April 19, 2009

FAST FACT: No other country in the world has as many total immigrants from all countries as the United States has immigrants from Mexico alone- Washington Times, Pew

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Washington Times

Mexicans total 32% of “immigrants”

President Obama arrived in Mexico for a visit Thursday but he could have stayed home if he was looking for a Mexican audience. — A record 12.7 million Mexican immigrants lived in the U.S. in 2008, a 17-fold increase since 1970, according to a study released Thursday by the Pew Hispanic Center…

No other country in the world has as many total immigrants from all countries as the United States has immigrants from Mexico alone. Other than the United States, the country that hosts the largest number of immigrants is Russia, with 12 million foreign born,” the study said.

The majority of Mexican citizens in the U.S. – 55 percent – are here illegally. And Mexicans comprise a majority (59 percent) of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants now within our borders.

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