claim: up "to 45 percent" of illegal immigrants "are not people that physically crossed the southern border or northern border. they are visa overstayers."
author: julián castro
evidence_1: jan 9, 2019 ... the first misleading statement in president trump's oval office ... he said 90  percent of the heroin in the united states comes across the border with ...  apprehensions of people trying to cross the southern border peaked most ...  however, there are other factors at play, and “halting illegal immigration is not a ...
evidence_2: nov 20, 2014 ... if 11 million illegal immigrants are in the united states, as several ... that would  mean temporary legal status for roughly 35 to 45 percent. ... we've selected 12  reports that shed light on obama's speech and the ... not people that physically  crossed the southern border or northern ... they are visa overstayers.
evidence_3: illegal immigration to the united states is both the unlawful entry of foreign  nationals into the ... the illegal immigrant population of the united states peaked  in 2007, when it was at ... the categories of foreign-born people in the united  states are: .... regarding asylum seekers crossing the us southern border without  a visa.
evidence_4: jul 2, 2018 ... in 2017, customs and border protection reported a 26 percent drop in the  number of people apprehended or stopped at the southern border from the ...  arrive to the united states legally and overstay their visas comprise a ...  collectively, immigrants made up 45 percent of domestic employees; they also ...
evidence_5: jan 25, 2018 ... two former smugglers explain how they'd work around it. ... border wall wouldn't  stop immigrants, drugs from pouring across the border ... build a border wall,  would it actually stop undocumented immigrants and .... padilla says he's seen  the effectiveness of ramping up border security — including physical ...