Agreed math is straightforward. We just disagree on the number of illegals in the US, especially the ones hiding in the shadows. My reference (below) says 18.6m now. Your reference said 13-15m.
Biden averaged 3,000,000 encounters per year, graph below.
Very few were "deported" , that's why we call it "open borders".
3m x 4 yrs = 12,000,000 plus the 1m from the CBP app plus the 2m "gotaways" = 15m new illegals into the US during Biden. 15 Biden + 10 Trump = 25m higher than the 19m my ref has.
My range is 19m - 25m illegals in the US.
True. Look at the CBP encounters.
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No one knows "exactly" how many illegals we have here in the US, because they are "illegal".
The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) now estimates that a record high 18.6 million illegal aliens are living in the United States. That figure represents an 11 percent increase since FAIR’s last estimate of 16.8 million in June 2023 and a 28.2 percent increase over the four...
www.fairus.org
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