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Immigration Today
-People immigrate for same reasons
-44% naturalized citizens
-281 million in 2000 to 397 million in 2050 with immigration, 328 million with no immigration
-Mexicans represent highest number of immigrants
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“[Immigration] was the great contribution of the United States to global redistribution: the country grew from a population of barely 3 million at the time of the Revolutionary War to more than 300 million, largely thanks to successive waves of immigration. That is why the United States is still a long way from becoming the new Old Europe ... immigration is the motor that holds the United States together, the stabilizing force that makes increasingly large inequalities of labor income politically and socially bearable ... for a fair proportion of Americans in the in the bottom 50 percent of income, these inequalities are of secondary importance for the very simple reason that they were born in a less wealthy country and see themselves as being on an upward trajectory.”
-Thomas Piketty (A French Economist)
-Average of nearly one million immigrants came to America each year from 1900-1910.
-Predominantly from Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Russia, and Ireland.
-Seeking jobs, religious freedom, avoiding persecution.
-Restrictions set for Chinese immigrants via Chinese Exclusion Act (1882).
-Pilgrims and Puritans came to America for religious freedom
-1607 to 1775 brought European immigrants (primarily British, Dutch and German), with British being the largest.
-The British still identified with the British Empire
-Immigration quadrupled from 1831-1840, tripled after the Potato Famine (1845–1849) and the California Gold Rush (1849)
By César Jiménez Ramírez
• A stronger GDP means a better standard of living for Americans.
• Immigrants start small businesses.
• Immigrant-owned businesses create jobs for American worker
• Immigrants boost demand for local consumer goods.
• Immigrants innovate as scientists and engineers.
• Illegal immigrants are estimated to pay in about $7 billion per year into Social Security.
• Nearly every dollar earned by illegal immigrants is spent immediately.
* 50 percent of unauthorized immigrants pay federal, state, and local taxes.
• Illegal immigrants pay social security payroll taxes but are not eligible for benefits.
When Social Security numbers are already in use: names do not match the numbers or the numbers are fake, or the person of record is too old, young, dead etc., the earnings reported to the Social Security Agency are put in an Earnings Suspense file [ESF].
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After 9/11, Middle Eastern immigrants also suffered a lot of discrimination.
Many of them are "randomly selected" for Airport Security Checks
-Several Muslims in Minneapolis, Minnesota had their banks accounts canceled for unknown reasons.
-None of these Muslims had any criminal records
-All of them were American citizens.