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12. From the politifact article posted above ....

Reply to Clash City Rocker (Reply #4)

Sat Dec 29, 2018, 10:38 AM

Dec 2018

https://www.politifact.com/california/statements/2018/aug/24/kevin-mccarthy/mostly-true-visa-overstays-account-half-all-people/

That report estimated visa overstays in 2014 accounted for 42 percent of the total undocumented population, or about 4.5 million people. It also projected that overstays made up about two-thirds of the total number of people who became unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. that year.

So there is some rationale for the claim of 2/3.

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The logic escapes them... [View all] Soph0571 Dec 2018 OP

Its true BigOleDummy Dec 2018 #1

The people aren't illegal. rickyhall Dec 2018 #2

Blame Canada! Blame Canada! djacq Dec 2018 #3

Do we have evidence that it's 2/3? Clash City Rocker Dec 2018 #4

Good question. CCExile Dec 2018 #5

I recently looked at the research and the prevailing view is overstays @ around 50% and increasing. FreepFryer Dec 2018 #6

From the politifact article posted above .... reACTIONary Dec 2018 #12

AND . .. most of them are Canadians pdsimdars Dec 2018 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author maddiemom Dec 2018 #10

Actually my late mother WAS a Canadian illegal alien. maddiemom Dec 2018 #13

But they're white. Iggo Dec 2018 #16

The difference is, somebody getting a visa will undergo a criminal background check. crazytown Dec 2018 #8

Bigger question Roy Rolling Dec 2018 #9

yes! Phentex Dec 2018 #11

wall won't stop Trump's cronies, either Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #14

Both my parents are first generation Americans ROB-ROX Dec 2018 #15