Recently the area has seen a large growth in immigrants from Eastern Europe.
The reason given for this decision was the increase in illegal immigrants arriving.
The city is also seeing a large increase in Somali immigrants.
The rapid increase in Iraqi immigrants is having an impact on the communities where they settle.
America's fantastic economic strength has been built on drawing in immigrants, with their energy and determination to make a new life.
But they were, in the main, immigrants or the children of immigrants, same as today.
The booming economy has pulled in both legal and illegal immigrants.
The bill would also go further than the recently adopted welfare law in attacking legal immigrants.
Thus, the 16 percent increase in immigrants since 2000 refers only to the household population.
Most of that increase is in immigrants looking for land and livelihood.