Friedman on Illegal Immigration

It's fascinating, as I go through these briefs by Friedman how directly I perceive that everything he is saying came to me via Thomas Sowell. I wonder if Sowell has done much more that popularize that which Friedman was saying. I think it's a good thing that he has, as without Sowell as a black man, it is unlikely that I would have had anyone introduce me to the ideas of Friedman as useful and good. But it is a bit odd for Sowell to be Friedman's Metatron.

Nevertheless the main subject here draws our attention to the intersection of legality, morality and sentiment, put only as an economist could. 

 

Table 4.
PERSONS OBTAINING LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY STATE OF RESIDENCE: FISCAL YEARS 1999 TO 2008
State of residence	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Total	644,787	841,002	1,058,902	1,059,356	703,542	957,883	1,122,257	1,266,129	1,052,415	1,107,126
Alabama	1,271	1,894	2,246	2,562	1,689	2,247	4,200	4,277	3,393	3,877
Alaska	1,055	1,364	1,389	1,557	1,188	1,261	1,524	1,554	1,617	1,534
Arizona	8,651	11,935	16,197	17,588	10,955	19,507	18,986	21,529	17,528	20,638
Arkansas	937	1,594	2,561	2,531	1,903	2,288	2,698	2,924	2,722	2,997
California	160,924	216,447	281,469	289,422	175,579	253,858	232,014	264,667	228,941	238,444
Colorado	6,965	8,167	12,451	12,027	10,661	11,255	11,975	12,713	11,039	12,741
Connecticut	7,861	11,263	12,089	11,213	8,274	12,335	15,334	18,697	12,932	12,190
Delaware	1,024	1,563	1,847	1,856	1,487	1,705	2,991	2,263	2,085	2,295
District of Columbia	2,130	2,528	3,034	2,719	2,491	2,148	2,457	3,775	2,541	2,652
Florida	57,216	94,474	104,148	90,460	52,770	76,178	122,915	155,986	126,277	133,445
Georgia	9,377	14,707	19,370	20,496	10,794	16,681	31,527	32,202	27,353	27,769
Guam	1,723	1,551	1,720	1,685	1,355	1,275	1,436	1,716	1,438	1,305
Hawaii	4,292	6,047	6,282	5,478	4,899	6,405	6,480	7,499	7,236	6,572
Idaho	1,904	1,914	2,285	2,229	1,686	2,299	2,768	2,377	2,044	2,766
Illinois	36,895	36,052	48,087	47,095	32,413	46,896	52,415	52,452	41,971	42,723
Indiana	3,546	4,105	5,980	6,838	5,241	6,262	6,913	8,122	6,639	8,028
Iowa	1,771	3,035	5,014	5,570	3,419	4,067	4,535	4,085	3,103	3,696
Kansas	3,251	4,554	4,018	4,500	3,804	4,139	4,512	4,277	4,141	5,344
Kentucky	1,528	2,902	4,525	4,667	3,038	3,820	5,265	5,504	4,340	5,315
Louisiana	2,034	2,981	3,751	3,176	2,214	3,095	3,776	2,693	3,475	4,011
Maine	558	1,123	1,185	1,265	992	1,322	1,907	1,717	1,488	1,617
Maryland	15,543	17,565	21,919	23,677	17,770	20,549	22,868	30,199	24,255	27,062
Massachusetts	15,125	23,302	28,847	31,498	20,127	28,067	34,232	35,558	30,555	30,369
Michigan	13,614	16,655	21,386	21,724	13,515	18,851	23,591	20,907	18,727	17,947
Minnesota	5,932	8,554	11,091	13,477	8,406	12,097	15,449	18,249	13,814	15,832
Mississippi	696	1,074	1,338	1,145	729	1,312	1,829	1,480	1,593	1,679
Missouri	4,157	5,988	7,574	8,585	6,160	7,050	8,742	6,852	6,459	7,078
Montana	306	488	484	419	453	452	589	505	575	543
Nebraska	1,437	2,201	3,839	3,655	2,827	3,002	2,996	3,795	3,066	3,668
Nevada	8,268	7,757	9,459	9,447	6,336	8,798	9,823	14,713	12,308	11,768
New Hampshire	999	1,992	2,578	2,995	1,868	2,280	3,298	2,987	2,272	2,466
New Jersey	34,008	39,778	59,587	57,478	40,699	50,699	56,176	65,931	55,834	53,997
New Mexico	2,439	3,951	5,186	3,374	2,336	3,076	3,513	3,805	3,112	3,509
New York	96,764	105,521	113,698	114,531	89,538	103,151	136,815	180,157	136,739	143,679
North Carolina	5,774	9,193	13,861	12,868	9,451	11,036	16,710	18,987	15,469	15,174
North Dakota	312	414	556	770	331	591	864	649	496	662
Ohio	6,832	9,201	14,653	13,827	9,787	12,072	16,892	16,585	14,078	14,595
Oklahoma	2,367	4,550	3,471	4,215	2,385	3,578	4,702	4,590	4,269	4,306
Oregon	5,217	8,479	9,560	12,083	6,946	8,540	9,623	9,188	7,905	9,028
Pennsylvania	13,465	17,970	21,328	19,428	14,606	18,813	28,902	25,950	22,811	23,646
Puerto Rico	3,021	2,624	3,426	3,053	3,110	4,760	3,623	4,093	2,917	3,287
Rhode Island	2,043	2,513	2,802	3,048	2,492	3,740	3,852	4,778	3,354	3,735
South Carolina	1,770	2,253	2,862	2,952	1,942	2,672	5,028	5,291	4,788	4,241
South Dakota	351	445	668	899	487	747	881	1,013	668	773
Tennessee	2,575	4,837	6,234	5,674	3,367	5,844	8,960	10,037	8,942	8,348
Texas	49,294	63,391	85,905	88,142	53,412	92,440	95,951	89,027	77,278	89,811
Utah	3,547	3,667	5,218	4,871	3,159	4,346	5,082	5,749	5,168	6,087
Vermont	494	802	950	1,003	550	814	1,042	894	791	771
Virginia	15,111	19,985	26,767	25,319	19,726	22,104	27,095	38,483	29,682	30,257
Washington	13,003	18,245	22,977	25,631	17,935	19,758	26,480	23,803	22,657	23,170
West Virginia	392	569	736	635	483	634	847	763	721	798
Wisconsin	3,038	5,034	8,442	6,486	4,357	5,580	7,907	8,339	7,381	7,306
Wyoming	251	247	306	278	253	304	321	376	380	458
Other1	1,726	1,557	1,531	1,227	1,140	1,077	937	1,366	1,047	1,117
Unknown	3	-	15	8	7	6	9	1	1	-
- Represents zero.
1 Includes U.S. territories and armed forces posts.
Source: U.S. Department of Homeland Security.