Donald Trump: How Do You Feel about Him Now? (Poll)

[jason1637]

SpokenTruth said:

jason1637 said:

1. I'm not sure where you got the 70k a year from. The last published report about illegal immigration i found was from 2015 and it had over 710k people entered the country from 2010-2015. https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/18_1214_PLCY_pops-est-report.pdf

2. The correct number is 11.9m. I got that from the report i posted above. Overall more Mexicans have come here illegally but I was refering to in most recent years. There have been more non Mexican people from below the border enter than Mexican people. 

3. I never claimed that it's a crisis because it's really not. It's just a problem that can be solved with a wall. And I agree that Trump should have pushed for the wall when Republicans controlled both chambers of congress.

Your 710,000 figure is from 2010 to 2015.  This is from page 4 of your PDF.  That's not per year.

 

Let's think about it.  That huge caravan thing we had recently was just 5-7k asylum seeking immigrants.  To reach 710,000 per year, there would need to be hundreds of these per year. I'm only using it as a number reference.  Obviously the caravan is a separate issue but it gives a comparable figure and perspective to work with.

710k in 5 years is in the hundred thousands but not all of that number includes border crossings. 

A lot of people that came from the Caravan were apprehended iirc so they would be included in the table i posted a few pages back. That graph does show that tens of thousands of people per month do try to come from the southern border. The whole situation si pretty sad honestly since a lot of these people are trying to flee annd create a better life for their families but as a country we can't just let people enter without proper documentation.