Posted on 03/14/2009 5:25:24 AM PDT by real_patriotic_american
13 Million Illegal Immigrants Living in the United States
March 8, 2009 FAIRUS.org How Many Illegal Immigrants?
Illegal Immigrant Problems & Statistics FAIR estimates that in 2007 the illegal immigrant population is above 13 million persons. Government and academic estimates indicate that as of 2006 there were 11 to 12 million illegal immigrants living in the United States. The Center for Immigration Studies estimated the illegal immigrant population at 10 million as of November 2004.
It is difficult to have an exact figure because the illegal nature of their presence prevents any enumeration, but the U.S. Census Bureau estimated 8.7 million illegal immigrants were here in 2000, and immigration officials estimate that the illegal immigrant population grows by as many as 500,000 every year.
Estimated Distribution of the Illegal Immigrant Population The nationalities of the illegal immigrant population in the Census Bureau estimate and INS estimate for 2000 are as follow: ----
The estimate by the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) issued in February 2003 put the number of resident illega immigrants at seven million (as of Jan. 2000), 4.8 million of whom were Mexican and 2.2 million of whom resided in California. That estimate included the annual rate of increase in the illegal immigrant population -- 350,000 with 73,200 (31.6%) of that annual increase taking up residence in California. So, by 2003, the illegal immigrant population would have increased to over eight million.
The method by which the INS arrived at this estimate was based on data collected as a result of the 1986 amnesty and then relied on Census data and INS legal immigration data and airline arrival/departure records for updating the estimate. The estimate included only immigrants who continued to reside illegally in the United States for more than one year. Left out of the estimate were immigrants doing seasonal work illegally in the United States and all immigrants during the first year of overstaying the terms of an authorized nonimmigrant entry, as well groups of illegal immigrant residents who were issued work permits under programs such as Temporary Protected Status (TPS).
The 2000 Census, like all previous censuses, made no attempt to determine the immigration status of foreign-born residents. Nevertheless, the results of the Census did contribute to a re-evaluation of the size of the illegal immigrant population. Most analysts agree that the illegal immigrant population now numbers more than 10-11 million persons as is shown below.
The first estimates that challenged the INS estimates appeared from labor force researchers at Northeastern University.1 They estimated in 2001 that the illegal immigrant population could be as large as 11 million. They later revised that estimate upward to 12 million.
The director of the Census Bureau, when asked about the much higher estimate of the illegal immigrant population agreed that the 2000 Census data indicated that the illegal immigrant estimate of the INS was too low, but did not offer a different estimate.
In the August 2001 issue of Demography, immigration researchers estimated the current total population of illegal immigrants at 7.1 million, of whom 3.9 million were Mexicans. Also in August, a demographer at the Urban Institute issued an estimate that the illegal immigrant population was 8.5 million, with 4.5 million of them being Mexican.
The Census Bureau issued an estimate in January 2002 that the illegal immigrant population in 2000 was 8,705,421. That estimate was based on the discrepancy between the number of foreign-born residents and the number of legally admitted immigrants. Included in that number may be immigrants residing in the United States under provisions that preclude their deportation, but who are not legal permanent residents, such as beneficiaries of Section 245(i) petitions, or asylees who have not been in the country long enough for adjustment of status, or Central American beneficiaries of the NACARA legislation. The Census Bureau estimate is preliminary and subject to modification after review of the methodology by interested parties.
An independent estimate by analysts of the bear-Stearns investment firm said the illegal immigrant population "...may be as high as 20 million people."2 This estimate dismisses lower official estimates as being flawed by the non-response of illegal immigrant to census takers. However, this conclusion misses the fact that the official estimates are instead based on a comparison between the growth in the foreign-born population and new legal immigrant arrivals. This allows the trend in the illegal immigrant population to be observed despite non-response in the Census.
TIME Magazine in a feature article in 2004 published an estimate of three million illegal immigrants arriving each year.3 However, that estimate was based on a mistaken assumption that a million illegal immigrants are being apprehended each year and three times as many avoid apprehension. The actual number of persons apprehended is considerably lower than one million because the same individual often may be apprehended multiple times during the year.
The following table shows estimates of the illegal immigrant population by state by the INS, DHS4 and the Pew Hispanic Center5 as well as the current estimates by FAIR. (Numbers are thousands).
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Amnesty proposals for granting legal residence to these illegal immigrants take various forms, and the number of proposed beneficiaries vary depending on the proposal. For example, in the 1986 general amnesty, illegal immigrants other than those in agricultural work were eligible only if they had been living in the United States for four years (since 1982). Thus, the nearly three million beneficiaries did not include illegal immigrants who had arrived during the previous four years (unless they presented fraudulent evidence of having arrived earlier, as many of them did).
Although the number of illegal immigrants in the country can only be estimated, and it is unclear what form currently proposed amnesty provisions might take, it is safe from the above analysis to conclude that any new amnesty would likely involve as many as four times as many illegal immigrants as benefited from the 1986 amnesty.
-------------------------------------- 1] "Feds Undercount Illegal Aliens," NewsMax.com, (March 16, 2001).
[2] Robert Justich and Betty Ng, "The Underground Labor Force is Rising to the Surface," Bear Sterns, January 3, 2005.
[3] Barlett, Donald and James Steele, "Who Left the Door Open?," TIME Magazine, September 12, 2004.
[4] The most recent estimates by DHS only show the estimate for the 10 states with the largest illegal alien population
[5] Pew Hispanic Center estimates of the illegal immigration population are stated as a range, e.g., Capfornia 2.5 million to 2.75 million. The chart shows the mid-point of the estimate, e.g. California 2.625 million.
Updated 11/08
Very, very well put. Also add that illegal immigrants “work under the table” and pay no taxes. Taxes are what funds welfare and human services programs. For those programs, it’s the illegals who are first in line to collect the free handout.
California PING!
There are far more than 13 million illegal immigrants in the U.S. There are that many in California alone.
I live in California. It feels like 13 million in my danged neighborhood alone.
Canoga park?
obama is a puppet, a fraud, an illegal alien, a marxist, a fool, a liar and a pothead!
obama is a puppet, a fraud, an illegal alien, a marxist, a fool, a liar and a pothead!
Uhhhhhh, ya forgot that he likes to smoke the baloney pony too...hehehehehe
... you also forgot to mention that he admits to whiffing on some cocaine! (lol)
obama is a puppet, a fraud, an illegal alien, a marxist, a fool, a liar and an all around druggie!
... grew up in the Inland Empire. When I went back to visit, I couldn’t believe my eyes.... Most have heavy Latin accents as well.
... back to 13,000,000 when Orly Taitz wins in SCOTUS.
“...Any estimate, especially a government estimate, will be low balled to try to lessen the significance of their presence....”
Likewise, I have read/heard pro-illegal alien leadership say upwards of 45 million. Possible. If, as the DHS stated, up to 10 million in one year, that could mean what, almost 80 million just since 9/11?
Ping!
Right. Only 13 million?
Best guess is over 20 million.
This site also has costs.
And when you add in their children...
more like 31 million. They are dyslexic.
Illegal aliens were estimated at 12 million a decade ago, and there were more than 5000 per day coming across the border during Bush's entire period of dereliction. Maybe Obama slipped them an amnesty overnight.
Oh yeah, we've had a dozen or so highly publicized tear-jerking deportations -- so easy to forget.
The Los Angeles area alone probably has more than they estimate for the entire country.
Oh, my opinion- there is 13 million illegal aliens in the Los Angeles basin alone (if not more).
“The Los Angeles area alone probably has more than they estimate for the entire country.”
I agree!!!!!!
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The overall total of the U.S. population right now is 306,022,738. When I started comparing these numbers a few years ago it was one-out-of-11 people here undocumented - last year it was one-out-of-ten.
Even if the Census Bureau is lagging the latest news is much worse: one out of eight people walking around in America do not belong here. Even considering the illegals' dribble back to their home countries because of the economic downturn the data says there are still more coming in than leaving.
The Wall must be completed even if we have to use our traitorous representatives for it's mortar (figuratively speaking, of course). Using them literally would be a waste of time and labor - what with no spine in the mix.
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