there are between 18,000 and 48,000 undocumented Hispanic workers I'm not going to argue about the urgent need for action .. but I do note that the "margin of error" in complex accounting models is a bit more relaxed in government circles than in the business world.
"OK, good work team, we are reasonably certain as we can be in a total vacuum that this number of unknown, unlocated and unverifiable individuals who might be here illegally is probably not less than 17,000, and thank God there's a good chance that the number is probably not more than 49,000 or so give or take a reasonable error. Mission accomplished! Who's up for some divresity sexual orientation training and gender sensitivity role-reversal performance art?."
I have some major qualms about the methodology used in this model. Let's start with 5 million!
It's ironic, this method of creatively divining number counts in hazy and dynamic environments is called "accounting and securites fraud" in the corporate world, and is heralded as an estimate with a "prudent and responsible buffer for error" in the civil servant racket.
But you get conflicting interpretations from various sources and I'm just confused and disinterested at this point.
I'm not going to argue about the urgent need for action .. but I do note that the "margin of error" in complex accounting models is a bit more relaxed in government circles than in the business world.
Granted. Just this week I posted a thread where I said...
One of the more contentious species of threads encountered on Free Republic are those dealing with the subject of America's immigration policy, particularly with regard to the Illegal Aliens currently in our country. According a range of reasonable sources, the estimates of their numbers here currently here range from six to thirteen million. Whatever the actual count, there are quite a few people now in violation of American immigration law.
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But for you to question methodology now ignores the links I provided at #678 that, if anything, the government methodology is underreporting the numbers of Illegals.
Arne, you'd implied that the numbers on Illegals were exaggerated, and challenged other posters to back them up. I did so.
If you want to dispute my numbers from multiple sources, the burden is now on you to provide something a little more substantial than a self-penned spoof and an Onion link.
After all of this, claiming that you're confused and disinterested really only begs the question. You posted to this thread precisely because you're interested.
