This article mentions how in the past years the immigrant population in the
United States has decreased. In 2016, there was reportedly an estimated of 11 million
immigrants, which was a decrease from the reported 12.2 million in 2007. The journalist,
Octavio Blanco, mentioned how in 2016 “Mexicans represented an estimated 50% of
the total undocumented immigrant population,” and for the first time they did
not represent the majority. Although, the number of undocumented people from
Mexico has declined, the number for Central American and Asians have increased.
I wonder if this has to do anything with the current U.S administration or if
this is just one of the many factors that played a role in this.
Link here.
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I remember that when Trump first brought up immigration reform on the campaign trail there were critics that cited these statistics. I am also curious as to what might be the cause of this. Could it also be Obama's tough stance on immigration? Several news stations such as ABC have cited him as the president that has overseen the most deportations in US history. However, other news sources state that this is a misunderstanding due to the government redefining what a "deportation" is.
Regardless, it would be interesting to understand the mindset of those who feel that illegal immigration is a worsening economic burden on the working class in America when statistics tell us otherwise.
This is very interesting. These lowered numbers make you wonder if Trumps plan for the wall would even have that large of an effect going forward. If these rates of immigration from Mexico continue to decline, the money spent on the wall would be even more of a waste than it would be as is.
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