Mexican-illegals flow rises 66% in 12 years
Report from Fox government finds number of annual border hoppers now at 1
million
Posted: January 26, 2004
5:00 p.m. Eastern
2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A report from a Mexican government agency released today says the number of
Mexicans entering the U.S. illegally increased by 66 percent from 1990 to 2002.
According to the German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur, the study was
conducted by the National Population Council, or Conapo. It found the number of
illegals coming from Mexico each year now exceeds 1 million. The report says
about one-third of those who enter illegally, 390,000 annually, achieve their
goal of staying in the U.S.
Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports the number of Mexicans living in the United
States went from 4.3 million in 1994 to 9.5 million in 2002, according to U.S.
estimates.
It is estimated Mexicans in the U.S. sent approximately $12 billion back to
Mexico last year.
The new Mexican report comes as Americans debate the merits of a proposal by
President Bush to legalize millions of illegal aliens working in the U.S. His
plan also would establish a process for bringing new immigrants into the
country under a temporary-worker program.
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