According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the
countries of origin for the largest numbers of illegal immigrants are as follows (latest of 2009):
Country of origin - Raw number - Percent of total - Percent change 2000 to 2009
Mexico - 6,650,000 - 62% - +42% (south border)
El Salvador - 530,000 - 5% - +25% (south border)
Guatemala - 480,000 - 4% - +65% (south border)
Honduras - 320,000 - 3% - +95% (south border)
Philippines - 270,000 - 2% - +33%
India - 200,000 - 2% - +64%
Korea - 200,000 - 2% - +14%
Ecuador - 170,000 - 2% - +55% (south border)
Brazil - 150,000 - 1% - +49% (south border)
China - 120,000 - 1% - -37%
Other - 1,650,000 - 15% - -17%
The Urban Institute estimates "between 65,000 and 75,000 undocumented Canadians currently live in the United States."
Seventy-seven (77%) percent from countries across our SOUTHERN border.
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The Pew Hispanic Center determined that according to an analysis of Census Bureau data about 8 percent of children born in the United States in 2008 — about 340,000 — were offspring of illegal immigrants.
In total, 4 million U.S.-born children of illegal immigrant parents resided in this country in 2009 (
alongside 1.1 million foreign-born children of illegal immigrant parents)...
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The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that
6–7 million illegal immigrants came to the United States via illegal entry, accounting for probably a little over half of the total population. There are an estimated half million illegal entries into the United States each year.
A common means of border crossing is to hire professionals who smuggle illegal immigrants across the border for pay. Those operating on the US-Mexico border are known informally as "coyotes".
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< Visa over-stay >
According to Pew,
between 4 and 5.5 million illegal immigrants
entered the United States with a legal visa, accounting for between 33–50% of the total population.
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