Results from Census 2000 show that there were 1.0 million foreign born from India in the United States.
• The foreign born from India represented 3.3 percent of the United States' total foreign-born population of 31.1 million.
• Of the 281.4 million people in the United States, the foreign born from India accounted for 0.4 percent of the total population.
• The five states with the largest populations of foreign born from India were California, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, and Texas. Combined, these five states constituted 58.4 percent of the total foreign-born population from India in the United States.
In spite of the 9/11 terror strikes and the subsequent stringent curbs and border scrutiny, immigration into the United States was the highest in the last five years. According to the figures released by the US Centre for Immigration Studies in a report, 7.9 million immigrants have entered the US between 2000 and 2005, more than any other five-year period. The largest flow of immigrants, both legal and illegal, is from Mexico, the USs southern neighbor. Some 11 million immigrants in the US are thought to be illegal. The report coincides with intense moves on Capitol Hill to take up some tough immigration proposals. A measure slated for a debate in the House of Representatives seeks to impose stiff penalties on employers who hire illegal immigrants and make illegal presence in the US a felony.
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