[TigersEye]

Yes, I misread the numbers. But it would be correct to read them as saying; 60% of the illegal aliens crossed the borders illegally and the other 40% came here legally but became illegal aliens when they overstayed. But you maintain that illegal aliens are not the problem. I disagree.

[kabar]

But you maintain that illegal aliens are not the problem. I disagree.

I never said that illegal aliens are not a problem. They are, but the bigger problem is legal immigration. They are transforming this country demographically, culturally, and electorally. Unless we change our legal immigration policies, we are finished even if we stopped illegal immigration completely. Immigration, legal and illegal, drives 80% of our population growth. By 2060 non-Hispanic whites will be 43% of the population, down from 89% in 1970 and 63% in 2012.

The non-Hispanic white population is projected to peak in 2024, at 199.6 million, up from 197.8 million in 2012. Unlike other race or ethnic groups, however, its population is projected to slowly decrease, falling by nearly 20.6 million from 2024 to 2060.

Meanwhile, the Hispanic population would more than double, from 53.3 million in 2012 to 128.8 million in 2060. Consequently, by the end of the period, nearly one in three U.S. residents would be Hispanic, up from about one in six today.