More than one in five foreign born people in this country are illegal aliens. Think about that for a second. America has always been a melting-pot of sorts, but over one in five are illegal aliens? This is getting out of hand. Of course considering this a “Pew research” survey which is left wing biased in favor of illegal aliens, the number is probably a lot of higher than 23%
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An analysis by the Pew Research Center estimates that roughly 10.5 million immigrants in the United States were here illegally in 2017.
That number of “unauthorized immigrants” represented 23 percent of the total U.S. foreign-born population of 45.6 million. Lawful immigrants comprised the vast majority with 35.2 million, or 77 percent. The remainder included lawful permanent residents (12.3 million) and temporary lawful residents (2.2 million), according to the analysis.
The report, posted Friday, came as presidential candidates offered ideas for tackling a growing immigration crisis.
Pew reached those numbers by estimating how many immigrants in the country were legal and subtracting that figure from the total number of migrants — found through a census or national survey.