Not sure how 8 year old data is relevant.

Guess neither of you read the bottom link?

Your bottom link shows Mexican immigrants have not grown at all..
11 million in 2010 and 11 million in 2016..

This post was edited by Plaguefear on May 6 2018 06:55pm

Guess you didn't.

...and not grown at all does not equate to a drop or a negative number.

Here's more..


http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/

Slight drop since 2007, but on the rise again.


/e More...

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/02/what-we-know-about-illegal-immigration-from-mexico/


/ee It's hard to find stats on the amount crossing the border. All the stats are those living in the US. We are deporting more, so those stats WILL show a drop.

This post was edited by Ghot on May 6 2018 07:02pm

Yes it equates to a negative. The comments were in regards to a % of us population. Overall us population is up thus the percentage is decreasing.

This post was edited by SBD on May 6 2018 07:04pm

I was talking about the amount crossing the border. that is UP. But it isn't shown in the population statistics because deportation is also UP.

The "amount living in the US maybe be slightly negative, but the FLOW into the US is not.

This post was edited by Ghot on May 6 2018 07:07pm

no, it stays flat; proof

Undocumented immigrant population in U.S. stays flat for eighth straight year

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/04/25/undocumented-immigrant-population-united-states/100877164/

Look at it this way. We can find graphs that show the immigrant population is slightly less. We can find graphs that show the deportation is HIGHER.

For BOTH to be true... the FLOW into the US must be higher.

Census is a poor measure of illegal imm