Study finds births to immigrant mothers have quadrupled
Submitted on July 7, 2005 - 12:00am.
Adrien M. Martin - Summer 2005
WASHINGTON –The number of children born to immigrant mothers in the United States quadrupled over the last 30 years, reaching an all-time high, according to a study released Thursday by a group that favors lower immigration limits.
The study predicts that new generations of children born to illegal immigrants are less likely to assimilate, and their parents less likely to return home.
The study by the Center for Immigration Studies reported that in 2002 one in four births, or 915,800, was to an immigrant mother. In 1970, that number was 228,486, or 6 percent of all births.
The study predicts that new generations of children born to illegal immigrants are less likely to assimilate, and their parents less likely to return home.
The study by the Center for Immigration Studies reported that in 2002 one in four births, or 915,800, was to an immigrant mother. In 1970, that number was 228,486, or 6 percent of all births.
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