So given that reality, let us not cast that all of the problems and ills of our society are somehow upon the immigrants who have come to this country.

As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes.

So given that reality, let us not cast that all of the problems and ills of our society are somehow upon the immigrants who have come to this country.

It is not new or unusual for the real Americans, meaning those immigrants who came to America a little bit longer ago, to fear the outsiders, the pretenders, the newcomers.

There is this kind of sense in the immigrant community, first we were going to do immigration reform, but then 9/11 happened.

Uncertainty and fear and ignorance about immigrants, about people who are different, has a history as old as our Nation.

The underlying part of any comprehensive immigration bill is family unit.