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April 2, 2008, 5:36pm
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<p>FAIR --a rather amusing and misleading acronym for the Federation for American Immigration Reform-- has tried to convince taxpayers that they are spending $7.4 billion a year to educate illegal alien children. </p>
<p>[Illegal</a> Immigration’s Cost to Schools](<a href=“http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/schoolbudgets.htm]Illegal ”>http://www.couplescompany.com/Features/Politics/schoolbudgets.htm )</p>
<p>Pew presents more credible numbers on illegal immigrants and their children:</p>
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Analysis of the March 2005 Current Population Survey shows that there were 11.1 million unauthorized migrants in the United States a year ago. Based on analysis of other data sources that offer indications of the pace of growth in the foreign-born population, the Center developed an estimate of 11.5 to 12 million for the unauthorized population as of March 2006.</p>
<p>In the March 2005 estimate two-thirds (66%) of the unauthorized population had been in the country for ten years or less, and the largest share, 40% of the total or 4.4 million people had been in the country five years or less. There were 5.4 million adult males in the unauthorized population in 2005, accounting for 49% of the total. There were 3.9 million adult females accounting for 35% of the population. There were 1.8 million children who were unauthorized, 16% of the total. In addition, there were 3.1 million children who are U.S. citizens by birth living in families in which the head of the family or a spouse was unauthorized.
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<p>[Pew</a> Hispanic Center Report: Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S.](<a href=“Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S. | Pew Research Center ”>Size and Characteristics of the Unauthorized Migrant Population in the U.S. | Pew Research Center )</p>