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The Numbers Behind Legal Immigration in America

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the number of legal immigrants in the U.S.

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President Obama about lying to -- not give up the fight to reform immigration laws and in this country.

He'd like senator rubio governor Romney giving a speech at the national association.

Of Latino elected.

Officials.

Senator rubio was there by the way declaring immigration are you ready for this is -- -- share.

A human issue.

Corporate donors -- -- we wouldn't -- -- -- laws right are lawmakers imply that this -- that the welcoming society with all that kind of rhetoric it's -- of -- things just aggregates -- -- economy to be honest with you.

So -- do something radical tonight here and we're gonna -- Democrats and Republicans alike.

To stop -- that demagogic nonsense and just look at the facts and maybe think about the national interest in -- being all swelled up with their own egos and special interest and their pandering to specific selected group and identity political targets.

We have 46.

Million people.

46 million people who come to the United States each year to come on business there tourists or visitors.

And they come on immigrant pieces while.

We admitted.

This nation that is filled with nativist and racist.

And restriction as.

In other folks that the advocates amnesty and open borders talk about all the time.

Four and a half million.

Immigrants come into this country for a long term employment are starting.

Every year.

Four and a half million votes.

Think about.

More than 42 million from the United States for just short term reasons including up to six months for business or pleasure.

Immigrants and -- increasingly.

Choose to resided in this country to stay here permanently.

And according to the department Homeland Security.

The United States -- legal permanent residency.

To one point one million.

Immigrants -- -- Now mind you all of these numbers are about legal votes.

This number by the way one point one million.

-- -- -- fairly steady over the past several years no other nation by the way even comes close to the United States.

You don't hear these open borders amnesty advocates or the president of the United States.

Or senator rubio for that matter who calls -- human problem.

Talk about these facts.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Germany had the second largest number.

Of legal permanent residents they had 600 now.

About half that the United States Spain came pretty close 470000.

But what about those immigrants who come to live and to become citizens.

That's when everything comes into perspective.

96000.

Were nationalized in Germany.

84000 in Spain.

The United States.

Naturalized.

700000.

Ever since.

-- became naturalized US citizen last year.

And tens of millions -- naturalized citizens in this country.

More than forty million foreign born live in the United States let's keep this in context.

Illegal immigrants have gone and gone around.

Of the borders in the laws of the most welcoming country on this planet.

-- we need to do something rational effective inhumane.

To fix our immigration system.

But let's not President Obama senator rubio.

Governor Romney.

Talk about an immigration system that's broke.

Because this is something this nation should be problem.

And -- -- Illegal immigrants have to have a solution.

But let's not talk about it being a human problem it is a problem or illegal immigrants who come to this country nearly all of them.

Out of their own volition in their own interest and not an -- So let's share the burden for this solution.

And let's not.

Let's not.

Aboard the backs in the debate.

We can get this all.

And by the.

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