#migrants

An estimated 7 million illegal immigrants were residing in the United States in January 2000. This is double the size of the illegal immigrant population in January 1990 and constitutes 2.5 percent of the total U.S. population of just over 281 million. ↗

— Gary Miller

#double #estimated #illegal #illegal immigrants #immigrant

California has the highest number of illegal immigrants residing in its borders. The estimated number of illegal alien residents in California was about 2.2 million, or nearly 32 percent of the total number of illegal immigrants in the United States. ↗

— Gary Miller

#alien #borders #california #estimated #highest

Four men are missing; R., Sorel and two emigrants. They set out this morning after buffalo, and have not yet made their appearance; whether killed or lost, we cannot tell. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#appearance #buffalo #cannot #emigrants #four

The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. ↗

— Francis Parkman

#around #california #camps #emigrants #farther

The United States is historically a nation of immigrants. ↗

— Charles Rangel

#immigrants #nation #states #united #united states

Reading makes immigrants of us all. It takes us away from home, but more important, it finds homes for us everywhere. ↗

— Jean Rhys

#everywhere #finds #home #homes #immigrants

We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border. ↗

— Zach Wamp

#border #curtail #flow #illegal #illegal immigrants

Our country stands at a critical point in its history. Our heritage as a nation of immigrants is at stake. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#critical #heritage #history #immigrants #nation

Our Nation's immigration laws are disrespected both by those who cross our borders illegally and by the businesses that hire those illegal immigrants. ↗

— Steve Israel

#both #businesses #cross #disrespected #hire

Nearly 11 million undocumented immigrants currently live within our borders. That's 11 million people living in the shadows whom we know next to nothing about. ↗

— Steve Israel

#borders #currently #immigrants #know #live