Recent data indicates that eight percent of babies born in the United States in 2008 have parents without legal status. Further, about 1 out of every 4 children has an immigrant parent. Further, the majority of Americans have a direct immigrant decendant within a few generations. These statistics are amazing in that they show that America is still a nation of immigrants and most likely will continue to be in the future. http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/11/hispanic.study/?hpt=T2