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by paulddraper 2638 days ago
Yes, so long as most illegal immigrantion is visa overstays.
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Most illegal immigration is visa overstays.

https://www.npr.org/2019/01/16/686056668/for-seventh-consecu...

Then we have some non-intuitive results.

Because the majority of the U.S.'s 11 million illegal immigrants are Mexican, and 80% are from Central and South America. [1]

[1] Migration Policy Institute, 2015 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/research/analysis-unauthoriz...