Undocumented Immigrant Population in US Continues to Decline to 11 Million
The most recent report from the Center for Migration Studies (CMS) reveal a totally different story than what is usually heard from campaign halls reporting an influx of undocumented immigrants, Fox News Latino reports. The analysis which was recently released on the organization's website shows a decline in the undocumented immigrant population.
An 11 million decline was recorded by the CMS basing from the recent Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) within the years 2010-2014, CMS reports in their press release. Furthermore, a total of 10.9 million in 2014 were recorded of the undocumented immigrants from Mexico.
This is a much lower number compared to 12 million recorded undocumented immigrants in 2008, CMS further reports in their press release. "One reason for the high and sustained level of interest in undocumented immigration is the widespread belief that the trend in the undocumented population is ever upward. This paper shows that this belief is mistaken and that, in fact, the undocumented population has been decreasing for more than a half a decade," Robert Warren, author of the CMS study revealed as quoted by Fox News Latino.
Donald Kerwin, CMS Executive Director, further says that the claims regarding the surge of undocumented immigrants from Mexico are plain false since the numbers are lower and had been falling since 2008. "In addition, the number and percentage of foreign-born persons with legal status has increased. These trends should be applauded by partisans on all sides of the immigration debate," Kerwin said in the CMS press release.
The news comes after the Obama administration recently held deportation raids to undocumented immigrants, who have reportedly overstayed their welcome in the U.S., the Washington Post reports. Furthermore, presidentiables like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz have described that the current immigration status in the U.S. is uncontrolled.
However, the CMS study reports otherwise. Furthermore, the Washington Post says that the Department of Homeland Security recorded more than 525,000 overstaying people in 2014. This would mean that 98.8 percent of the 45 million immigrants did not overstay.
Warren, the CMS study author, urged that "a lot of people who came in previous years, overstayed their visas and would have left last year," further explaining the continuous drop in undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
The study revealed that although immigrants from Central American nations are showing a rise, South American immigrants are down to 22 percent. Meanwhile, immigrants from Central America rose by 5 percent while immigrants from Africa are up by 3 percent and those from Asia rose merely 1 percent, CMS Reports via Fox News Latino.
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