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Too Many: Looking today's immigration in the face.
When the history of the 1990s is written, the most important story may not be the GOP takeover of Congress, the boom economy, or the Clinton impeachment. The big story may be the decade's unprecedented level of immigration: a social phenomenon of enormous significance, affecting everything from the nation's schools to the political balance between the two parties.
Newly released census figures show that the foreign-born population reached 31.1 million in 2000 (including some 7 to 8 million here illegally). This is by far the largest immigrant population in U.S. history, and represents a 57 percent increase from 1990. The rate of increase is itself unprecedented: ...
- Immigration surges in U.S.: the growth rate of the foreign-born population is...
- Magazine article from: Insight on the News Dinan, Stephen July 15, 2002 700+ words
...director of the National Immigration Forum. "No wonder...rate of the foreign-born population from 7.9 percent...percent in 1890, immigration advocates say. The...consequences to increased immigration were clearly dead...percent of the foreign-born population 10 years ago, 33...
- A surge in immigration is spawning a backlash: In Charlotte, N.C., the...
- Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) October 15, 2006 700+ words
...country. With anti-immigration feelings running high...increase in foreign-born population over the last 15 years...Carolina. Illegal immigration has figured prominently...million, the foreign-born population jumped from about...overall effect of immigration -- legal and ...
- Foreign-born population nears 30 million, Census Bureau estimates.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire January 3, 2001 700+ words
...nation's foreign-born population in 2000 was 28.4...report, The Foreign-Born Population in the United States...a period of heavy immigration from Europe in 1890...third of the foreign-born population was from Mex ico or...
- Europe single largest source of older foreign-born population, Census Bureau...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire October 2, 2002 700+ words
...has been the primary source of immigration to this country, and the European...group among the older foreign-born population in 2000," said Wan He, author...2000 [PDF 587kb]. "Reflecting immigration trends of recent decades, people...
- Census Bureau Data Show Characteristics of the U.S. Foreign-Born Population.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire February 19, 2009 700+ words
...U.S. Foreign-Born Population(C)1994-2009...U.S. foreign-born population from the 2007 American...profiles on the foreign-born population people who were not...the Census Bureaus Immigration Statistics Staff...
- FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION AT RECORD HIGH.(NATION/WORLD)
- Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI) March 10, 2003 700+ words
...The U.S. foreign-born population has reached a record high...government worked to close immigration loopholes and provide closer...played a role. For instance, immigration officials in 2001 reduced...director of the National Immigration Forum, an immigrant advocacy...
- Foreign-Born Population in Michigan Sees Increase in Past Decade.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News August 6, 2001 700+ words
...Michigan's foreign-born population jumped at least 46...percent of the foreign-born population. Data from the Census...Michigan's increase in immigration can largely be attributed...resulted in the foreign-born population declining by 15 percent...
- U.S. FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION NEAR 10% LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE TURN OF THE CENTURY...
- Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) April 12, 1998 700+ words
...WASHINGTON -- America's foreign-born population is reaching levels not seen since...1910 due to the massive European immigration a century ago. But today, Latin...five states, where the foreign-born population tops the national percentage...
