That doesn't sound credible to me, and I doubt there are any studies to back that up. From what I've observed (having lived in the southwest US my whole life), most illegals from south of the border came here illegally to begin with.
That doesn't sound credible to me, and I doubt there are any studies to back that up. From what I've observed (having lived in the southwest US my whole life), most illegals from south of the border came here illegally to begin with.
That doesn't sound credible to me, and I doubt there are any studies to back that up. From what I've observed (having lived in the southwest US my whole life), most illegals from south of the border came here illegally to begin with.
Keep in mind it's about a definition. People walk across the border daily saying they are only here to shop and never leave. They come in on Airplanes saying they are coming to visit family or going to Disney World and then just disappear. The question is were they inspected? Way more than half were and then just slipped away.
From a House hearing in 2006 where the estimates were at that time the numbers were 30-40% pre-9/11. After 9/11 USCIS slowed everything down and the numbers sky rocketed just because they have gone into a serious backlog so people whose VISAs would have probably been extended anyway are expiring and there is nothing they nor the Government can do about it right now.
http://commdocs.house.gov/committees/intlrel/hfa27480.000/hfa27480_0f.htm
This is from 2010
Nobody knows the actual numbers, the best anyone can do is guess.
The bottom line is there is no one even looking for them. ICE is seriously undermanned so all they do is look for the criminals that they have deportation orders for and every once in a while Obama will put on a show and send them out to some shoe factory and round up a bunch of them to make the news. Local LEO's are barred from enforcing immigration and even if they weren't they have no way of knowing if someone is here illegally unless they tell them. All they can do is put them on an ID hold and wait for them to tell the truth.