I may have brought this up but as I drive to work and pass the places that school buses stop 75% of those kids are mexican
On Jan 29, 2017 1:19 PM, "Keith In Tampa" <[email protected]> wrote: > How is this writer utilizing an 11 million illegal alien number to base > his opinion upon? > > Any rational individual would have to believe that at a minimum, that > number is at least doubled or tripled, since we've been utilizing the 11 > million number for over sixteen years. > > > > On Sun, Jan 29, 2017 at 12:06 PM, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Number 39: Spring 2011 >> >> *Ten Myths About Immigration * >> >> *Editor’s note: While originally published in 2011, this story was >> updated in 2015 to reflect current statistics, policies and conditions in >> the United States. Click here >> <http://www.tolerance.org/article/sources-ten-myths-about-immigration> for >> a detailed list of sources. *Myths about immigration and immigrants are >> common. Here are a few of the most frequently heard misconceptionsalong >> with information to help you and your students separate fact from fear. >> >> When students make statements that are mistaken or inaccurate, one >> response is to simply ask, “How do you know that’s true?” Whatever the >> answereven if it’s “That’s what my parents say”probe a little more to get >> at the source. Ask, “Where do you think they got that information?” or >> “That sounds like it might be an opinion and not a fact.” Guide students to >> find a reliable source and help them figure out how to check the facts. >> >> >> *Most immigrants are here illegally. *With so much controversy around >> the issue of undocumented immigrants, it’s easy to overlook the fact that >> most of the foreign-born people living in the United States have followed >> the rules and have permission to be here. Of the more than 41 million >> foreign-born people living in the United States in 2013, about 30 million >> were naturalized citizens, permanent residents and legal residents. Eleven >> million were unauthorized immigrants. Of those who did not have >> authorization to be here, about 40 percent entered the country legally and >> then let their visas expire. >> >> >> *It's just as easy to enter the country legally today as it was when my >> ancestors arrived. *Ask students when their ancestors immigrated and if >> they know what the entry requirements were at the time. For about the first >> 100 years, the United States had an “open immigration system that allowed >> any able-bodied immigrant in,” explains immigration historian David >> Reimers. The biggest obstacle would-be immigrants faced was getting >> heresome even resorted to selling themselves into indentured servitude to >> do so. Today, there are many rules about who may enter the country and stay >> legally. Under current policy, many students’ immigrant ancestors who >> arrived between 1790 and 1924 would not be allowed in today. >> >> >> *There’s a way to enter the country legally for anyone who wants to get >> in line. *Ask students if they know the rules to enter the country >> legally and stay here to work. The simple answer is that there is no “line” >> for most very poor people with few skills to stand in and gain permanent >> U.S. residency. Generally, gaining permission to live and work in the >> United States is limited to people who are (1) highly trained in a skill >> that is in short supply here and offered a job by a U.S. employer, (2) >> escaping political persecution, (3) joining close family already here, or >> (4) winners of the green-card lottery. >> >> >> *My ancestors learned English, but today’s immigrants refuse. *Ask >> students to find out how long it took for their ancestors to stop using >> their first language. “Earlier immigrant groups held onto their cultures >> fiercely,” notes Reimers. “When the United States entered the First World >> War [in 1917], there were over 700 German-language newspapers. Yet, German >> immigration had peaked in the 1870s.” >> >> While today’s immigrants may speak their first language at home, one-half >> of those older than 5 speak English “very well” according to research by >> the independent, nonpartisan Migration Policy Institute. And the demand for >> adult ESL instruction in the United States far outstrips available classes. >> >> >> *Today’s immigrants don’t want to blend in and become “Americanized.” *Ask >> students what it means to blend in to American society. Nearly 655,000 >> people became naturalized citizens during the 2014 fiscal year. They had to >> overcome obstacles like getting here, finding a job, tackling language >> barriers, paying naturalization fees, dealing with a famously lethargic >> immigration bureaucracy and taking a written citizenship test. This is not >> the behavior of people who take becoming American lightly. >> >> The reality is that the typical pattern of assimilation in the United >> States has remained steady, says Reimers. “The first generation struggled >> with English and didn’t learn it. The second was bilingual. And the third >> can’t talk to their grandparents.” If anything, the speed of assimilation >> is faster today than at any time in our past, mainly because of public >> education and mass media. >> >> >> *Immigrants take good jobs from Americans. *Ask students what kinds of >> jobs they think immigrants are taking. According to the Immigration Policy >> Center, a nonpartisan group, research indicates there is little connection >> between immigrant labor and unemployment rates of native-born workers. Here >> in the United States, two trendsbetter education and an aging >> populationhave resulted in a decrease in the number of Americans willing >> or available to take low-paying jobs. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor >> Statistics, close to 26 million foreign-born people, or 17 percent of the >> country’s labor force, worked in the United States in 2014. These workers >> are more likely to be employed by the service industry, while native-born >> workers are more likely to hold jobs in management, professional, sales and >> office occupations. >> >> To fill the void of low-skilled American workers, employers often hire >> immigrant workers. One of the consequences, unfortunately, is that it is >> easier for unscrupulous employers to exploit this labor source and pay >> immigrants less, not provide benefits and ignore worker-safety laws. On an >> economic level, Americans benefit from relatively low prices on food and >> other goods produced by undocumented immigrant labor. >> >> >> *Undocumented immigrants bring crime. *Ask students where they heard >> this. Nationally, from 1990 to 2010, the violent crime rate declined >> almost 45 percent and the property crime rate fell 42 percent, even as the >> number of undocumented immigrants more than tripled. According to the >> conservative Americas Majority Foundation, crime rates from 1999 to 2006 >> were lowest in states with the highest immigration growth rates. During >> that period, the total crime rate fell 14 percent in the 19 top immigration >> states, compared to only 7 percent in the other 31. Truth is, foreign-born >> people in Americawhether they are naturalized citizens, permanent >> residents or undocumentedare incarcerated at a much lower rate than >> native-born Americans, according to the National Institute of Corrections. >> >> >> *Undocumented immigrants don’t pay taxes but still get benefits. *Ask >> students what are some ways Americans pay taxes, as in income tax and sales >> tax. Undocumented immigrants pay taxes every time they buy gas, clothes or >> new appliances. They also contribute to property taxesa main source of >> school fundingwhen they buy or rent a house, or rent an apartment. The >> U.S. Social Security Administration estimated that in 2013 undocumented >> immigrantsand their employerspaid $13 billion in payroll taxes alone for >> benefits they will never get. They can receive schooling and emergency >> medical care, but not welfare or food stamps. >> >> >> *The United States is being overrun by immigrants like never before. *Ask >> students why they think this. As a percentage of the U.S. population, the >> historic high actually came in 1890, when the foreign-born constituted >> nearly 15 percent of the population. By 2012, about 13 percent of the >> population was foreign-born. At the start of the recession in 2008, the >> number of undocumented immigrants coming into the country actually dropped, >> and in more recent years, that number is stabilizing with little change. >> >> Many people also accuse immigrants of having “anchor babies”children who >> allow the whole family to stay. According to the U.S. Constitution, a child >> born on U.S. soil is automatically an American citizen. That is true. But >> immigration judges will not keep immigrant parents in the United States >> just because their children are U.S. citizens. In 2013, the federal >> government deported about 72, 410 foreign-born parents whose children had >> been born here. These children must wait until they are 21 before they can >> petition to allow their parents to join them in the United States. That >> process is long and difficult. In reality, there is no such thing as an >> “anchor baby.” >> >> >> *Anyone who enters the country illegally is a criminal. *Ask students >> whether someone who jaywalks or who doesn’t feed a parking meter is a >> criminal. Explain that only very serious misbehavior is generally >> considered “criminal” in our legal system. Violations of less serious laws >> are usually “civil” matters and are tried in civil courts. People accused >> of crimes are tried in criminal courts and can be imprisoned. Federal >> immigration law says that unlawful presence in the country is a civil >> offense and is, therefore, not a crime. The punishment is deportation. >> However, some stateslike Arizonahave criminalized an immigrant’s mere >> presence. >> >> >> http://www.tolerance.org/immigration-myths >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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