MEDIA REPORTS ON NEW AMERICANS (Listed in reverse chronological order) View Article "WASHINGTON -- One in 11 people living in the United States was not born in this country, the largest proportion of foreign-born residents in 70 years, according to census figures released Tuesday. " The Orange County Register, June 5, 2002. Author: DENA BUNIS. View Article "TAMPA - When Korean-born Kim Myong met her husband, she couldn't speak his language - and he couldn't speak hers. "We used a dictionary to communicate," says Kim Knapp, 47, who came to the United States with her U.S.-born husband, David, in 1999. "We still use a dictionary, but not as much." " The Tampa Tribune, May 26, 2002. Authors: CLOE CABRERA and DOUG STANLEY. View Article "California natives now make up more than half the state's population -- a historical benchmark for this longtime destination of pioneers, immigrants and explorers. That nugget is one of the surprises buried in an avalanche of new data from the 2000 census released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau. " The Mercury News, May 15, 2002. Author: Dorothy Korber.