11.   Japan takes a different approach, rejecting increased immigration.

12.   Meanwhile, increased immigration from Latin America created a labor surplus that depressed wages and made it more difficult to organize workers.

13.   On one side are ethnic groups that would gain more members and more political power from increased immigration, and businesses that employ immigrants, McCarthy said.

14.   Other factors which contribute to the rise in student population include a higher birth rate among minorities, students staying longer in school and increased immigration.

15.   Researchers said the increase is explained partly by declining birth rates among native-born Americans, and mainly by increased immigration.

16.   The growth reflects a national trend caused by a baby boomlet among baby boomers, increased immigration and higher birth rates in the Hispanic population, Federal officials say.

17.   The immigration issue has brought together an unusual coalition of business organizations, organized labor and groups that have long promoted increased immigration.

18.   The surprising figures result in part from a declining birth rate among native-born Americans, but more from increased immigration.

19.   Then, as now, the anxieties about germs rose during a period of increased immigration and travel.

20.   We can do more with increased legal immigration, baseball and economic development that we can with embargoes which punish the poorest Cubans.