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by moomoo11 266 days ago
Is it true there like 15 Million undocumented people in the country?

I thought there were like 1 million max.

4 comments

By definition, it is impossible to count this accurately and can only be estimated from shadow variables.
They've been saying 11 million for at least a couple decades that I can remember. It's probably a lot higher now, but no one in a position to find out has ever wanted to know.
Nobody really knows the true number.
You are naive if you think this is about undocumented folks.