November 11, 2024

More Illegal Immigrants’ Children U.S. Citizens

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The Pew Hispanic Center reports that 73% of illegal immigrants’ children are U.S. citizens, an increase of 10% in the last 5 years and a jump of 1.3 million in absolute numbers over the same period. Conversely, the number of juvenile illegal immigrants actually declined by 100,000. All told, there are at least 16 million illegal immigrants and their children living in the U.S.