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Dobbs fact file archive
POSTED: 5:54 p.m. EDT, June 25, 2007
(CNN) -- To find out more about topics mentioned on Lou Dobbs' show, click on the links below.

• June 21, 2007: Border Corruption

• June 20, 2007: Graduation rate statistics

• June 19, 2007: Unemployment among minorities

• June 18, 2007: Border patrol pardon

• June 14, 2007: H1-B visas, immigration, dangerous imports

• June 13, 2007: China's military build-up

• June 12, 2007: Military Aid to Mexico and Columbia

• June 11, 2007: Massive drought

• June 8, 2007: Congressional job approval

• June 5, 2007: Illegal alien gang members

• June 4, 2007: Crime statistics

• June 1, 2007: Immigration statistics

• May 31, 2007: Seafood imports

• May 30, 2007: Federal prison population by citizenship

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/31/dobbs.facts.archive/index.html

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POSTED: 6:16 p.m. EDT, June 25, 2007
(CNN) -- Here are some facts from tonight's program that you may find interesting.

• The average wage for H1-b computer workers is $12,000 below the median U.S. Wage for the same occupation and location. Source: Low Salaries for Low Skills/John Miano

• Wages for 84% of H1-b computer workers were below the median U.S. wage for the same occupation and location.Source: Low Salaries for Low Skills/John Miano

• 87% of visas approved went to workers classified as intern or entry-level positions (Level One and Level Two workers).Source: USCIS

• Five of the top six employers of H1-b Visa workers are Indian companies. Source:USCIS

• 44% of petitions for H1-b visas went to people from India Source: USCIS

• 65% of petitions for H2-b visas were for people 25 to 34 Source: USCIS The occupation with highest median salary was "fashion model" at $100,000 Source: USCIS

• The occupation with lowest median salary was "religion and theology" at $32,000 Source: USCISIn 2007, state legislators in all of the 50 states had introduced at least 1169 bills and resolutions related to immigration or immigrants and refugees. This is more than twice the total number of introduced bills (570) in 2006.

Up to this point in the 2007 legislative sessions, 18 states (Arkansas, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming) have enacted at least 57 bills in this policy arena, already 2/3 of the total number of laws enacted in 2006. State legislatures have also adopted at least 19 resolutions and memorials in their 2007 sessions. Most state legislatures remain in session, an indication that it is quite likely that there will be even more activity this year. Like in 2006, employment, law enforcement, benefits and education head the list of topics under consideration in state legislatures. More than half of all states have also addressed human trafficking issues.

Source: National Conference of State Legislatures

He estimates $750,000,000 in costs due to the 125,000 illegal alien students Pew estimates are in Arizona, at a cost of roughly $6,000 per pupil.

Source: Tom Horne, Arizona state school superindendent

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/06/25/dobbs.lowskill/index.html