Half of Mexican and Central American immigrants immigrants are illegal

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Not shocked.

ditto

mega dittos

[Sheriff Uling 3]

What I can't understand is why there are some Americans who believe that granting amnesty to illegal immigrants is an option or a solution.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

* 34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989.

Oh, and by the way - doesn't this mean that the health insurance debate should really be an immigration debate?

Well it does appear that way. However still we have 13% of Americans lacking health insurance and that's at least 35 million. That is not a small number.

We are up to about 46 million now without health insurance. And in many states, that number is going up, not down.

The 11 million difference is awefully close to that 34% of the 38 million immigrants. Adds up just fine. Which is to say that about a quarter of the uninsured problem is tied to immigrants and, I would suspect, the vast majority of that to illegal immigrants.

Edited November 30, 2007 by Mr. Big Dog

[Jasman0717 9]

[Dan J 277]

* 34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989.

Oh, and by the way - doesn't this mean that the health insurance debate should really be an immigration debate?

Well it does appear that way. However still we have 13% of Americans lacking health insurance and that's at least 35 million. That is not a small number.

We are up to about 46 million now without health insurance. And in many states, that number is going up, not down.

The 11 million difference is awefully close to that 34% of the 38 million immigrants. Adds up just fine. Which is to say that about a quarter of the uninsured problem is tied to immigrants and, I would suspect, the vast majority of that to illegal immigrants.

The 11 million difference is old stats vs new. The 46 million number is from 2005 so its likely higher now. And the sources for that number indicate Americans or residents, which would indicate only LPRs and Citizens, and uninsured illegal aliens are not included in that number.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

* 34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989.

Oh, and by the way - doesn't this mean that the health insurance debate should really be an immigration debate?

Well it does appear that way. However still we have 13% of Americans lacking health insurance and that's at least 35 million. That is not a small number.

We are up to about 46 million now without health insurance. And in many states, that number is going up, not down.

The 11 million difference is awefully close to that 34% of the 38 million immigrants. Adds up just fine. Which is to say that about a quarter of the uninsured problem is tied to immigrants and, I would suspect, the vast majority of that to illegal immigrants.

The 11 million difference is old stats vs new. The 46 million number is from 2005 so its likely higher now. And the sources for that number indicate Americans or residents, which would indicate only LPRs and Citizens, and uninsured illegal aliens are not included in that number.

The data was collected by the Census Bureau in March 2007.

[Dan J 277]

* 34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989.

Oh, and by the way - doesn't this mean that the health insurance debate should really be an immigration debate?

Well it does appear that way. However still we have 13% of Americans lacking health insurance and that's at least 35 million. That is not a small number.

We are up to about 46 million now without health insurance. And in many states, that number is going up, not down.

The 11 million difference is awefully close to that 34% of the 38 million immigrants. Adds up just fine. Which is to say that about a quarter of the uninsured problem is tied to immigrants and, I would suspect, the vast majority of that to illegal immigrants.

The 11 million difference is old stats vs new. The 46 million number is from 2005 so its likely higher now. And the sources for that number indicate Americans or residents, which would indicate only LPRs and Citizens, and uninsured illegal aliens are not included in that number.

The data was collected by the Census Bureau in March 2007.

You want the actual report: Go here

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/re...lth/010583.html

* The number of uninsured, as well as the rate without health insurance, remained statistically unchanged in 2006 for non-Hispanic whites (at 21.2 million or 10.8 percent). For blacks, the number and percentage increased, from 7 million in 2005 to 7.6 million and from 19 percent in 2005 to 20.5 percent. The number of uninsured Asians remained statistically unchanged, at 2 million in 2006, while their uninsured rate declined to 15.5 percent in 2006, from 17.2 percent in 2005.

* The number and percentage of uninsured Hispanics increased from 14 million (32.3 percent) in 2005 to 15.3 million (34.1 percent).

* Based on a three-year average (2004-2006), 31.4 percent of people who reported American Indian and Alaska Native as their race were without coverage. The three-year average for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders was 21.7 percent.

If you add the number up, its 46.1 million uninsured. Anything about illegal immigrants are assumptions made by CIS.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

* 34 percent of immigrants lack health insurance, compared to 13 percent of natives. Immigrants and their U.S.-born children account for 71 percent of the increase in the uninsured since 1989.

Oh, and by the way - doesn't this mean that the health insurance debate should really be an immigration debate?

Well it does appear that way. However still we have 13% of Americans lacking health insurance and that's at least 35 million. That is not a small number.

We are up to about 46 million now without health insurance. And in many states, that number is going up, not down.

The 11 million difference is awefully close to that 34% of the 38 million immigrants. Adds up just fine. Which is to say that about a quarter of the uninsured problem is tied to immigrants and, I would suspect, the vast majority of that to illegal immigrants.

The 11 million difference is old stats vs new. The 46 million number is from 2005 so its likely higher now. And the sources for that number indicate Americans or residents, which would indicate only LPRs and Citizens, and uninsured illegal aliens are not included in that number.

The data was collected by the Census Bureau in March 2007.

You want the actual report: Go here

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/re...lth/010583.html

* The number of uninsured, as well as the rate without health insurance, remained statistically unchanged in 2006 for non-Hispanic whites (at 21.2 million or 10.8 percent). For blacks, the number and percentage increased, from 7 million in 2005 to 7.6 million and from 19 percent in 2005 to 20.5 percent. The number of uninsured Asians remained statistically unchanged, at 2 million in 2006, while their uninsured rate declined to 15.5 percent in 2006, from 17.2 percent in 2005.

* The number and percentage of uninsured Hispanics increased from 14 million (32.3 percent) in 2005 to 15.3 million (34.1 percent).

* Based on a three-year average (2004-2006), 31.4 percent of people who reported American Indian and Alaska Native as their race were without coverage. The three-year average for Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders was 21.7 percent.

If you add the number up, its 46.1 million uninsured. Anything about illegal immigrants are assumptions made by CIS.

Actually it was close to 47 million in 2006 vs. close to 45 million in 2005 per the source report.

34.4 million native born Americans and 12.6 million foreign born. (this was 33 million vs. 11.8 million in 2005).

Just along the lines I had in my previous post.