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Gingrich Plan on Immigration a Good Starting Point

December 6, 2011 - 12:00 am - by Ruben Navarrette Jr.
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2011-12-06 15:25:31

HEY RUBEN…WHAT SAY YOU ABOUT THIS?:

• 850,000 illegal immigrants successfully enter the United States each year
• Over the last two decades 1,001,715 LEGAL immigrants were admitted to the U. S, on average, each year. That is more LEGAL immigrants admitted each year than all the rest of the world’s countries admit COMBINED
• 90 percent of illegal immigration comes from Latin America, with 70 percent of the total from Mexico
• About 80 to 85 percent of the immigration from Mexico and Central America in recent years has been illegal
• 10% of Mexico now lives in the United States
• 4,300 American citizens lose their lives each year by the actions of an illegal immigrant
• Illegal Immigrants cost U.S. taxpayers $113 billion per year; a total sum count of their education, medical, law enforcement and public assistance costs. This is based on a population calculation of 13 million illegal aliens within the U.S. The actual number could actually be as many as 20 million or more
• Illegal immigrants receive $4.2 billion in Refundable Tax Credits annually from the IRS
• Illegals send $30 billion annually in remittances (transfer of money) to Latin America, $21 billion of which goes to Mexico
• The annual total combined impact from illegal immigration is $147 billion dollars