Yes the most I ever heard estimated was 20 million. A lot have gone back home due to the depression. There is no construction work anywhere for one thing. As soon as the economy recovers they will start flooding back into the country. We need to seal the border before that happens.
The sad fact for all of us Americans is that the politicians don’t want to make the illegals go home. GOP and Democrat are wedded to letting them stay. They will wear us all down until finally they will pass this new immigration law that lets most of them stay.
After the politicians agree to let the 11 million stay they will not announce that all of the families of the 11 million will be allowed to immigrate so you will really see about 20-30 million new unskilled, uneducated welfare wannabes’ and new Dem voters in the US. Most of those people will never apply for citizenship as they are happy being Mexican. They will not assimilate in great numbers either.
The border will never ever be secured as big business needs a constant stream of new cheap labor.
” The border will never ever be secured as big business needs a constant stream of new cheap labor.”
They do N O T need this. They WANT to suppress wages.
As bad as illegal immigration is, our legal immigration policies that allow 1.1 million legal permanent immigrants and 640,000 guest workers a year are far more damaging. Approximately 30 million legal immigrants have entered this country since 1990. 87% of them are minorities as defined by the USG. They use welfare programs to a significantly higher degree than the native born.