More people from Mexico illegally enter the United States than die in Mexico each year. That isn't a right-wing talking point, that is from the Mexican government itself.
Mexico's demographics agency found that an average of 577,000 people migrated to the U.S. each year between 2000-2005, compared to 495,000 deaths a year in the same period. In 2006, 559,000 migrated and there were 501,000 deaths.
Mexico had 104.9 million residents as of last year, an increase of 6.4 million since 2000.
Immigration to the U.S. has increased drastically since 1970, when 800,000 Mexicans lived north of the border. Today, there are about 11 million Mexicans living in the U.S., both legally and illegally, the report found.
The study also showed more and more Mexicans traveling illegally to the United States.
The total US live birth number in 2003 was just over 4 million. Almost 600,000 more per year are being added by mostly illegal immigration from Mexico alone. More people are coming here than are dying in Mexico. Do you think there may be a problem here? Is this a nation of immigrants? Sure. But this represents a flood – a torrent – of people into this country. Illegally. If the politicians want a real solution, first close the border. A lot of other things can be worked out, but close the border and stop the flood.
I did not know this, thank you for the info.
More attention to the border, yes, but I don’t think a fence will work.
One thing I keep coming back to is that the children of illegal immigrants become citizens automatically. The cry then becomes, “How dare you break up families by deporting the parents!”
A real mess, needs some real solutions.
Depends on the fence…a couple hundred miles of unmanned chicken wire–probably not. The Israeli security “fence”, on the other hand, is made out of concrete, has watchtowers, spotlights, checkpoints, guards, and has (so far) proven to be impregnable. An example a little closer to home is the border fence Duncan Hunter ran point on erecting in California. By all reports, it’s proven to be very effective.
“Today, there are about 11 million Mexicans living in the U.S., both legally and illegally, the report found.”
Somebody’s numeros are off, and how. That estimate is below the low-ball estimate of 12 million ILLEGALS in this country, and they even included the legal Mexicans here. I smell caca de toro.