[OneWingedShark]

>>2 questions:
>>
>>1) How many millions of Americans are out of work?
>17 million
>>2) How many millions of illegal aliens are in America?
>20 million

So, if we assume that every illegal here is taking a job, then if we were to eliminate all the illegals America would have a 3 million job surplus.

{Yes, I realize that doesn’t factor in minors and unemployed illegals... ie it’s a bad assumption.}

[org.whodat]

The evidence presented before john McCain's committee years ago said 30 million, the other day Mexico said currently, 350,000 a year were going north.

[org.whodat]

In a letter dated February 2004, no less an authority than Arizona Senator John McCain recognized that Border Patrol apprehension figures demonstrated that "almost four million people crossed our borders illegally 2002" (read McCain's letter) – experts on the subject agree that illegal crossings have only increased since then.

The Tucson sector Border Patrol union local 2544 on the number of illegal aliens in our nation: "There are currently 15 to 20 million illegal aliens in this country by many estimates, but the real numbers could be much higher and the numbers increase every day because our borders are not secure (no matter what the politicians tell you - don't believe them for a second)". (Visit the local's website).

In agreement with Senator McCain, our counters are calibrated to reflect an increase of 10,000 total additional illegal aliens added to the United States population each day.

The counters reflect figures that include illegal aliens successfully entering our nation combined with those who overstay their visas.

We are of the educated opinion that we are conservatively low in our estimation.

In a one hour documentary, Immigrant Nation - Divided Country originally aired in October 2004, CNN estimated that "7 – 20 million" people were "living in this country illegally".

http://www.theamericanresistance.com/ref/illegal_alien_numbers.html

[oldbill]

You got it diagnosed accurately - that includes non-employables like children, etc.

And it doesn’t consider incompatible skill sets for empoyment. America doesn’t need 20 million leaf blowers.