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• Small businesses, 18 percent of which are started by immigrants, account for up to 80 percent of the new jobs avaliable in the United States.
• In fact, the percentage of immigrants in the total population has decreased. So far, no single decade has topped 1901-1910 for immigration admissions. Further, even though the United States has one of the world's most generous refugee resettlement programs, less than 1.5 percent of the world's refugee population finds its way to the United States.
• Three quarters of all immigrants entering the United States settle in just six states: California, New York, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, and Illinois.
• Immigrants collectively earn $240 billion a year, pay $90 billion a year in taxes, and receive $5 billion in welfare.
• The demand for classes in English as a second language far outstrips supply. After 15 years in America, 75 percent of Spanish-speaking immigrants speak English on a regular basis. The children of immigrants, although bilingual, perfer English to their native tongue at astounding rates.
• Immigrants and refugees intermarry outside their group at a rate of 1 in 3. The rate is even higher, 1 out of 2, for their children.
• Immigrants, for rhe most part, have incredibly strong family values. They are more likely than natives to live in families: 76 percent vs. 70 percent. They also tend to have more children: 2.25 vs. 1.93. Immigrants are more likely to be married: 60 percent vs. 55 percent. Only 8 percent of immigrants are divorced or separated compared to 11 percent of natives.
• Immigrants recognize the value of an education. While many lack a high school education, they are just as likely as natives to hold a college degree: 20 percent. Immigrants are also twice as likely as natives to hold Ph.D.s.
• Less than 2 percent of the world's immigrants come to the United States.
• In 1900, the U.S. population was 15 percent foreign born. In 2000, the percentage was 9.7 percent

The source of these statistics is The New Americans: Perceptions and Misconceptions (originally adapted from, and provided courtesy of, American Immigration Lawyers Association).

Horizons Multimedia Program (HMP) is one of the many youth programs offered by Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco. We are a well-established community organization serving youth between the ages 12 to 26 since 1965. Horizons Unlimited provides a variety of youth prevention, intervention and treatment programs, ranging from substance abuse, gang violence and AIDS to art instruction, capoeira / dance classes, dj / music production and new media production. In addition, we conduct youth groups, and provide individual counseling services in several San Francisco middle schools and high schools.

In the summer of 2000 Horizons Unlimited of San Francisco launched the first session of Horizons Multimedia Program. HMP is an intensive media arts program that teaches video production, web design and media analysis to youth. We provide a safe place for at-risk youth to explore the world of new media production as a means to develop their talents, communication and critical thinking skills. We prepare underserved youth to be competent socially conscious individuals.