Some interesting number on illegal aliens.

[joec]

Here are two sites showing current numbers:

The first is an article that points to where their information came from.
http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2011/08/deportations_st.html

http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/publications/YrBk10En.shtm

 

[Doc]

Interesting Joe.

From Joe's 1st link:

The key definitions:

Removal: "the compulsory and confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United States based on an order of removal."

Return: "the confirmed movement of an inadmissible or deportable alien out of the United States not based on an order of removal. Most of the voluntary returns [?!] are of Mexican nationals who have been apprehended by the U.S. Border Patrol and are returned to Mexico."

I suspect that the "voluntary returns" are about as voluntary as the payment of taxes. But here's how the government counts its deportations for the last three decades:


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