Re: population and environment

You probably know the numbers better than me. All I know is that Mexicans
constitute less than one-third of illegal immigrants in the United States.

Andrew Austin
Knoxville, TN

On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Richard N Hutchinson wrote:

>> Don't more Canadians immigrate to the US every year than Mexicans? Why is
>> "immigrant" synonymous with "Mexican" in the rhetoric about US borders?
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>> Andrew Austin
>> Knoxville, TN
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>No, it's not true that more Canadians immigrate to the U.S. every year
>than Mexicans.
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>Mexican immigrants constitute the largest illegal group of immigrants, a
>fact which can be used for various purposes, but is a fact nonetheless.
>Of course sharing a long land border and the fact of the U.S. seizure 
>of a huge chunk of Mexican territory (and people) in 1848 makes the
>immigration/emigration issue one of great salience for U.S.-Mexico
>relations, aside from any ideological predisposition.
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>With the U.S. fertility rate approaching the replacement level otherwise,
>immigration has become the most important cause of population increase,
>and is exacerbated by the higher fertility level of Mexican immigrants.  
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>4)
>Echoing what I said in the last post, immigrants with higher income levels
>(higher C) from places other than Mexico undoubtedly place a greater
>strain on the environment, and so it is indeed wrong in that sense to
>focus on Mexican immigration.  
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