Can You Answer This Question ?

[stewert]

Does anyone know how many illegal immigrants get into the country legally with a visa and then just stay here when their visa expires.

And how many illegal immigrants get here by crossing the border illegally ?

I heard that most illegal immigrants in America are here by overstaying visas, not from crossing the border, can anyone confirm this and do you know of a web page with that data.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

1. i know about 50 of them and NONE are from Mexico...but all are from.......

Russia, Poland and England....and have been working in this ski resort town for 15 years and all are illegal

[stewert]

2. Kick.............

Does anyone have hard data on the issue ?

Surely someone at DU has some knowledge on this, maybe it just went off the board too fast.

[DrDebug]

3. Nobody has clear data on that

Because they are illegal.

There are a number of sources who says 2% (~ 5-6,000,000 ) http://www.cestim.org/14clandestino_usa.htm

However it's just a guess. Ask * he won't know either.

[Just Me]

4. Good question.

It shouldn't be that difficult to ascertain since there must be a database of all those visas.