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Old Jan 8, 2011, 11:26 am
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Originally Posted by Gaucho100K
Does someone have an estimate of what % of illegal aliens in the US are Mexicans coming across the southern border...?? I once heard that this was over two-thirds, but I would be interested in knowing this from a more "scientific" source.
I can't site a source, but being a half-time California resident, its in the news a lot. Although the border with Mexico is a source of the majority of illegals, they are not all Mexicans crossing there. All of central America works their way north, then crosses the Mexican border- so there are plenty from Nicaragua, Colombia, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, etc. But because they cross the border with Mexico, statistics can sometimes appear to say they are all Mexicans.
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