41.   But Dianne Stewart, director of the Center for Public Policy Priorities, said elderly legal immigrants will be hit the hardest.

42.   But Frank Sharry, executive director of the NIF, said the report proved that immigrants are not a drain on government programs.

43.   But his opponents said he was wrong and that many legal immigrants were skilled, adding to the strength of the American economy.

44.   But if immigrants are the majority, the popular literature on Buddhism is written by converts.

45.   But over all, Borjas said, immigrants are far more likely to receive welfare than people born in America.

46.   But prosecutors and regulators say immigrants have increasingly been the targets.

47.   But last February, it called for a blanket amnesty for all illegal workers, arguing that in boom times, immigrants were potential members.

48.   But Steve Forester, the supervising lawyer for the Haitian Refugee Center, contended that politics rather than cost ultimately determines which immigrants are acceptable.

49.   But skilled immigrants were important to filling labor needs that are still unmet in highly technical positions.

50.   But the argument that these new, legal immigrants are a source of weakness instead of strength is a hollow argument, weak with illogic and tinged with racism.