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U.S. illegal immigrant tally drops by 1 million on poor economy by Tim Gaynor (Front Row Washington) Submitted at 2/12/2010 7:32:25 AM
The number of illegal immigrants living and working in the shadows in the United States dropped to 10.8 million in January last year, from a high of 11.8 million two years earlier, as the U.S. economy faltered, according to a U.S. government report. The study by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which was released earlier this month, found that the “number of unauthorized residents declined by 1.0 million between 2007 and 2009, coincident with the U.S. economic downturn.” The report, which drew on DHS and Census Bureau figures, found that unauthorized immigrants from Mexico accounted for 6.7 million of the
with Mexico. Congressional Democrats introduced a bill seeking comprehensive reform late last year, although analysts say a crowded agenda and a struggling economy may sink hopes for an overhaul in 2010. Obama’s predecessor George W. Bush tried and failed to get reforms passed. The period of decline coincides with a build up in policing efforts on the nearly 2,000-mile (3,200 km) Mexico border, although the study made no reference to any impact of the total, followed by 530,000 was backed overwhelmingly by additional Border Patrol agents, migrants from El Salvador, Hispanics in his election in 2008, infrastructure and fencing on the 480,000 from Guatemala and s u p p o r t s a n o v e r h a u l o f fall-off. 320,000 from Honduras. immigration laws that would Photo credit REUTERS/Tomas Illegal immigration is a divisive l e g a l i z e m i l l i o n s o f Bravo (residents wait to board issue in the United States, where undocumented immigrants in bus to Los Angeles from Jalpa, Hispanics are also the largest good standing, while cracking Mexico. Jan. 15, 2009) legal immigrant group and are an down on employers who hire For more Reuters political news, increasingly weighty voting bloc. undocumented workers as well click here President Barack Obama, who as hardening the porous border
Video: Galileo (Little Green Footballs)
Today’s sanity break is a fascinating piece of high
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24 hours in pictures (World news and comment from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk) Submitted at 2/12/2010 7:41:36 AM
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Google tweaks Buzz privacy settings by Tom Krazit (Webware.com) Submitted at 2/11/2010 5:53:00 PM
Changes are coming to Google Buzz after a rough start when users complained that their most frequently e-mailed contacts were automatically shared on their Buzz profiles. Originally posted at Relevant Results