A Small Arizona Town Prepares to Fight State Over Illegal Immigration

OH NO! THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION
OF CANADAs NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY!

https://youtu.be/CYlHuaTMWIQ?si=FSZNaXzFVbSiW7I4



1.) Who are the undocumented?

Immigrants from Mexico have recently, for the first time since 1990, represented less than half of the undocumented population. According to Pew, in 2017, about 4.95 million of the 10.5 million undocumented population were from Mexico, 1.9 million from Central America, and 1.45 million from Asia. About two-thirds of undocumented immigrants have been in the U.S. for 10 years or longer. In 2017, just 20% of undocumented, adult immigrants had lived in the U.S. for 5 years or less.

In contrast to the President Trump’s rhetoric about building a wall at the Mexican border, illegal migration has shifted since 2010 from border-crossing to visa overstays—the latter share has been greater than border crossings since 2010. The Center for Migration Studies estimates that in 2016, 62% of the undocumented were here because they overstayed their visas versus 38% who crossed the border illegally.

* An often overlooked fact is that illegal immigrants are taxpayers. The anti-immigrant lobby tends to ignore the money the immigrants often pay in payroll and sales taxes while counting the money spent on educating children born in the United States to immigrants. Numbers vary widely depending on the source, but undocumented immigrants are not eligible for most federal benefit programs, like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. In evaluating the cost of illegal immigration, the voter has to make sure that the argument takes in both benefits consumed and taxes paid.

SOURCE : https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-many-undocumented-immigrants-are-in-the-united-states-and-who-are-they/


2.) GLOBAL
The Real Illegal Immigration Crisis Isn’t on the Southern Border

Focusing on asylum seekers who cross land borders ignores the real problem: people who overstay their visas.

SOURCE : https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/04/real-immigration-crisis-people-overstaying-their-visas/587485/



3.) LAW
For 7th Consecutive Year, Visa Overstays Exceeded Illegal Border Crossings
JANUARY 16, 20197:02 PM ET

SOURCE : https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/686056668/for-seventh-consecutive-year-visa-overstays-exceeded-illegal-border-crossings



* It is estimated that there were up to 8 million illegal immigrants within the EU25 in 2006[7]. An estimated 80% were within the Schengen area. It is likely that over half of illegal immigrants enter the EU legally but become illegal due to overstaying their right to stay[8].

SOURCE : https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX%3A52008SC0153%3AEN%3AHTML



4.) DHS Reports Record Number of Overstays in 2022

DHS Reports Record Number of Overstays in 2022

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has quietly published an overdue overstay report showing that more than 850,000 foreign visitors overstayed their authorized stay in FY2022, which is probably a record high. A more detailed analysis of the numbers is forthcoming, but here are the highlights:

SOURCE : https://cis.org/Vaughan/DHS-Reports-Record-Number-Overstays-2022

Leading abolitionist Frederick Douglass famously wrote,

“Once let the black man get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no power on earth that can deny he has earned the right to citizenship.”

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