We have a second chart that shows this and demonstrates that over a
very short period of time, the numbers can increase dramatically, as we
have seen in the last 40 or so years. There have been studies on this. Princeton has a study which says
that right now, based on recent history, any immigrant who comes in
sponsors somewhere around 3.5 future immigrants within a short period
of time. We don't know what the 3.5 immigrants do when they get
sponsored and become citizens or legal permanent residents, but if you
extrapolate this out--let's say we start with 2 million as a starting
point. They become citizens and they sponsor--let's just say the number
is 3. In the first iteration, now we have 6 million people sponsored by
the original 2 million; then the second iteration goes from 6 to 18;
and in the fourth iteration we are at 54 million people.
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