I find it hard to believe a fellow Texan hasn’t noticed. It was estimated 1 in 8 to 1 in 10 nation wide a decade ago.
Our school district suddenly had a huge increase of illegals between 2008 and 2010 and it’s been on the rise since. No one knows the number of illegals but you can get a good idea from the number of their kids in school. Although many schools are eliminating the birth certificate requirement because that hurts their feelings. Texas statewide public and private schools is showing Hispanic students = 52% vs. White students = 29% (www.greatschools.org). Granted, not all Hispanics are illegal.
In Texas, Hispanic population was with us from the beginning, even at the Alamo. It is not the same as illegal.