Add It Up - Alien Aversion

Estimated number of illegal immigrants in Georgia: 250,000

Number of illegal aliens deported from Georgia in 2004: 3,392

Number of anti-illegal immigration bills proposed so far in the 2006 General Assembly: 6

Number of those bills to be dropped: 1

Number of state colleges and universities that one of the bills would’ve prohibited illegal aliens from attending: 34

Approximate amount of Georgia Medicaid money spent on emergency care for immigrants each year: $90,000,000

Amount of money Baby Noor’s surgery would’ve cost, if paid for: $200,000

Minimum number of years until Anett, a 2-year-old illegal immigrant who’s being deported, can return to Austell, where her father lives: 2.5

Number of stories the AJC printed in the first three weeks of 2006 about Baby Noor 14

Number of stories the AJC printed about the war in Iraq in the same period: 8

Sources: U.S. Census, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Georgia General Assembly, Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, CBS News