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>Over 10% of US population is estimated to be undocumented. Not even close, it's closer to 3-4%: https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigrat
by minikites 5y ago
>Over 10% of US population is estimated to be undocumented.
Not even close, it's closer to 3-4%:
https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/Pop_Estimate/UnauthImmigrant/unauthorized_immigrant_population_estimates_2015_-_2018.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigra...
https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-many-undocumented-immigrants-are-in-the-united-states-and-who-are-they/ https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/how-many-und...
https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/2020-how-many-illegal-aliens-us https://www.fairus.org/issue/illegal-immigration/2020-how-ma...
https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/interactives/u-s-unauthorized-immigrants-by-state/ https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/interactives/u-s-unauth...
I have a hunch that any source putting it at >10% is attempting to stoke the same nativist sentiment and rhetoric I mentioned in my parent comment.
- jollybean 5y agoI guess 3.5% is not 'close' to 10% but it's still a very material number, and 'very unhealthy' in terms of managing civil and social infrastructure. 'Undocumented' is just an upside down way of saying 'dirty cheap labour with no rights' which is possibly the greatest guarantee of inequality etc.. They need to be on the books one way or another the issue has to be sorted out.