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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Welcoming immigrants helps cities Economist Richard Florida ("The Flight of the Creative Class"), Northern Kentucky University President James Votruba and many others argue that economic competition today is not over capital or natural resources but talent - human capital. Historically, much of that talent pool for the United States has come from abroad. Since Sept. 11, the number of U.S. visas issued to foreign students and foreign skilled workers has dropped. Canada, Australia and other countries are aggressively recruiting and expediting immigration of skilled workers. Commentators warn that U.S. neo-isolationist policies and bureaucratic delays could be diverting skilled foreigners to other countries. The Southern Poverty Law Center's state-by-state count of hate groups (as of 2004) lists 31 in Ohio, 12 in Indiana and 13 in Kentucky. Tennessee has the most Klan chapters, with 13. In 2000, the Census counted more than 30 million immigrants, 11 percent of the U.S. population. The percentage of foreign-born people in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky is roughly the same, about 2.5 percent, compared with 25.9 percent in California and 12.2 percent in Texas. One in five children in the United States is a child of an immigrant. According to the National Academy of Sciences, the total net benefit to the Social Security System if immigration levels stay constant from 1998 to 2022 will be nearly $500 billion - and nearly $2 trillion through 2072. In 2000, foreign-born men 16 years and older participated in the labor force at a higher rate (80 percent) than native-born men (74 percent). Almost 43 percent of immigrants work at jobs paying less than $7.50 an hour, compared with 28 percent for all workers. As of April 2003, almost 5 percent (68,826) of those serving in the U.S. military were foreign-born. About one in every 10 of those killed in the Iraq war was foreign-born. Throughout U.S. history, immigrant troops have received more than 20 percent of Medals of Honor awarded by the president. Sources: National Immigration Law Center, U.S. Census, Southern Poverty Law Center Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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