Who are U.S. immigrants?What proportion of immigrants are undocumented? Where are they coming from? The pie charts A graphical representation of information in which each unit of data is represented as a pie-shaped piece of a circle. See business graphics. on this page provide some answers. They are based on 2004 data, the latest breakdowns for these categories. The number of illegal immigrants illegal immigrant n. an alien (non-citizen) who has entered the United States without government permission or stayed beyond the termination date of a visa. (See: alien) has been growing rapidly in the past decade. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. some estimates, there are roughly 12 million of them in the U.S. today. Study these charts, then answer the questions below. Worlds to Know * legal permanent residents: persons granted official permission to live in the U.S. * refugees Individuals who leave their native country for social, political, or religious reasons, or who are forced to leave as a result of any type of disaster, including war, political upheaval, and famine. : persons unable or unwilling to return to their homeland due to war, persecution Persecution Albigenses medieval sect suppressed by a crusade, wars, and the Inquisition. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 53] Camisards uprising of Protestant peasantry after the revocation of Edict of Nantes in 1685 was brutally suppressed by the , or natural disaster. * undocumented immigrants: persons who crossed the border illegally, or entered with a visa (temporary permission) then stayed after it expired ex·pire v. ex·pired, ex·pir·ing, ex·pires v.intr. 1. To come to an end; terminate: My membership in the club has expired. 2. . QUESTIONS 1. What was the total number of immigrants in 2004?-- 2. What percentage of them were here illegally?-- 3. Roughly how many more illegal immigrants are in the U.S. today than in 2004?-- 4. Where did most undocumented immigrants come from in 2004?-- S. Where did about one fourth of all undocumented workers came from?-- 6. Where did the smallest percentage of undocumented immigrants come from?-- 7. What percentage of immigrants were given short-term permission to be in the country?-- 8. What is that kind of permission called?-- 9. What are some reasons a person might request short-term legal status?-- 10. A "push factor" is something that makes a person migrate from one country to another. What are some of the push factors of today's immigrants, legal and illegal?-- 1. 35.8 million 2. 29 percent 3. 1.6 million 4. Mexico 5. Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. 6. Africa and Oceania 7. 3 percent 8. a visa 9. to attend school or get training, tourism, medical care; other answers acceptable 10. poverty, lack of jobs, better education, health care, joining family members; other answers acceptable Legal Status of Foreign-Born Population, 2004 Temporary legal residents 3% (1.2 million) Refugees 7% (2.5 million) Undocumented immigrants 29% (10.4 million) Legal permanent residents 61% (21.7 million) Birthplace of Undocumented Immigrant Population, 2004 Europe & Canada 6% (0.6 million) Africa & Oceania 4% (0.4 million) Asia 9% (1.0 million) Central & South America 24% (2.5 million) Mexico 57% (5.9 million) SOURCE (both): Pew Hispanic Center estimates based on U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 Current Population Survey Note: Table made from pie chart. |
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