Well I don't know the current realities, I was just googling for info. Your comparison to 2020 isn't very clear because perhaps in 2020 during the pandemic there was a big dip? Here is info I find, when googling -- site: https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...ica-has-continued-to-decline/?sh=9a832244e14f:
- “Since 2010, the undocumented population from Mexico has fallen from 6.6 million to 4.8 million, or by 28%.”
- “In 2019, 42 states and Washington, DC, had fewer undocumented residents from Mexico than they had in 2010. The states with increases in undocumented persons from Mexico had small undocumented populations.” Between 2010 and 2019, the number of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico declined by 35% in California, 13% in Texas, 23% in Arizona, 41% in Illinois, 37% in Georgia and 27% in Florida.
The article also says the below opinion, which sounds like a good idea to me (the hotels I've been staying at claim that the rooms will be cleaned every week, but here in Boston is the first place I've stayed that has enough staff to do it, other cities only cleaned every other week because they had problems finding employees. I'd guess the maid service I've gotten here in Boston is by an immigrant, tho no idea if legal or illegal, I'd guess Caribbean person but I'm not sure):
“Most migrants come to work, and at the current moment there are plenty of unfilled jobs for them. A guest-worker program would let migrants move back and forth legally, ebbing and flowing based on employer needs, while reducing the ability of gangs and smuggler ‘coyotes’ to exploit vulnerable migrants.”
Research from the National Foundation for American Policy found increasing the legal admission of farmworkers during the 1950s under the Bracero Program significantly reduced unlawful entry to America. Based on apprehensions at the border, illegal entry to the United States fell by 95% between 1953 and 1959, as farmworkers entered legally in larger numbers. Today, a greater ability to work in jobs in other sectors, particularly year-round, would be welcomed by migrants and employers.
Making it easier to work and apply for protection lawfully will save lives and address illegal immigration. The unauthorized immigrant population in the United States has declined by 12% since 2010. It’s a statistic that should crawl across the screen whenever immigration is discussed on TV—or in Congress.
