The Great Regression...er Progression
Posted on 09/02/2009 10:23:56 PM PDT by george76
The federal government continues to tell us that there are 12 million illegal aliens currently living in the United States. However, the actual number in undoubtedly four to five times higher.
The way the feds arrive at their numbers is as absurd as their assertion that we can maintain law and order without actually defending our borders.
Washington arbitrarily estimates that every year since 1986, a half million illegal aliens take up residence in this country, either by over-staying their visa or by crossing into this country illegally.
When you multiply a half million by 22 years, then add the additional million criminal aliens to the total, you have 12 million illegal aliens.
That is the figure which U.S. politicians pushing for amnesty constantly espouse...
However, the U.S. Border Patrol places a much higher estimate on the number of illegal aliens now in this country. For many years, the number of apprehensions at the border have averaged about one million. When you then use the very conservative estimate that at least three times that many got away, over 22 years, along with all of the people who never return home after their visa has expired, you get a much different number.
Using the Border Patrol’s own data and considering the relative ease with which drug smugglers and illegal aliens make multiple crossings into this country, the more realistic number is much closer to 60-70 million.
This is why Obama wants to count illegal aliens in next year’s Census.
The real reason Obama wants to grant the mostly Hispanic population amnesty is to secure the vote that they would then have as American citizens.
Obama believes that doing so would assure Democratic control of the White House and Congress for the next several generations.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
And, unfortunately, Obama is right.
I’m guessing around... say...49 million?
Uh... about the number that the left wants to give free health care to.....
I’m betting the native Americans think we’re ALL illegal aliens!
15-36 MILLION PEOPLE is the range of estimates I’ve seen
that would be a rough estimate. I agree with more like 36 mil.
The Great Regression...er Progression
Now, ask me how many people don't have health insurance. The answer is 47 million. I read that somewhere, too.
I say we move them all to W’s place in Dallas so we can get a count.
One illegal immigrant in the U.S. is one too many, IMHO! Also, the U.S. government can’t come up with an accurate, annual number of how many illegal immigrants there are in the total U.S., and yet, the leftist U.S. government also wants to control people’s lives from the cradle to the grave and on all of the issues! Very scary!
How many Illegals can dance on the head of a Pinto?
I think they mean 12 million in Los Angeles County.
And another 12 million in San Bernardino county ...
I agree with you. Each estimate says between 12 and 20 million illegals are here. Other articles say 10,000 a day are entering - and that adds up to substantially more than the "estimate" we keep getting. The 12 million figure is obviously the stock answer to requested estimates - no doubt a lowballed figure.
ya and they all vote
Wait until they start making claims on SSI and Social Security. It is already amazingly easy to qualify for SSI without ever having worked in this country (or much in this country).
More than that, easy.
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