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BY THE NUMBERS SEGMENT. WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION. LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
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Swain, Susan - Host
TO OUR GUESTS. ELIZABETH GRIECO IS THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION BRANCH CHIEF. WELCOME BACK. AUDREY SINGER IS AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTE...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
ABOUT 40 MILLION IN 2010. TODAY'S FOURTH-BORN ARE CONCENTRATED IN SEVERAL STATES SECEDED WITH LARGE IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS. THERE IS EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST...
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Swain, Susan - Host
RESPONDING GENERALLY? CALLER: -- GUEST: ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK IN MUNICIPALITIES THAT REACH OUT TO IMMIGRANTS HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT TO MAKE IMMIGRANTS...
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Singer, Audrey - Senior Fellow
COMMUNITIES. OTHER PLACES HAVE FELT A LOT OF PRESSURE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES. THERE HAVE BEEN PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN MUCH MORE REACTIVELY RESTRICTIVE OF...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THERE FEW COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE NOT FELT THE IMPACT OF THIS GROWTH? YOU CAN GO TO SMALL TOWNS AND SEE EVIDENCE OF THIS. GUEST: EXACTLY. THE GROWTH AFTER...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
BUT ALSO THE COMPOSITION CHANGED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE LAST 50 YEARS. IT SHIFTED MORE FROM THE EUROPEAN POPULATION TO POPULATIONS FROM LATIN AMERICA...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THIS COUNTRY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE? YOU CAN CALL IN. THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO GET INVOLVED IN THE DISCUSSION. YOU CAN TALK...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
ABOUT 40 MILLION ARE FOREIGN- BORN. THIS INCLUDES 17 MILLION NATURALIZED CITIZENS. THERE ARE ALSO 22 MILLION NON- CITIZENS THAT ARE DOCUMENTED AS WELL...
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Swain, Susan - Host
LET'S LOOK AT THIS ONE. GUEST: THIS SHOWS THE SIZE OF THE FOREIGN-BOARD POPULATION AND HOW IT HAS INCREASED SINCE 1970.
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
IT IS SHOWN IN MILLIONS. THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION EACH DECADE. THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN THE FOREIGN-BOARD...
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Swain, Susan - Host
THE. COME TO UNITED STATES IS FOR BETTER OPPORTUNITIES. THAT TRANSLATES INTO WORK AND SCHOOL AND
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Singer, Audrey - Senior Fellow
OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A TRADITION OF BRINGING IN PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD THROUGH OUR ENTIRE HISTORY. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 20TH CENTURY, WE HAD...
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Swain, Susan - Host
WATCHING, AND FOR THOSE WATCHING OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES. YOU CAN ALSO TWEET OR SEND US AN E-MAIL. THIS SUGGESTS A NUMBER OF THE FOREIGN-BORN ARE GROWING...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
THE BLUE BAR IS THE TOTAL% -- PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL POPULATION. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS IS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE DECADE, THE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
SOME >> AND BEGINNING WITH VICTOR IN WASHINGTON. CALLER: CAN YOU HEAR ME?
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HOST: YES. CALLER: I
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CALLER, -
BECAME HOST: AN AMERICAN CITIZEN HOW LONG AGO DID YOU
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Swain, Susan - Host
COME HERE? CALLER: 57 YEARS AGO.
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CALLER, -
I LOVE
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THIS COUNTRY. I WANT TO BE PART OF IT. AND BE A GOOD CITIZEN FOR THE COUNTRY. THE THING IS, NOT MANY PEOPLE COMING INTO THE COUNTRY -- THEY BECOME MOSTLY...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
LEVEL OF IMMIGRANTS COMING INTO THE U.S. OVER TIME. IN 2000, WHEN WE TALKED TO THE FOREIGN-BORN IN 2000, ABOUT 1.4 MILLION SAID THERE WERE LIVING ABROAD...
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Swain, Susan - Host
HIT -- A
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Singer, Audrey - Senior Fellow
TREMENDOUS -- LET ME POINT OUT, THERE WAS THE HOUSING MARKET COLLAPSE AS WELL. THAT MEANT THAT CONSTRUCTION JOBS DRIED UP. A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES WENT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
GRAPH SHOWS IS A DECLINE IN IMMIGRANT INFLOW BY THE GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY THEY ARE COMING FROM. YOU CAN
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
SEE THE CONTINUAL DECLINE IN IMMIGRATION AND, THROUGH MEXICO. THIS IS SHOWN IN THE RED. IT WENT DOWN TO 145,000 IN 2010. WHAT IS INTERESTING ABOUT THIS...
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Swain, Susan - Host
LEGAL IMMIGRATION, THE UNITED STATES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COUNTRY OF LAWS.
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AND NOBODY FROM THE PRESIDENT OR ANYONE ELSE HAS THE RIGHT TO BREAK THE LAWS. THE U.S. HAS ALWAYS HAD TO DO HARD THINGS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY IT IS SO...
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Swain, Susan - Host
COMMENTS.
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CALLER, -
IN 2011, ALMOST 1.5 MILLION VISA AS WERE GIVEN BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT PROFESSIONAL WORKERS. , NO. 2, 75% OF ALL OF THOSE IN AMERICA COME FROM ONE FOREIGN...
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Swain, Susan - Host
SAY YES OR NO. OBVIOUSLY, THERE IS ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE.
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BUT WE HAD NO HARD NUMBERS. HOST: 1.5 MILLION ARE GRANTED PROFESSIONAL VISAS?
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Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: WE'VE HAD SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL TEMPORARY IMMIGRANTS WHO HAVE BEEN COMING TO THIS COUNTRY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO. WE HAVE
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Singer, Audrey - Senior Fellow
SEEN, ACTUALLY, A BOOST IN THE EDUCATION NUMBERS IN THIS COUNTRY. HOST: REMEMBER LOOKING AT THIS, BUT WE'RE THE LAST -- THE MAJORITY OF PROFESSIONAL...
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Swain, Susan - Host
FROM ASIA. A GREAT DEAL FROM INDIA AND CHINA. HOST: THIS SHOWS
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THE GREAT CHANGE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA GUEST: THIS SHOWS THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION BY STATE.
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Swain, Susan - Host
ONE AND FOUR RESIDENTS -- FOREIGN-BORN RESIDENTS LIVE IN CALIFORNIA. NEW YORK, TEXAS AND FLORIDA WHEN COMBINED ADD AN ADDITIONAL 30%. IF YOU LOOK AT...
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Swain, Susan - Host
IN THE U.S. NEXT COME A CALL FROM BALTIMORE. THIS IS RUTH. CALLER: I WAS BORN IN WEST AFRICA. I HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 1996. HOST: WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE?
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CALLER, -
CALLER: EDUCATION. I DID STEADY IN EUROPE. I WAS GOING TO
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Swain, Susan - Host
GO BACK INTO AFRICAN WORK. BUT DURING
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CALLER, -
THAT TIME, THERE WERE ISSUES GOING ON IN MY COUNTRY. I DECIDED TO COME TO THE U.S. I AM ACTUALLY AN AMERICAN CITIZEN NOW. THE PREVIOUS TALKER REGION...
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Swain, Susan - Host
TO ROME, GA. CALLER: GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M A FOREIGN-BORN NATURALIZED CITIZEN.
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I WORKED AS A JUDICIARY COURT INTERPRETER. I STRADDLED BETWEEN BOTH CULTURES. I HAVE SEEN, WITH THE NEW STATES TRYING TO REGULATE IMMIGRATION -- MANY...
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Singer, Audrey - Senior Fellow
ABOUT LEGISLATION AND LAWS. AND THE ISSUES THAT THE PREVIOUS CALLER IS RAISED. AND THAT IS THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AND TRAINING OF OUR WORKFORCE...
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FILLED COUNTRIES TO COME HERE -- DOES THE CENSUS BUREAU TRACK, THE FOREIGN-BORN SPEAK ENGLISH?
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GUEST: YES THEY DO. I DO NOT HAVE THOSE NUMBERS HERE TODAY. BUT THEY ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NEW REPORT.
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
AND ABOUT HALF OF THE FOREIGN- BORN POPULATION OF -- EITHER SPEAK ENGLISH ONLY OR ANOTHER WHICH AT HOME AND SPEAK ENGLISH WELL. HOST: A CALL FROM CONNECTICUT,...
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Swain, Susan - Host
I THINK THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH
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CALLER, -
PEOPLE ALREADY LIVING HERE IN THE U.S. I BECAME AN INDEPENDENT AFTER BEING A DEMOCRAT FOR MANY YEARS ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE I DO NOT LIKE THE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
KNOWS. AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DOES NOT. WE DO NOT HAVE ELLIS ISLAND ANYMORE. THIS WAS A PROCESS IN PLACE WHERE IMMIGRANTS, PRIMARILY FROM EUROPE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: UNFORTUNATELY, THE STATISTICS CANNOT TELL US THAT. BUT THERE ARE SOME GRASS ON
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GUEST, -
EDUCATION AND THE REPORT IF YOUR LISTENERS ARE INTERESTED. HOST: YOU CAN FIND THAT ON THE CENSUS.GOV WEBSITE. I HAVE A COUPLE SLIDES. I WANT TO GO THROUGH
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Swain, Susan - Host
THEM QUICKLY. ALLAH GOING THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR. GUEST: THESE NEXT TWO SIDES ARE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE NEWLY ARRIVED AT FOREIGN-BORN. IN THIS...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
IN THE U.S. IN 2005 OR LATER. ABOUT ONE I SIXN FOREIGN-BORN OUR NEWLY ARRIVED. THE BIG BLUE SECTION REPRESENTS MOST FOREIGN-BORN. ABOUT 17% OF TODAY'S...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
POPULATION -- THE YEAR THE FOREIGN-BORN CAME TO LIVE IN THE U.S. AND THE REGION OF BIRTH. LOOK AT THE DARK BLUE SQUARES TO THE LEFT OF THE BAR CHART....
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Swain, Susan - Host
AND WE WILL TAKE A CALL. GUEST: THIS SHOWS THE FOREIGN- BORN POPULATION BY THE YEAR THEY CAME TO COME LIVE IN THE U.S. AND THEIR STATE OF RESIDENCE....
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
CHANGES OF WHERE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO LIVE. A GREATER PORTION ARE LIVING OUT OF THESE TRADITIONAL GATEWAY STATES. I SHOW 6 STATES HERE. CALIFORNIA,...
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Swain, Susan - Host
CALLER: HELLO. I AM A NATURALIZED FOREIGN
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CALLER, -
BORN CITIZEN. I MOVED HERE AROUND 1995. THERE ARE A COUPLE POINTS I WANT TO MAKE. ONE, THE SHOULD BE A PROCESS. BUT THE WAY WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT IS...
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Swain, Susan - Host
AS A CENSUS AND HUMAN NATURE IN THE LAST CENSUS. I SPEAK SPANISH. AND ANOTHER LANGUAGE. I FOUND THAT
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CALLER, -
PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT HERE LEGALLY DID EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO NOT BE COUNTED. HOW YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT FACTOR WHEN YOU CALCULATED THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE...
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Grieco, Elizabeth - Branch Chief
LEGAL STATUS IS ON NON CITIZENSHIP. THIS SHOWS THE POPULATION WITH HEALTH COVERAGE BY THE REGION OF BIRTH. THE FOREIGN-BORN POPULATION IS LESS LIKELY...
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Swain, Susan - Host
WHAT MESSAGE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE WITH VIEWERS
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GUEST, -
ABOUT IMMIGRATION TRENDS IN THE UNITED STATES?
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Swain, Susan - Host
GUEST: IMMIGRATION IS CERTAINLY PART OF OUR HISTORY. IT IS PART OF OUR PRESENT. IT IS PART OF OUR FUTURE.
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THERE IS MANY DIMENSIONS TO IT. THIS IS WHO WE ARE AND WHO WE ARE BECOMING AND WHO WE WILL BE. HOST: THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. ELIZABETH GRIECO, THE...
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Swain, Susan - Host
TO OUR VIEWERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. (music) >> GOOD
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.