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Saturday, April 22, 2006

Immigration Myths

Check out this site, which is from the USCCB's formal "Justice for Immigrants" website. In it, some common myths about immigration are provided. They're all interesting, but the one I found most surprising is the following:

Most immigrants cross the border illegally
Around 75% of today’s immigrants have legal permanent (immigrant) visas; of the 25% that are undocumented, 40% overstayed temporary (non-immigrant) visas.

(Source: Department of Homeland Security (http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/index.htm)
Interesting. Check out all the other myths they debunk.

posted by Huck at 2:25 PM