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Originally Posted by javadog
First, I think the illegal alien population is much higher than the 11-12M number that is bandied about by the media. Recent estimates put it at 2 or more times that many.
I hear on the news the other day a border patrol spokesperson that mentioned they estimate that they catch only 1/2 to 1/3 of all that try to cross. It used to be half, lately they think it's closer to 1/3.
As for the public assistance, I think everyone agrees that illegals do receive help in many forms. The cost to taxpayers has been estimated to be a pretty high number.
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Actually, recent reports put the number lower.
That 2x's or more number comes from one Yale study that used a very simple calculation to arrive at their estimate.
Problem with it is it's the only one that comes near that number and is only supported by itself when compared to the numerous yearly independent studies done for decades that by and large came to the same conclusion.
Put another way, a whole lot of independent people would have to have been really really wrong a whole bunch times over decades vs this Yale dude getting it right, once.