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 * 1) When talking about her journey to the United States, Nube Guaman talks about when she had gotten caught by immigration authorities and was taken to jail, "I was there for a week and bail was set at $14,000"
 * 2) In describing the United States' undocumented population, "More than half the US's undocumented workers come from Mexico, directly to the south. People from the rest of Central and South America make up the second largest group, followed by smaller numbers from Asia, Europe and the rest of the world."
 * 3) As Carmen Mercer, Vice President of the Minutemen Civil Defense Corps., likes to believe, "'Illegal immigrants pose a risk to our economy, health and education system,' Carmen Mercer says, arguing that illegal immigrants take away low-wage jobs from students and the unemployed, create extra costs for hospitals, and force schools to adopt Spanish into their curriculum."
 * 4) In a counter example towards the previous stated quote, pro-immigrants believe that "many of the jobs illegals perform are those which few native-born American citizens want."
 * 5) When describing the benefits of immigration towards the United States, Hani Shawwa states that, "Without them, they maintain, the economy would stall."
 * 6) Accoridng to Norman Eng, when talking about the benefit of immigration towards the United States, he states that, "'They revitalize declining areas,' he says. 'They bring in investment through customer spending which also generates sales taxes.'"

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 * 1) In describing a march which people believed to be of "anti-Americans", John Cassidy states that, "In fact, many marchers were carrying American flags, some of which were emblazoned with pictures of family members serving in the United States military."


 * 1) In describing the decline in immigration from Mexico to the United States, "Recently released data show that about 226,000 fewer people emigrated from Mexico to other countries during the year that ended in August 2008 than during the previous year, a decline of 25 percent. All but a very small fraction of emigration, both legal and illegal, from Mexico is to the United States."
 * 2) It is believed that this decline is "because of the lack of jobs in the ailing American economy."
 * 3) And that Immigration is "drawn by jobs and respond to a sinking labor market by staying away."

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 * 1) When talking about Obama's plans on immigration reform, "He said then that comprehensive immigration legislation, including a plan to make legal status possible for an estimated 12 million illegal immigrants, would be a priority in his first year in office. Latino voters turned out strongly for Mr. Obama in the election."
 * 2) Describing Obama's intentions for immigration reform, "Administration officials said that Mr. Obama’s plan would not add new workers to the American work force, but that it would recognize millions of illegal immigrants who have already been working here." 

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 * 1) In describing the impact of immigration on the United States, it is stated by Gordon Crovitz that, "we turn away 60% of those receiving advanced engineering degrees from American institutions after graduation because they are from foreign lands. This penalizes our growth and employment creation at least as much as if we were to require American companies to make 60% of their capital investments in other countries."
 * 2) In describing a possible solution, it is also stated by Gordon Crovitz that the United States should "<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">stop exporting the greatest part of what is arguably our most precious resource."
 * 1) In describing the impact of deportation among a family, Nathan Koppel states that, "<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">Many workers jailed as a result of ICE raids are at risk of losing custody of their American-born children ."
 * 2) Because of cases where children are being taken from their parents because of legal status, it is believed that these cases are “popping up across the country as crackdowns against illegal immigrants thrust local courts into transnational custody battles and leave thousands of children in limbo.”

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 * 1) In his book Blueprints for Change, President Barack Obama states that we need to:
 * //"Improve Our Immigration System//: We must fix the dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill."
 * //"Bring People Out of the Shadows//: Allow undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens."

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 * 1) In a description of how bad the economic crisis is in Mexico, Adolfo Zuniga Fuentes, El Arenal's new mayor, states that <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', times, fantasy; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">"You can see in the community how the migrants have stopped sending money home, because you can see that their houses are all unfinished."
 * 2) <span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; line-height: 18px;">In a description of the hardships immigrants are currently facing in the United States, Esperanza Acosta states that, "people a<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', times, fantasy; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal;">re asking us how to send money to relatives living in the United States. We don't offer that kind of service, but they are asking for it in a couple of cases."