Census: Record 51 million immigrants in 8 years, will account for 82% of U.S. growth, By Paul Bedard | April 22, 2015 | 6:11 pm
Legal and illegal immigrants will hit a
record high of 51 million in just eight years and eventually account for an
astounding 82 percent of all population growth in America, according to new
U.S. Census figures.
A report from the Center for Immigration Studies that analyzed the statistics said that
by 2023, one in seven U.S. residents will be an immigrant, rising to one in
five by 2060 when the immigrant population totals 78 million.
The report was provided to Secrets and
released Wednesday evening. The surge in immigrant population, both legal and
illegal, threatens to slam into the presidential campaign as GOP candidates
move to figure out what their position is and the president tries to use
executive powers to exempt some 5 million illegals from deportation.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker disrupted the debate this week when he said that legal immigration also
needs to be reformed to make sure Americans don't suffer by losing jobs to new
citizens.
But even more, the CIS report said that
the surge in mostly legal immigrants will have a huge impact on the nation and
taxpayers.
"These numbers have important
implications for workers, schools, infrastructure, congestion and the
environment," said Steven Camarota, the center's director of research.
"They also may have implications for our ability to successfully
assimilate and integrate immigrants. Yet there has been almost no national
debate about bringing in so many people legally each year, which is the primary
factor driving these numbers."
Those numbers are likely to shake up
Washington's political debate over the 12 million illegals in America, the
expected 70,000 expected to pour over the border this year and the 4.4 million
legal immigrants on a State Department waiting list who have relatives or jobs
in the U.S.
A protest in California. AP Photo
A key senator steering the immigration
debate, Alabama Republican Jeff Sessions, has warned that higher numbers of immigrants will hurt
the middle class. In a letter to the New York Times Saturday, he wrote,
"It defies reason to argue that the record admission of new foreign
workers has no negative effect on the wages of American workers, including the
wages of past immigrants hoping to climb into the middle class. Why would many
of the largest business groups in the United States spend millions lobbying for
the admission of more foreign workers if such policies did not cut labor
costs?"
On Friday, key business leaders
including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a group associated with former New
York Mayor Michael Bloomberg plan to pitch for more immigration.
Their schedule is below.
The numbers, as seen in the highlights
below, will also raise concerns that Washington is giving the keys to the
nation to new immigrants:
• The immigrant population will grow
four times faster than the native born population, reaching 15.8 percent, or 57
million, of the nation's population in 2030, 17.1 percent, or 65 million, in
2040, and 18.8 percent, or 78 million, in 2060.
• Net immigration this year will be
1.24 million; green cards about 1.1 million.
• Immigrants and their descendants
"will account for the overwhelming share of population growth," said
the Center in projecting growth. They will account for 75.5 percent from
2010-2050 and 82 percent from 2010-2060.
• Census Bureau projects that in 2023
the nation's immigrant population, legal and illegal, will reach 14.8 percent
of the total U.S. population, the highest share ever recorded.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner's
"Washington Secrets" columnist, can be contacted at pbedard@washingtonexaminer.com.
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