 out of ten businesses in the country.
 * 17) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">New immigrants (legal and illegal) arrive from abroad.
 * 18) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">While some immigrants already in the country die or return to their home countries.
 * 19) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2000- 5,956
 * 20) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2001- 6,452
 * 21) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2002- 6,614
 * 22) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2003- 6,965
 * 23) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2004- 7,016
 * 24) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2005- 7,095
 * 25) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2006- 7,282
 * 26) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2007- 7,521
 * 27) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2008- 7,106
 * 28) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Hispanic immigrants 2009- 6,703
 * 29) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Illegal immigration seems larger during the spring and summer.
 * 30) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Probably because of the agricultural season.
 * 31) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Bush indicated he wanted to legalize immigrants from Mexico and other places. Prior to 9/11
 * 32) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">This could have impacted migration movements.
 * 33) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The current decline of illegal population began July 2007.
 * 34) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">A very large share of legal immigrants is from Mexico.
 * 35) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Illegal Mexican immigrants comprise 61 percent of illegals.
 * 36) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Mexico tracks people going in and out of there country.
 * 37) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Households headed by illegal immigrants impose more than $26.3 billion on the federal govt in 02’.
 * 38) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Many illegal immigrants are highly skilled at hand jobs.
 * 39) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The vast majority of illegal immigrants hold jobs.
 * 40) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">They impose costs of $6,950 per household.
 * 41) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">They pay more than $4,200 on federal taxes a year.
 * 42) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Only 2,000 agents are on duty on the Mexican and Canadian borders.
 * 43) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Illegal immigration costs to the govt are about $10 billion.
 * 44) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">The CPS use citizen status, year of arrival, age, country of birth.
 * 45) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0956f1; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">They also use educational attainment, sex, marital status.