I dug up this information about the illegal aliens showing up in the USA

[Robert W]

Woah, first Democrats deny they are here. Then they claim illegals saved Trumps life. Then they promise us Biden deported more of them than Trump. They do not explain why under Biden he was forced to deport them. Trump put the kick in Biden's ass is why.

For example, encounters with migrants at U.S. borders reached record levels throughout 2022-23, and the number of applicants waiting for decisions on asylum claims increased by about 1 million by the end of 2023.

In addition, through December 2023, about 500,000 new immigrants were paroled into the country through two federal programs – the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan (CHNV) program and Uniting for Ukraine (U4U). Groups like these have traditionally been considered part of the unauthorized immigrant population, but almost none of them appear in the 2022 estimates.

What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.

The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, but remained below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[toobfreak]

Woah, first Democrats deny they are here. Then they claim illegals saved Trumps life. Then they promise us Biden deported more of them than Trump. They do not explain why under Biden he was forced to deport them. Trump put the kick in Biden's ass is why.

I thought it pretty funny that illegals are up in most every state except one, California. They are declining there. Apparently CA sucks too much even for an illegal.

Might have to move to W. Va. There is almost zero illegal immigrant population there.

 

[rampart]

Woah, first Democrats deny they are here. Then they claim illegals saved Trumps life. Then they promise us Biden deported more of them than Trump. They do not explain why under Biden he was forced to deport them. Trump put the kick in Biden's ass is why.

For example, encounters with migrants at U.S. borders reached record levels throughout 2022-23, and the number of applicants waiting for decisions on asylum claims increased by about 1 million by the end of 2023.

In addition, through December 2023, about 500,000 new immigrants were paroled into the country through two federal programs – the Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan and Venezuelan (CHNV) program and Uniting for Ukraine (U4U). Groups like these have traditionally been considered part of the unauthorized immigrant population, but almost none of them appear in the 2022 estimates.

What we know about unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S.

The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. grew to 11 million in 2022, but remained below the peak of 12.2 million in 2007.

www.pewresearch.org

are our guests under CHNV considered "illegal?" or is "asylum seeker" more appropriate?