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In 2011, following the passing of Georgia’s anti-immigration laws, 40% of agricultural workers left the state and $140 million worth of crops were left rotting in the field because there were not enough workers to pick it all.

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The National Research Council found that immigrants pay ⅓ less money to taxes than native-born children.

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Since 1990 there have been over 30 million immigrants, both legal and illegal have come into the United States.

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Since 1990 there have been over 30 million immigrants, both legal and illegal have come into the United States.

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Since 1990 there have been over 30 million immigrants, both legal and illegal have come into the United States.

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Since 1990 there have been over 30 million immigrants, both legal and illegal have come into the United States.

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In 2011, US immigration caught and detained 24,000 children, mostly from Central America.  Experts estimate that for every child caught there are two or three that are not caught.  This means more than 100,000 children came to the United States unaccompanied by a parent of other adult.

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Today, more than 41 million residents in the United States were born in another country.  28% of those live in the United States illegally.

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A 1997 study by the National Research Council showed that immigrants lower the cost of nearly 5 percent of all goods and services everyone in America buys

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Border crossing deaths are over 300 every year.

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In a 2002 study by the Public Policy Institute of California,  found that since 1993 the number of border patrol agents have tripled and the amount of $ spent of border patrol has tripled.  Even with this increase the number of illegal immigrants has grown more quickly.

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Immigrants desire to communicate with families they have left behind has resulted in improved telephone and internet services.

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Losing so much of the population has provided an Escape valve for these poor Central America Countries.  It has helped to keep unemployment from climbing higher as those who remain find jobs that may have been filled by the migrants who left

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The United States houses the unaccompanied migrant children in 53 detention centers that are spread out over 12 states.  In 2012 these centers had more children than they could hold, forcing them to set up temporary tents to house the overflow.

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Between 2001 and 2004 the number of migrants detained and deported by Mexico doubled to more than 200,000,  most came from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.

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Immigration will  be hurting the United States for many reasons

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Immigration will make the United States of America more diverse

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Is immigration to the United States helping or hurting the United States as a whole?

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