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AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS UNITE

About 11 million illegal immigrants were living in the United States at the start of this year, the federal government said in a report Friday. That's up from an estimated 8.5 million living in the country in January 2000, according to calculations by the Office of Immigration Statistics in the Department of Homeland Security.

US Supreme Court retroactively applies immigration law, "clearing the way for summary deportations of perhaps thousands who have been living in the United States for a decade or more."

About 11 million illegal immigrants were living in the United States at the start of this year, the federal government said in a report Friday. That's up from an estimated 8.5 million living in the country in January 2000, according to calculations by the Office of Immigration Statistics in the Department of Homeland Security. Mexico is the largest contributing country of illegal immigrants, with almost 6 million in the U.S. in 2005, the government said. -- Associated Press

Newer immigrants to the United States more likely to feel healthy, New York report says

U.S. Homeland Security head Michael Chertoff has said the number of illegal immigrants crossing into the United States from Mexico has dropped significantly.