US-Mexico Fence Almost Built

US-Mexico Fence Almost Built

Immigration

Homeland Security reports this:

The Homeland Security Department says the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border is mostly finished.
Customs and Border Protection spokesman Lloyd Easterling says that 601 miles of the project had been completed as of a week ago.
Easterling says 69 miles of the fence still must be built to meet the goal set during the Bush administration. . . .

Immigrants changing the US

Immigrants changing the US

Immigration

14 percent of those living in the US were born in a foreign country and this rate has gone up dramatically in recent years. That was true for fewer than 4 percent in 1970.

31% of adult immigrants have not completed high school
33% of adult immigrants receive welfare