Right-wing populism.

[Mike M (the other one)]

(10-04-2016, 08:18 PM)fredtoast Wrote: Your numbers are garbage because they only deal with people arriving byb boat or airline.

Here are more exact numbers

 According to a 2006 Pew Hispanic Center study,1 nearly half of the 12 million-plus illegal aliens in America arrived legally with temporary, non-immigrant visas. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) estimates that a “substantial” percentage of America’s illegal population is made up of visa overstays — their estimates range from 27 to 57 percent. 


http://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/articles/2008/back208.pdf



So a giant wall would be a waste of money since it does nothing to stop half of the illegal immigrant problem.

Speaking of garbage, Your stats have a very wide margin of error and the estimate is based off of numbers from 1997. Tracking has gotten better in 20 years and we need to keep improving upon this.

Since I wasn't clear the first time, maybe this time it will sink in.
We are not setup to track people leaving the country like we are for people entering the country.

If they leave via land, we have a very hard time actually getting accurate data from both Mexico and Canada borders. The exits need better service so we can get more accurate info.