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https://www.breitbart.com/big-...ouble-estb-estimate/ The population of illegal migrants is roughly 22 million, or twice the establishment estimate of 11 million, say three professors from Yale University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The shocking estimate will force establishment politicians and pro-migration advocates to recalculate the estimated impact of the huge illegal population on wages and salaries, on crime rates, welfare consumption, rental and real-estate prices, productivity rates, and the distribution of job-creating investment funds to coastal vs. heartland states. The higher illegal population estimate helps explain why Americans’ wages and salaries have risen so little amid apparently record-low unemployment rates, and it also undercuts companies’ loud demands for yet more immigration of foreign workers, consumers, and renters. The academics expected their techniques to show the population is smaller than the consensus estimate of 11.3 million “We have a conservative estimate that the number is at least 16.7 million,” on average, we’re estimating something like 22 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. | ||
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St. Vitus Dance Instructor |
If the government throws a number at you, always double it. | |||
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I live in Cali, and it is blatently obvious the the percentage of illegal aliens in this state is much greater than 3%. There are 40 million in Cali, and my estimate is that 8% are illegal aliens. Southern states, such as Texas, Arizona, etc. would most likely have an illegal population of 15% or so. -c1steve | |||
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Those low numbers have been laughable for years. It's been easy to note the increase in illegal alien numbers here, as they're much more common despite our and Trump's efforts. Of course, I'm in Illinois where they're actively trying to attract them. -------------------------- Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats. -- H L Mencken I always prefer reality when I can figure out what it is. -- JALLEN 10/18/18 | |||
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I am surprised the number is that low. _________________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain | |||
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Mired in the Fog of Lucidity |
^^^ Me too. I've heard numbers much higher than that. Nobody really seems to know, and that's just sad and pathetic. | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
If it’s a cost estimate doubling is often not enough. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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Delusions of Adequacy |
They've been claiming "12 to 20 million" for almost twenty years now, and the hole in boat hasn't gotten any smaller. I have my own style of humor. I call it Snarkasm. | |||
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