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Fastest Growing Source of Illegals in the US |
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Monday, 25 February 2008 |
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FASTEST GROWING SOURCE (of Illegals in the USA) is
INDIA!
A recent federal analysis
of unauthorized immigration reveals that the most rapidly growing source of
illegal aliens in the US is India - the same country whose engineers and
programmers are sending American workers to the unemployment lines!
Illegal Indians represent a 125 percent jump since 2000,
the largest percentage increase of any nation with more than 100,000 illegal
immigrants in the United States.
Illegal emigres defy the image
FASTEST GROWING SOURCE? IT'S INDIA
By Mike Swift
Mercury News
The Bay Area has a piece of the nation's fastest growing group of illegal
immigrants. But don't assume you know who they are.
Turning stereotypes on their head, a recent federal analysis of unauthorized
immigration says the most rapidly growing source of illegal immigration
is India - the same country whose engineers and programmers help power
Google and other Silicon Valley companies, whose doctors heal the Bay
Area's sick, and whose entrepreneurs and venture capitalists have become
a force on both sides of the international date line.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security estimates that there
are 270,000 unauthorized Indian natives in the United States - a 125
percent jump since 2000, the largest percentage increase of any nation
with more than 100,000 illegal immigrants in the United States.
The number of undocumented Indians is dwarfed by the estimated 6.6 million
illegal residents from Mexico, according to the estimates from homeland
security's Office of Immigration Statistics. Yet, considering the high
level of education of many Indians, immigration experts say the federal
report hints at a new phenomenon: a high-skilled undocumented workforce
to go along with the nation's sizable numbers of low-skilled illegal
workers. If trends continue, within three years India would trail
only Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala as a source of illegal immigration.
Another national immigration expert, Jeffrey S. Passel of the Pew Hispanic
Center, estimates that the number of illegal Indians is even higher,
at 400,000 people. Virtually all entered the United States legally
but violated the terms of their visas, say experts who study the nation's
much maligned immigration system.
"How do you get in? You come across the border, or you arrive here
with a visa," said Lindsay Lowell, policy director for the Institute
for the Study of International Migration at Georgetown University. "Indians
aren't going to be walking across the border like Mexicans."
Indians are among the most affluent ethnic groups in the United States,
with a median household income that is 62 percent higher than the figure
for all U.S. households.
Santa Clara County has the largest Indian-born population, and Alameda
County ranks fifth, among the nation's 3,141 counties, according to
2006 census data. But there is no way to know what share of Bay Area
Indian immigrants are illegal.
The Census Bureau does not ask people about their immigration status,
and the Office of Immigration Statistics report did not provide state
or local estimates. Of the 2.5 million people of Indian ancestry living
in the United States, about 1 million are not U.S. citizens.
Federal officials calculated the number of illegal immigrants by using
census estimates of the total number of immigrants from individual countries,
compiling the total number of legal immigrants using federal immigration
and naturalization records, and then subtracting the number of legal
residents from the total immigrant population to determine the number
of undocumented people.
It is certainly a minority of the local Indian community, however, and
probably a very small one. Half the people of Indian ancestry living
in Santa Clara County are already U.S. citizens, either by birth or
naturalization, according to census data. Thousands of others are legal
permanent residents, or they are here legally on student, tourist or
work visas.
Asked about the number of illegal Indians in Silicon Valley, Banjit
Singh, an Indian-born taxi driver waiting for a fare at Mineta San Jose
International Airport, said, "Here, there is a little bit. But
you go to another city or state, like L.A. or New York, there are many
illegal people." Drivers need to show proof of citizenship or legal
immigration status to get a taxi certificate. |
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