CLAREMORE — It's no surprise to Carol Ann Kritzmire that the Hispanic population in Rogers County is growing. She sees it in the faces of the children entering the sacrament classes at St. Cecilia Catholic Church.
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Each year, more families are enrolling their children in the classes, which prepare children for their first Holy Communion in the Roman Catholic Church.
“About 48 percent of the children in the sacrament classes are Hispanic,” Kritzmire said. “Normally, we'd have two classrooms, and this year we have three.”
Rogers County is one of six counties where the Hispanic population has nearly doubled since 2000. Overall, Rogers County is booming. In the past seven years, its population increased by 17 percent to 83,105. Of that increase, Hispanics account for 1,290 new residents, doubling the previous number, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Hispanics account for 3 percent of Rogers County's population.
The numbers were compiled before Oklahoma began its crackdown on illegal immigration. Kritzmire said she has seen little change in the number of Hispanics who attend St. Celicia because of immigration enforcement.
“We're the only Catholic church in the county, and we don't have a Spanish Mass,” she said. “But people still choose to congregate here.”
The numbers elsewhere
Hispanics make up more than half of the overall population growth in the U.S. since 2000.
Since 2000, Oklahoma County's population has increased by 6 percent to 701,807 from 660,448. The Hispanic population in Oklahoma County grew by 50 percent to 86,033 last year. That means roughly one in eight county residents is Hispanic.
Areas in northeastern Oklahoma, southeastern Oklahoma and the Panhandle have seen the most growth, according to Pew Center figures. Combined, Rogers, Wagoner and Tulsa counties have seen their Hispanic population increase by 23,798.
Contributing:
Database Editor Paul Monies
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Border Patrol agents arrest immigrant for felony re-entry
Staff Reports November 15, 2008
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Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande station arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico Thursday for felony re-entry into the United States.
The 35-year-old man was identified through his fingerprints. Agents learned that the man has a prior conviction for felony child molestation and that he had been sentenced to five years in prison.
The man was charged with illegal re-entry by an aggravated felon. He faces prosecution and formal removal proceedings.
For fiscal year 2008 more than 460 illegal immigrants were arrested by the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector for-sex related crimes.
There are over 10 million unemployed American workers, and that number is increasing every single day.
Illegals, using forged, falsified, or stolen identities, have illgally obtained up to 8.7 million jobs; jobs that rightfully belong to American workers.
Americans need those jobs.
Illegals, have not only taken jobs that belong to Americans, but illegals are also costing American taxpayers over 300 billion dollars a year.
#1. Make Illegal Entry a Felony Permanently Barring Citizenship
#2. Secure Our Borders with our National Guard!!!
#3. Mandate E-Verify for ALL Employees!!!
#4. Cut Off ALL Public Assistance to Illegals and Their Children!!!
#5. Stop the Underground Economy!!!
#6. End Birthright Citizenship for Illegals!!!
......and make it retroactive!!!
#7. End Chain Migration!!!
#8. Make English our Official Language!!!
#9. Cut Off Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities!!
UNITED STATES BORDER APPREHENSIONS (Source DHS/CBP)
1987--1,190,488------1995--1,394,554------2003----931,557
1988--1,008,145------1996--1,649,986------2004--1,160,395
1989----954,243------1997--1,412,953------2005--1,189,075
1990--1,169,939------1998--1,555,776------2006--1,089,902
1991--1,197,875------1999--1,579,010------2007----876,704
1992--1,258,482------2000--1,676,438------2008----723,825
1993--1,327,259------2001--1,266,213------2009----(beginning 10/01)
1994--1,094,717------2002----955,310
FACT: In the last 22 years, over 26 million illegals, have been apprehended, after crossing the border, into our United States.
THE PROBLEM IS: Less than 1, out of 4 illegals, are estimated to have been apprehended.
Mind boggling, isn't it.
According to the U.S. Immigration Service another 6 million illegals in this country are visa overstays. That is, they got a visa legally in their home country, they came here to visit and then they never left.
In the last 22 years, there have been another 4 million anchor babies born to illegals. Anchor babies are now being born at a rate of 350-400 thousand per year in our United States. All at our expense!!
Then the ANCHOR BABIES qualify for welfare, food stamps, section-8 housing, all at our expense.
American Taxpayers are getting screwed, over, and over, and over, again!!!
Each illegal immigrant, on average, costs taxpayers $9,000 PER YEAR, over, and above, anything they might contribute in taxes!!!
Robert, I understand what you are saying. You bring up very good points. I just don't think I could be the one to send them back. I agree that they are illegal aliens and broke the law. I just have a hard time sending them back to Mexico as bad as it is there. All most of them wants is a chance to better themselves and their families.
Dude, I think you're right. Of the ones who are here illegally, I suspect most of them are here to make money and make a better life for their families, not to commit crimes. That's true for US citizens, too. And I said most, not all. Lazy people don't have the motivation to go through everything they have to go through to get across the border and look for a job, legally or illegally; lazy US citizens are already here.
But illegal aliens who are in the US already are now an integral part of the economy. If we simply evict them, yes, it further disrupts the economy, and we don't need more inflationary factors right now. Seems to me a separate track for naturalization makes the most sense, while tightening the borders (as we're starting to do) to reduce the inflow and minimize future problems.
How many Americans are out of work now? How many ILLEGAL ALIENS are working jobs with stolen identities or forged documents?
How about the BILLIONS sent out of this Country every year? Money we will never see again. How about the BILLIONS spent on health care for these ILLEGAL ALIENS, while Americans can't afford health care? How about the schooling of these illegal children, what is this costing the American taxpayer? From the few stories I have read, California spends $9 BILLION a year on ILLEGAL ALIENS. Is this good for Americans?
I can't say the shape of our economy could be completely blamed on this illegal immigration, but it certainly don't help.
Illegal immigration has caused more problems than anyone could have ever imagined! These promlems WILL NOT go away until each and every ILLEGAL ALIEN is out of this Country and back in their own country where they belong! I believe all 50 States should have a State law to get the ILLEGAL ALIENS back to their home land.
To enter this Country is a PRIVILEGE. It is NOT a RIGHT! No ILLEGAL ALIEN has a right to be here.
Sean, on my part there would be..... I just don't know what to do with the illegals we have here. How can I blame someone for wanting to better themselves and their family. To me it is hard to send them back to a country that they don't have a chance for any kind of a descent life. The borders could have been controlled many years ago. Why weren't they? Some of them have been here 20 to 30 years, and have been productive citizens, and love America. I bet the % that are criminals or undesirables is lower than American citizens, per capita.
Right across the street from Norman Regional Hospital on Porter just south of Robinson on the west side of the street...Pretty large inside but they do have wait times at lunch...Love that place and Casa Pericos on 63rd and MaCarthur(?)....Their sides rule especially their papas rancheras...Only place that serves them fried instead of mashed
this is not news. i told you this last year. one of my predictions from the passage of hb1804 was that their would be an increase in the hispanic population.
Roger, where is Tarahumara's located? I love good Mexican food. Los Vaceros in Mustang is excellent also. They make everything, nothing comes out of a can.
The Tuscon (Arizona) Sector has reported more than a hundred attacks against Border Patrol agents along the border by paramilitary-looking attackers. They are bold and no longer contend to keep a low profile on and around U.S. soil, plus some have placed bounties on the lives of U.S. law enforcement officers..... A report from Dallas by the Associated Press advised of Latin American gang violence, "thats been all to common in Mexico, right here in Dallas." The report described seeing "execution-style murders, burned bodies, and outright mayhem."--------- Since 2000, 104 different nationalities of illegal immigrants have been reported crossing the Mexican border..... This is something to think about....
Miguel, you still haven't answered my question. What are the causes? Or better yet, what should be done with the illegal aliens? I didn't say Mexicans, I said illegal aliens.
Hey Miguel, I grew up VERY, VERY poor, so don't throw that at me! And my father and my son fought for MY freedom so the right IS mine, not the right to take from others....I do not do that....but the right to speak up and defend my country from others who are trying to take it over , and YES, if my friends and family have family who came here illegally, then send them home and let them do it the legal way.
We do have dozens of Mexican American friends who feel the same as we do.
We live in a border town where on a daily basis illegals are caught trying to sneak into the US loads of drugs and weapons, who kidnap their own people and hold them with 30 and more others in drop houses in horrible cramped conditions, trying to extort MORE money from their families! They kill murder and rob their own as well as others. So if saying that scares others into action to stop more from coming....then so be it!
And yes I get it...You must be a liberal democrat!
I apologize for my unkind words---I was hoping they might jar you, and make you think about what is really happening. Our country has lost vast amounts of wealth. We have lost jobs. Our infrstructure is fraying. We've had disasters. I understand why you need someone to blame. Picking the poorest of the poor, those who cannot defend themselves to start your economic crusade seems cowardly. I am sorry that is how I feel. Mexicans had nothing to do with your 401k. They deal mostly in cash markets. Try Wall Street. But you won't will you? You won't push legislation regulating them. (the one's who have cost us so much--they are still filthy rich) (and we are "bailing" them out) Ask yourself why?
Beverly, Did you read Mrs Choctaw's post? That is what you are doing to uneducated people. They start to believe the things you say, and then are suddenly scared-to-death. When you make someone that afraid, they will do anything. This includes putting people into ovens. And I get it. All your friends are Mexicans. You just want to send their extended family away, because unlike you they don't deserve a fair shot. You've earned this right, to take this from others even as you enjoy the rights others(not you) have fought for. Beverly, I agree it is something we/our country needs to talk about and reform. But NOT using the fear-mongering hate speak you are using. It is not a fair assesment of the problems we face. Did you ever consider how cowardly it is to persecute poor people, after the rich have nearly destroyed our country economically? What are you doing about that? Would you dare critisize them. It must be of great amusement to the wealthy to watch us poor fight over their drippings. Just think it over.
I just wish either they could speak english or I could speak Spanish. I still communicate with my housekeeper using sign language. She is a great person and worker. She just doesn't speak the lingo, but her daughter speaks great english.
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The regional offices of Immigration and Customs Enforcement touted record results from a crackdown on immigrants convicted of crimes or dodging standing deportation orders. Agents deported more than 53,000 illegal immigrants from south and central Texas in the past 12 months. They deported more than 16,300 illegal immigrants from northern Texas and Oklahoma.
BACKGROUND
Cultural
changes
in Panhandle
In Texas County, the Hispanic population is approaching a majority. Two out of every five residents in Texas County are Hispanic. While overall, the county's population has declined since 2000, the county's Hispanic population grew by 35 percent to 8,142 in 2007. Pork processing plants, large feedlots, farms and the oil and gas industry are drawing people from all backgrounds to the Panhandle, said Betty Musburg, executive director of the Panhandle Regional Development Coalition. A mariachi band is part of the music program at Oklahoma Panhandle State University in Goodwell, and Mexican folk dancing is taught at Guymon High School, Musburg said. “We've tried to integrate the culture and take advantage of what everybody has to offer,” Musburg said. “We're booming right now, and the Hispanic culture seems to be willing to go to where the work is. I wish everybody would do that.”
BY THE NUMBERS
Most growth
Here's a look at the top Oklahoma counties for Hispanic population growth by percentage, according to estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center. The estimates were taken in the summer of 2007, before Oklahoma's crackdown on illegal immigration.
Rogers County
100 percent increase in Hispanic population since 2000.
Total population: 83,105
Wagoner County
81 percent increase
Total population: 67,239
Haskell County
68 percent increase
Total population: 12,059
Le Flore County
66 percent increase
Total population: 49,715
Canadian County
65 percent increase
Total population: 103,559
Harper County
65 percent increase
Total population: 3,562
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Border Patrol agents arrest immigrant for felony re-entry
Staff Reports November 15, 2008
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Border Patrol agents assigned to the Casa Grande station arrested an illegal immigrant from Mexico Thursday for felony re-entry into the United States.
The 35-year-old man was identified through his fingerprints. Agents learned that the man has a prior conviction for felony child molestation and that he had been sentenced to five years in prison.
The man was charged with illegal re-entry by an aggravated felon. He faces prosecution and formal removal proceedings.
For fiscal year 2008 more than 460 illegal immigrants were arrested by the Border Patrol's Tucson Sector for-sex related crimes.
Illegals, using forged, falsified, or stolen identities, have illgally obtained up to 8.7 million jobs; jobs that rightfully belong to American workers.
Americans need those jobs.
Illegals, have not only taken jobs that belong to Americans, but illegals are also costing American taxpayers over 300 billion dollars a year.
It's time to change this once, and for all.
Mandate, and strictly enforce, E-Verify!!
BUILD THE FENCE!!!
MANDATE E-VERIFY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, FOR ALL EMPLOYERS!!!
Southwest Border Patrol Sector Apprehensions (Source DHS/CBP)
Fiscal Year-------------2005---------2006---------2007-------2008 (ends 9/30)
San Diego------------126,879-----142,104---- 152,460--- 162,390
El Centro--------------55,725-------61,465----- 55,883----- 40,961
Yuma-----------------138,492-----118,549----- 37,992------ 8,363*
Tucson --------------439,053-----392,074---- 378,239--- 317,696
El Paso---------------122,624-----122,256----- 75,464----- 30,312
Marfa ------------------10,532--------7,520------- 5,536------ 5,391
Del Rio -----------------68,547------42,636----- 22,920----- 20,761
Laredo -----------------75,268------74,840----- 56,714------43,658
Rio Grande Valley --134,136----110,528------ 73,430----- 75,473
Apprehensions----1,171,386--1,071,972-----858,638----705,005
*The Yuma Sector presently has a total of 94 miles of fencing. The difference is apparent.
THERE WILL BE NO AMNESTY!!!
OUR ACCEPTABLE IMMIGRATION REFORM
#1. Make Illegal Entry a Felony Permanently Barring Citizenship
#2. Secure Our Borders with our National Guard!!!
#3. Mandate E-Verify for ALL Employees!!!
#4. Cut Off ALL Public Assistance to Illegals and Their Children!!!
#5. Stop the Underground Economy!!!
#6. End Birthright Citizenship for Illegals!!!
......and make it retroactive!!!
#7. End Chain Migration!!!
#8. Make English our Official Language!!!
#9. Cut Off Federal Funds to Sanctuary Cities!!
NOTHING MORE!!! NOTHING LESS!!!
UNITED STATES BORDER APPREHENSIONS (Source DHS/CBP)
1987--1,190,488------1995--1,394,554------2003----931,557
1988--1,008,145------1996--1,649,986------2004--1,160,395
1989----954,243------1997--1,412,953------2005--1,189,075
1990--1,169,939------1998--1,555,776------2006--1,089,902
1991--1,197,875------1999--1,579,010------2007----876,704
1992--1,258,482------2000--1,676,438------2008----723,825
1993--1,327,259------2001--1,266,213------2009----(beginning 10/01)
1994--1,094,717------2002----955,310
FACT: In the last 22 years, over 26 million illegals, have been apprehended, after crossing the border, into our United States.
THE PROBLEM IS: Less than 1, out of 4 illegals, are estimated to have been apprehended.
Mind boggling, isn't it.
According to the U.S. Immigration Service another 6 million illegals in this country are visa overstays. That is, they got a visa legally in their home country, they came here to visit and then they never left.
In the last 22 years, there have been another 4 million anchor babies born to illegals. Anchor babies are now being born at a rate of 350-400 thousand per year in our United States. All at our expense!!
Then the ANCHOR BABIES qualify for welfare, food stamps, section-8 housing, all at our expense.
American Taxpayers are getting screwed, over, and over, and over, again!!!
Each illegal immigrant, on average, costs taxpayers $9,000 PER YEAR, over, and above, anything they might contribute in taxes!!!
But illegal aliens who are in the US already are now an integral part of the economy. If we simply evict them, yes, it further disrupts the economy, and we don't need more inflationary factors right now. Seems to me a separate track for naturalization makes the most sense, while tightening the borders (as we're starting to do) to reduce the inflow and minimize future problems.
How about the BILLIONS sent out of this Country every year? Money we will never see again. How about the BILLIONS spent on health care for these ILLEGAL ALIENS, while Americans can't afford health care? How about the schooling of these illegal children, what is this costing the American taxpayer? From the few stories I have read, California spends $9 BILLION a year on ILLEGAL ALIENS. Is this good for Americans?
I can't say the shape of our economy could be completely blamed on this illegal immigration, but it certainly don't help.
Illegal immigration has caused more problems than anyone could have ever imagined! These promlems WILL NOT go away until each and every ILLEGAL ALIEN is out of this Country and back in their own country where they belong! I believe all 50 States should have a State law to get the ILLEGAL ALIENS back to their home land.
To enter this Country is a PRIVILEGE. It is NOT a RIGHT! No ILLEGAL ALIEN has a right to be here.
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Especially if they are of the female variety ;)
The horror...Speaking of Mexican names...Tarahumara's in Norman is excellent...Blows Ted's out of the water
We do have dozens of Mexican American friends who feel the same as we do.
We live in a border town where on a daily basis illegals are caught trying to sneak into the US loads of drugs and weapons, who kidnap their own people and hold them with 30 and more others in drop houses in horrible cramped conditions, trying to extort MORE money from their families! They kill murder and rob their own as well as others. So if saying that scares others into action to stop more from coming....then so be it!
And yes I get it...You must be a liberal democrat!