Wait a minute — how many illegal aliens are in our country again?

American Thinker ^ | 16 Nov, 2025 | Maker S. Mark

[MtnClimber]

I have noticed over the last few months media reports that there are 10 million illegal aliens in the U.S. And now a small group in the U.S. House of Representatives is using that number to ask for amnesty.

Others are addressing the horrible idea itself. This article is a focus on the number they are pushing. This number stood out to me because President Biden let in at least 10 million illegal aliens, and I thought there were more than 10 million in the U.S. before President Biden was elected. My radar went on full alert.

So I did some research. According to the 2020 U.S. Census, there were at least 12 million illegals in the U.S. in that year. So if we had at least 12 million in 2020, and President Biden let in at least 10 million, that means we had at least 22 million in the U.S. in January of 2025.

I have to call BS on the 10 million number they are using. All the numbers are estimates, and these estimates are being generated by people with a pro-illegal agenda. There are at least 22 million illegals, not 10 million, and I believe that these estimates are likely underestimates. I refuse even to have a onversation with people who provably lie to push their agenda.

This false amnesty plan is another trap, and it is dishonest in so many ways, the least of which is the number being presented.

Any talk of amnesty increases the number of illegals. Reagan conservatives found out the hard way. The amnesty granted in the 1980s did not slow down illegal immigration. The Biden open border along with the possibility of hiding in the U.S. with the remote possibility of future amnesty is also a draw.

[gundog]

“There are 57 million illegals in the country....”

[Freee-dame]

We know the number of unvetted, often criminal, people that Biden flew directly into the country on our airplanes from the four countries which included Haiti and Venezuela. It was about 350,000.

I want to know the number that came through our border entries, were coached to be dishonest in claiming asylum, given papers that allowed them to be considered “legal“ until they had a hearing some years in the future and then transported into the interior of our country. That number, which should be an official government number, I have never seen anywhere.

I often saw videos of the hordes coming across our southern border. People who consume only the propaganda media, probably never saw a single video showing that. Words describing it simply could not have the same impact as seeing the videos.

[SuperLuminal]

There are 40-50 million migrant invaders in the U.S...

[AZJeep]

But those are mostly children born to illegals in the US!
US citizens.