I’d reliably heard over 20 million but have seen the government try to spin the number as 10 million.
That’s a lot of scofflaws. Who then engage in identity theft and/or falsified identity presentation. Who then engage in under the counter payments and/or underreported earnings to the IRS. Some whom them wire money back to Mexico, wonder if any of them then seek public assistance because “they have no money of their own”.
The list of crimes snowballs.
Next they will want an exemption in prohibitions on government employment and financial assistance for failing to register for selective service.
“I’d reliably heard over 20 million but have seen the government try to spin the number as 10 million.”
Yes, that 20 million figure was in the mid 2000’s. Bear Stearns came up with it with some impressive means of figuring it.
“analysis of the Pew Hispanic Center, which reported there were 11.1 million unauthorized migrants in the U.S. in March 2005 “
If we use this number from 2005, that puts the number by now at well over 20 million.