-Caveat Lector- Report: Migrants harm US economy By Bill Hillburg LA Daily News Washington—Large scale migrations of Mexicans to southern California and the United States undermines the economy, overtaxes schools and other services, and creates a permanent underclass of uneduated and unskilled poor, a nonpartisan think tanksai in a report issued Thursday. The report by the Center for immigration studies, a Washington based research organization focusing on immigration cited southern California as the epi-center of social and economic ills related to mexican immigration, which rose nearly 1,000 per cent nationwide from 1970 to 2000. The organization which advocates stict immigaration controls, urged President Bush to scrap proposals for increased immigration from Mexico and also called for a crack down on undocumented immigrants and their US employers. It further advocated a ban on adult immigrants who lack basic education and skills. "We keep hearing arguments that immigrants are making this country rich," said Mark Krikorian, CIS director. "But nobody has really looked into the lissues to see if this is true." KriKorian said the center's study focused on Mexican immigrants because they are the largest single group of newcomers now entering the United States. The report drew fire from the supporters of immigrants rights. "I'm not surpirsed by their findings." said Harry Pachon, president of the Claremont-bsed Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. "We're a research institute, and they're an advocay group." Pachon noted that a March report by his own organizatin drew the opposite conclusion. It found that large numbers of Latino immigrants in Southern California, the vast majority of whom have roots in Mexico, were making impresive gains in education attainment and economic status within a decate of arraiving in the United States. "Instead of trashing Mexican immigrants and their contributions to this country, they should be praising their hard work." said Frank Sharry, director of the National Immigranation Forum, a Washington based immigrant rights group. The report stated that lack of skills and schooling translated into a lifetime of low-paying employment and poverty for many Mexican immigrants. While stressing that Mexican workers posed no threat to middle and upper class Americans, it argued that the immigrants are unfairly completing for entry level jobs with poorer natives, including people being forced off welfare rolls by reform programs. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
