ESL Faculty:
This report may interest some staff:
Immigrants in the United States, 2007 - A Profile of America's Foreign-Born Population Camarota, Steven A.Center for Immigration Studies, Backgrounder, November 2007, online edition, 44p"This Backgrounder provides a detailed picture of the number and socio-economic status of the nation’s immigrant or foreign-born population, both legal and illegal. The data was collected by the Census Bureau in March 2007.Among the report’s findings:• The nation’s immigrant population (legal and illegal) reached a record of 37.9 million in 2007.• Immigrants account for one in eight U.S. residents, the highest level in 80 years. In 1970 it was one in 21; in 1980 it was one in 16; and in 1990 it was one in 13." Steven A. Camarota is the Director of Research at the Center for Immigration Studies. Go to the report at: http://www.cis.org/articles/2007/back1007.pdf
KenS
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Goes to show that we ESL teachers can really make a difference in the lives of immigrants by laying down some stepping stones for them to leap onto a better tomorrow via more education.
Thanks for sharing this very interesting research report.
Lee
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