Mr. President. the myth of the day is that immigration to America is at an alltime high. As you can see from this chart. there has been a significant increase in the last decade in the number of immigrants coming to our shores. Much of this increase is represented by the political asylum we have granted to refugees in that period as well as an increase in the number of legal immigrants. But the whopping increase we have faced in the number of illegal entrants to this country. sneaking across our borders. has been legitimate reason for concern. But it is important to keep this recent increase in historical perspective and that is just what Courtenay Slater. a former senior economist with the Joint Economic Committee and now president of CEC Associates. has done in an article in the March issue of American Demographics magazine.
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