Comment by kingchowww on 25/01/2025 at 04:14 UTC

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View submission: What are the reasons millions of undocumented immigrants were allowed in the US? I don't recall ever hearing the most obvious reasons by politicians.

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How do you know the majority initially came legally? I'd love to see the stats.

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Comment by burenning at 25/01/2025 at 04:25 UTC

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I haven't looked into it in detail recently, but NPR made this claim in an article from 2019. https://www.npr.org/2019/01/10/683662691/where-does-illegal-immigration-mostly-occur-heres-what-the-data-tell-us[1]. From a common sense perspective, trying to enter the US via the border with Mexico sounds absolutely miserable. Why would you do that if you could get a tourist visa and take an airplane to the city you actually want to live in.

1: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/10/683662691/where-does-illegal-immigration-mostly-occur-heres-what-the-data-tell-us