Resolved Question: immigration decreasing but Alabama bucks trend with more illegal immigrants?

2 September 2010, 7:02 pm

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A national study estimates the number of illegal immigrants living in Alabama increased 30 percent in 2009, while the number nationwide dropped a little more than 4 percent. The study by the Pew Hispanic Center estimates the number of illegal immigrants in Alabama increased from about 100,000 in 2008 to 130,000 in 2009. The report said illegal immigrants account for about 2.8 percent of the state's population and 5.1 percent of the state's work force. Nationally, an estimated 11.1 million illegal immigrants make up 3.7 percent of the population and 5.1 percent of the work force. The Pew Center's numbers show a dramatic growth in illegal immigrants in Alabama from 5,000 in 1990 to 25,000 in 2000 and 60,000 in 2005. The study speculated that nationwide decline may have been caused, in part, by the recession providing fewer jobs and the federal government tightening border security. Raymond Mohl, a University of Alabama at Birmingham history professor who has studied immigration trends, said legal immigrants have come to Alabama for jobs and then word about the state has spread to their families and friends in central and South America. "There was a chain migration," he told The Birmingham News. He said illegal immigrants in Alabama may not be returning home out of fear of not being able to re-enter the country because of the crackdown on illegal immigration. The executive director of the Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama, Isabel Rubio, said she expects much more accurate numbers from the 2010 census. http://www2.oanow.com/news/2010/sep/02/alabama-bucks-trend-more-illegal-immigrants-ar-783001/... Read More »

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