Jeffrey Passel
Jeffrey Passel
both faster grown illegal immigrants legal major number special texas
Texas is a special case. The number of both legal and illegal immigrants has grown faster in Texas than in other major states.
fertility high large levels moderately numbers translate
Even moderately high levels of fertility translate into large numbers of births.
reluctant
Once they come in, they are actually reluctant to leave.
coming mexico people security
The security has done more to keep people from going back to Mexico than it has to keep them from coming in.
expansion huge jobs
There was a huge expansion in the jobs that the undocumented did.
available education fairly formal jobs kinds levels low people somewhat states united
Especially if we look at the Mexicans, these are people with fairly low levels of formal education. They're not able to get licensing or credentials in the United States because of their status, so the kinds of jobs available to them in the United States are somewhat limited.
border helping patrol people rather united
The border patrol is actually helping to keep people in the United States, rather than out.
border effect hard security
It's been very hard to find any effect from border security.
changed last population
The composition of the population hasn't changed much in the last 25 years.
children couples either majority million population vast
There's about 6.5 million adults who are in families, either couples or couples with children, and there's another 2 million children. The vast majority of this population is families.
built clearly deployed dying efforts people stopping trying
We've built fences, and we've built more fences, and we've deployed a lot of high-tech equipment, and ... clearly people are still getting in in substantial numbers. It's more expensive, and more people are dying trying to get in, but the efforts there are clearly not stopping the migrants from getting in.
clearly coming data fairly growth immigrants living number numbers seen shows steady stopping
We've seen a fairly steady growth in the number of undocumented immigrants living here, and this data shows very sizable numbers coming in. We're clearly not stopping them at the border.
coming families labor overall picture
The overall picture is that of young, working families coming to the U.S. to participate in the labor market.
picture
The picture we get is that of young, working families.