Mr. Speaker. antiimmigration alarmists sometimes allege that the United States takes in more immigrants than the rest of the world and that every other country in the world. except the United States. has tightly sealed borders. Silence the alarms. Such is hardly the case. Worldwide immigration statistics are difficult to obtain. in part because not every country collects them and in part because legal and illegal immigrants. refugees. guestworkers. and other immigrant categories are not defined nor counted in every country in the same way. Nonetheless. foreignborn as a percentage of total population. collected largely from census data. give us a rough picture of worldwide immigration patterns. It is obvious that Immigration is a worldwide phenomenon and that the United States is hardly being overwhelmed by Immigration. Indeed. the countries with reason to be alarmed are those with little or no immigration. 60 to 69 percent: United Arab Emirates. Monaco. 50 to 59 percent: NA. 40 to 49 percent: Hong Kong. Kuwait. 30 to 39 percent: Brunei.
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