July 15, 2019
Average illegal has lived here 15 years -Pew
By Monica Showalter
In a piece intended to highlight that the average illegal immigrant is now non-Mexican, a Pew Research Center study inadvertantly revealed that the average illegal immigrant in the U.S. has been here for 15 years. Pew argues that that signals a trend toward illegal immigration ebbing.
The decline in unauthorized immigrants over the decade is largely due to decreases in new arrivals to the U.S., especially by Mexicans (although some unauthorized immigrants also have left, died or were deported). As a result, the unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. increasingly is made up of longer-term residents.
In 2017, the typical unauthorized immigrant adult had lived in the U.S. for 15 years. That is the longest median duration of residence since 1995, when Pew Research Center estimates began.
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https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/average_illegal_has_lived_here_15_years_pew.html
