Truth in Immigration-2010

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Immigration

FactsWhat Every Citizen Needs to Know

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About this presentation

Four things you need to know about this presentation

1. This is a non-partisan work. Republicans, Democrats, business leaders,

clergy, Latinos, academics and others contributed to this presentation.

2. Its purpose is to inform.

3. The information presented herein are based on verifiable public data

obtained from recognized sources with sources listed at the bottom of

each slide.

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A salient characteristic of the current debate

on U.S. immigration policy is the high ratio of

hot air to data.

Dr. Douglas Massey

Co-director, Mexican Migration Project

Princeton University

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Immigration Quiz: True or False?

Increase amount of crime

Take jobs from Americans

Dont pay any taxes

Strain health care &

education systems

Increase terrorism threat

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Immigration Quiz: True or False?

Wont enter legally

Dont assimilate, learn

English, respect culture

No Constitutional Rights

Come here to vote illegally

Threaten our sovereignty

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What people believe

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67%Wont assimilate or learn English

7Source: Zogby American Poll, April 2006


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52%Strain health care, education andsocial services

8Source: Pew Hispanic Center, The State of American Public Opinion on Immigration in Spring 2006


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49%Dont pay taxes

9Source: Benson Strategy Group, Immigration Opinions Poll, May 9-12, 2009


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48%Threaten our sovereignty

10Source: Pew Hispanic Center 2006 Immigration Survey, February 8-March 7, 2006


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39%Increase the crime rate

11Source: FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll, 6 April 06


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35%Take jobs from Americans

12Source: Time Magazine Poll, March, 29-30, 2006


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31%Increase the threat of terrorism

13Source: Opinion Dynamics Fox News Poll, April 25-26, 2006


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20%Wont enter the country legally

14Source: Benson Strategy Group, Immigration Opinions Poll, May 9-12, 2009


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?Have no Constitutional rights

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?Come here to vote illegally

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Unreliable Sources

Majority of false claims originate with anti-immigration groups

They rarely cite their sources or explain their conclusions

Purposefully misinterpret reports or data often disagreeing without

providing any proof for their point other than simply saying so, and often

cross-reference one anothers research

The most well-known anti-immigration groups were started by one man:

John Tanton

Bottom line: bad information makes for bad laws and policies

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Reliable Sources

Colleges and universities publishing peer-reviewed studies that stand

up to critical analysis

Use original source data from FBI, Dept. of Homeland Security, U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services and Dept. of Justice

Research and policy centers that are not purely pro or con

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A lie gets halfway around the world

before the truth gets its boots on.

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Legality

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CivilThe type of offense for entering theU.S. at an improper time or place

21Source: USC 18, Title 12, Subchapter 2, Part VIII, Section 1325


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$50-$250The penalty for entering the U.S. atan improper time or place

22Source: USC 18, Title 12, Subchapter 2, Part VIII, Section 1325 (b)


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False PapersPoint at which improper entrybecomes a criminal offense

23Source: USC 18, Title 12, Subchapter 2, Part VIII, Section 1325 (a)(3)


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ArizonaStates in which being in the countrywithout papers is a Felony

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85%Percentage of undocumentedentries from Mexico offset bydepartures between 1965 and 1985

25Source: Massey & Singer, New Estimates of Undocumented Mexican Migration and the Probability of Apprehension, 1995


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45%Percentage of undocumentedimmigrants who overstayed a legalvisa

26Source: Pew Hispanic Center, Modes of Entry for the Unauthorized Migrant Population, May 2006


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3%Percentage of total U.S. populationestimated to be undocumented

27Source: Dept. of Homeland Security, Center for Immigration Statistics


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10Years a naturalized citizen fromMexico may have to wait to bringtheir spouse into the U.S.

28Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association, AILA Backgrounder: Myths and Facts in the Immigration Debate


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20Years a naturalized citizen may haveto wait to sponsor siblings into theU.S.

29Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association, AILA Backgrounder: Myths and Facts in the Immigration Debate


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Population Growth 1990-2008

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100,000,000

200,000,000

300,000,000

400,000,000

1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2008

United States Hispanic Origin

15%14.8%14.1%

13%12.5%

11.2%10.6%10%9.5%9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, State & County QuickFacts

15.4%


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What is the truth?Why do people come to the U.S.?

Priority given to families or those with in-demand technical skills

They come here to work

They come here to rejoin their families

Bottom line: Federal law must be changed to be market-driven andto accommodate the needs of business and society

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Crime

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4.4%Estimate of all Arizona crimescommitted by undocumentedimmigrants

33Source: ASU Incarceration Study, 2006


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3.5%Percent of all undocumentedimmigrants DHS deported fromArizona with prior criminal records

34Source: DHS, Office of Immigration Statistics, 2004


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2.1%Percent of MCSO arrests ofundocumented immigrants aspercent of total arrests

35Source: MCSO web site and press releases


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10%Percent of all people booked intoMCSO jails subject to an ICE hold

36Source: M. Kiefer, Arizona Republic, Feb. 25, 2008


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52.5%Percent drop in violent crime asundocumented population grewbetween 1994-2006

37Source: U.S. DoJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Facts At A Glance, March 29, 2010


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48.6%Percent drop in property crime asundocumented population grewbetween 1994-2006

38Source: U.S. DoJ, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Key Facts at a Glance, March 29, 2010


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What is the truth?Although the undocumented

population has grown by an

estimated 1,400 people per

day, the murder rate declinedfrom 61 per day in 1996 to 47

per day in 2006.

Total murders per day have

declined while the number of

undocumented aliensentering the country has

increased.

39Source: Paul Stiles, Novice Bear, January 10, 2008


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31.6%Hispanics as a percentage of allpersons arrested in Arizona

40Source: Arizona Department of Public Safety, Crime in Arizona 2006


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29.2%Hispanics as a percentage of allArizona residents

41Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, State Population Estimates by Characteristics 2006


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13%Incarceration rate of native-bornmales 18-39 in California with lessthan a high school diploma

43Source: Crime, Corrections and California, California Counts, PPIC, Vol. 9, No. 3, February, 2008


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0.5%Incarceration rate of immigrantmales 18-40 in California with lessthan a high school diploma

44Source: Crime, Corrections and California, California Counts, PPIC, Vol. 9, No. 3, February, 2008


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5Number of times native citizens aremore likelythan any immigrant to beincarcerated

45Source: Debunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment Among First- and Second-Generation

Young Men, Rubn G. Rumbaut, Roberto G. Gonzales, Golnaz Komaie, and Charlie V. Morgan, 2006


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73.3%The percentage of the U.S. prisonpopulation who are U.S. citizens

46Source: U.S Bureau of Prisons, BOP Quick Facts, February 27, 2010


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18.0%Percentage of the U.S. prisonpopulation who are Mexican citizens

47Source: U.S Bureau of Prisons, BOP Quick Facts, February 27, 2010


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What is the truth?Understanding the numbers

DHS data report cumulative arrest numbers that doNOTindicate the

actual number of people who may have crossed illegally.

The relationship between apprehensions to either the number of attempted

illegal entries or the number of successful illegal entries is unclear

Bottom line: There is virtually nothing you can infer about the volume ofillegal migration from the number of apprehensions

48Source: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics Fact Sheet Border Apprehensions, November. 2006


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Jobs

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66%Percent of undocumented Mexicanimmigrants who have not completedhigh-school

50Source: Pew Hispanic Center, Survey of Mexican Migrants, December 6, 2005, p. 36.


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$259Average day-laborer weekly income

51Source: Day Labor in the Golden State, CEP, Vol. 3, No. 3, 2007


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$7.25/hrArizona minimum wage for 2010

52Source: The Industrial Commission of Arizona, Minimum Wage Standard, 2010.


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$9.71/hrArizona H-2A hourly Adverse EffectWage Rate (AWER) for 2010

53Source: USDA 75 FR 6884, February 12, 2010


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$67,019Median annual income for family offour in 2005

54Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Median Income for 4-Person Families, by State, 2005


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$25,000Average family income of a migrantfamily of four

55Source: Pew Hispanic Center, Unauthorized Migrants: Numbers and Characteristics, 2005


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14 millionNumber of new jobs created in U.S.between 1996 and 2000

56Source: Bean, Frank D., and Gillian Stevens, 2003. Americas Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity.


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12 millionTotal U.S. population growthbetween 1996 and 2000

57Source:Bean, Frank D., and Gillian Stevens, 2003. Americas Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity.


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Undocumented Impact on Wages

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-10%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

1990-2004

-3%

8%

0-8 Years 8-11 Years 12-20 Years

Source: University of Arizona


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0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

Sales & Admin Professional Manufacturing Services Construction Agriculture

Non-Citizen Naturalized Native-born

Foreign-Born Labor Force: 2007

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, The Foreign-Born Labor Force in the United States: 2007, Figure 6.


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Annual Immigration Limits: 1996, 2004-2009

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100,000

200,000

300,000

400,000

1996 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Family Preference Employment Preference

Source: DHS, Office of Immigration Statistics, U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 1996, 2004-2009


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24Number of hours to fill quota of

65,000 H1-B visas for 2008

61Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


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60Days needed to fill quota of

66,000 H2-B visas for 2008

62Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services


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30,000Number of unskilled workers needed

daily by Yuma farmer Tim Dunn to

bring in a winter lettuce crop

63Source: Interview on Desert Politics, Dec. 8, 2007


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375Number of new non-family related

employment visas issued to

Mexican citizens for all of 2009

64Source: U.S. Department of State, Report of the Visa Office 2009, Table III


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What is the truth?

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Taking good jobs from Americans

Studies from Berkeley, and U.C. Davis show there is no relationship

between an influx of migrant workers and the ability of native citizens to

find work.

Immigrants overallincrease the wages of natives, partially because

natives tend to become the supervisors of the migrant workers


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What is the truth?Immigration fills legitimate labor needs

Aging and low birthrate of U.S. population means greater need for

additional workers in order to:

Fill available jobs at all levels - we dont have enough replacement

workers

Contribute local, state and Federal taxes to cover Social Security and

Medicare

Low employment rates encourages export of U.S. jobs overseas

due to lack of a skilled and motivated labor market

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Taxes

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What is the truth?Paying Taxes

Studies from ASU, University of Arizona, Thunderbird School of

Management, the Texas Comptroller, the Social SecurityAdministration and common sense show that:

Undocumented workers pay just about every type of tax there is

including: sales, real estate, income, social security, and other taxes

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$940MUndocumented immigrants net

financial benefit to the Arizona

economy

69Source: University of Arizona, Immigrants in Arizona, Gans, 2006


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$78MUndocumented immigrants sales

tax contributions to the Arizona

economy

70Source: University of Arizona, Immigrants in Arizona, Gans, 2006


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$836BEarnings Suspense File account

balance from non-matching SSNs as

of the end of FY2009

71Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, SSAS FY 2009 Performance and Accountability Report


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60%Percent growth in SSA Earnings

Suspense File account balance

2005-2009

72Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, SSAS FY 2009 Performance and Accountability Report


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$0Amount of Suspense Fund balance

payable to undocumented

immigrants

73Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Auditors Report, 2007


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$1BLoss in Arizona state revenues from

the loss of 50,000 jobs

74Source: APS Immigration Loss Impact Study


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What is the truth?Paying Taxes

In Arizona, sales taxes supply nearly half of our state revenues. All

immigrants pay sales taxes

Schools are funded through property taxes that are paid by anyone

who owns a home, rents a home or apartment or a business

(Landlords cover their taxes through tenants rent payments)

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Assimilation

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1910The year in which the percentage of

foreign-born residents reached its

peak of 14.7%

77Source: Pew Hispanic Center, 2007 and Gibbons and Lennon, 1999


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12.6%Percentage of foreign-born residents

of the U.S. in 2007

78Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey


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13Annual rate of immigrants per 1,000

U.S. residents in 1910

79Source: The New Americans, National Research Council


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3Annual rate of immigrants per 1,000

U.S. residents in 2005

80Source: The New Americans, National Research Council


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25%Percentage of the immigrant

population that could not speak

English at all in 1900

81Source: George Rodriguez, From Newcomers to New Americans..., p. 18


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47 millionNumber of U.S. citizens who speak

a non-English language at home

1980-2000

82Source: Bean FD, Stevens G. 2003. Americas Newcomers and the Dynamics of Diversity. New York: Russell Sage. P. 149


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8%Percentage of the immigrant

population that could not speak

English at all in 1990

83Source: George Rodriguez, From Newcomers to New Americans..., p. 18


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95%Percentage of Mexican-Americans

who could speak English well in

1990

84Source: R. Alba and V. Nee, Remaking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration p. 227


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743,715Total number of new naturalized

citizens in 2009

85Source: DHS, Office of Immigration Statistics, Naturalizations in the U.S., 2009


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2XThe rate at which Mexican

immigrants become legal U.S.

citizens compared to other countries

86Source: DHS, Office of Immigration Statistics, Naturalizations in the U.S., 2009


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10Number of years after arrival that

75% of immigrants speak English as

well as natives

87Source: American Immigration Lawyers Association, Myths vs, Facts


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Learning the language

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0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

Hispanic Origin English Mastery

88%

23%

First Generation Second Generation Third Generation and later

Source: Pew Hispanic Center, English Usage Among Hispanics in the United States, November 29, 2007


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30Number of years the unavailability of

English language programs delays

assimilation

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20%Percent of the recipients of the

Congressional Medal of Honor in

U.S. wars who were immigrants

90Source: AILF Policy Report, March 2003


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51%Percentage of first-generation

California immigrants (1970s) who

have purchased homes by 2000

91Source: Russell Sage Foundation


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75%Percentage of all immigrants who

have permanent legal status

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Other myths

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3%Percentage ofanykind orany

status of immigrant who receives

food stamps

94Source: Federalist Society Seminar Immigration, Amnesty and the Rule of Law, Nov. 16, 2007


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10Yearslegalpermanent residents

must pay into Social Security and

Medicarebefore they get benefits

95Source: Congressional Research Service


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10%Percentage of Californias

uncompensated health care in 2007

attributable to undocumentedimmigrants E.R. use

96Source: California Hospital Association


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13%National percentage of Hispanic or

Latino total E.R. visits in 2006

97Source: National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2006 Emergency Department Summary, Table 2: Number, percent distribution, and

annual rate of emergency department visits with corresponding standard errors, by patient characteristics: United States, 2006
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr007.pdfhttp://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr007.pdf


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61%White non-Hispanic percentage of

total Arizona E.R. visits in 2008

98Source: ADHS Table 4C-2 Rates* of Emergency Room Visits by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, Arizona, 2008


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28%Hispanic or Latino percentage of

total Arizona E.R. visits in 2008

99Source: ADHS Table 4C-2 Rates* of Emergency Room Visits by Race/Ethnicity and Gender, Arizona, 2008


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50%Percent undocumented immigrants

areless likelyto use emergency

rooms than native Latinos

100Source: Sampson, Morenoff, et. al.: Public Health Matters, Vol. 95., No. 2


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2.1The number of fewer doctor visits of

undocumented Latinos compared

with their US-born counterparts

101Source: Alexander N. Ortega, PhD, et.al;Archives of Internal Medicine.2007;167(21): 2354-2360


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1/2 - 2/3Recent immigrants' per-person

unadjusted medical expenditures

compared to U.S. born, even whenimmigrants had full insurance

102Source: Alexander N. Ortega, PhD, et.al;Archives of Internal Medicine.2007;167(21): 2354-2360


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$11Estimated taxes per-person spent

annually on health care for

undocumented immigrants aged18-64

103Source: Immigrants And The Cost Of Medical Care: Health Affairs, 25, no. 6 (2006): 1700-1711


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What is the truth?CNNs Lou Dobbs reported that leprosy cases increased by 7,000

cases in the last three years.

According to the National Hansens Disease Program there have

been only 7,000 cases in the entire U.S. the last 30 years.

The term LaRaza as in The National Council of LaRaza does NOT

mean the race. Besides, Hispanic and Latino isnt a race. Its

an ethnicity--just like

LaRaza, properly translated, means the people.

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What is the truth?Joe Turner, founder of Save Our State California (an anti-

immigration group) has said, Just because one believes in white

separatism, that does not make them racist.

At a Federalist Society seminar titled Immigration, Amnesty, and theRule of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Dean T. Alexander

Aleintikoff said: There is no substantial evidence of voter fraud or of

illegals serving on juries.

There is no NAFTA Superhighway. This refers to a series of existing

roads that carry international trade between Mexico and/or Canada.

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Arizona Poll Results

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65%Disagree with classifying

undocumented immigrants as

common criminals

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66%Agree that politicians are turning

immigration into an ugly racial

issue



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78%Agree that a guest worker

program should be implemented



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83%Agree that fair and humane

treatment of foreign workers is as

important as securing the border



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The Bottom Line

The vast majority of Arizonans

want practical, market-driven

immigration reform without the

racial overtones



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Summary

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The greatest threat to democracy is having a

public that thinks it is fully informed, but really

isnt very well informed at all.Linda Foley


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Now you knowUndocumented Immigrants:

Are less likely to commit crimes and at a lesser rate than citizens

Contribute significantly to the state and nations economy

Are not a drain on state resources or programs

Are ineligible to receive welfare, social security, health care, etc.

Come here to work and support their families

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Our prosperity depends on getting immigration right

Loss of 10-14% of workforce and associated economic power is

adversely affecting our states economy

Home foreclosures and abandonments are at record levels

Farmers are letting land go fallow or are moving out of state

Business owners are announcing they would never come to Arizona

Businesses are laying off Arizona workers and moving jobs out of state

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Our present course is risky


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What you can doReview the documents, video and audio on the CD you received

Share these facts with your family, friends and colleagues

Volunteer to help spread the truth, several groups are willing to trainyou in how to share this information

Talk to candidates and get their viewpoints

Contact your Congressman and let them know you support a market-

driven, comprehensive solutions based on the facts

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Thank YouFor your time and attention

Schedule a presentations for other groups

Get involved and educate the public

2008-2010 Arizona Employers for Immigration Reform

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Thou shalt not be a victim

Thou shalt not be a perpetrator

Above all, thou shalt not be a bystanderA sign in the Holocaust Museum

Washington, D.C.

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