How many illegal immigrants are in america?

Unauthorized immigrants represented 3.4% of the total U.S. population in 2015. The number of unauthorized immigrants peaked in 2007 at 12.2 million, when this group was 4% of the U.S. population. 2Mexicans may no longer be the majority of U.S. unauthorized immigrants. read more

The Pew Hispanic Center estimates that 6–7 million immigrants came to the United States via illegal entry, accounting for probably a little over half of the total population of those residing in the U.S. illegally. There are an estimated half million illegal entries into the United States each year. read more

The US Border Patrol union Local 2544 in Tucson, Ariz., says the total number of illegal immigrants in the US today is between 12 million and 15 million. The Pew Hispanic Center, a nonpartisan research organization in Washington, estimates 11.5 million to 12 million "unauthorized migrants" live in the US today. read more

Arizona passed immigration enforcement law Arizona SB 1070 in April 2010, which was at the time the "toughest bill on illegal immigration" in the United States, and was challenged by the Department of Justice as encroaching on powers reserved by the United States Constitution to the Federal Government. read more

To break it down, FAIR's total national illegal alien estimate includes a base number of just over 11.2 million adult illegal aliens 1, approximately 350,000 TPS beneficiaries (mostly Central Americans) and roughly 800,000 DACA recipients as well as illegal aliens with other forms of temporary relief from removal. 2 Programs like DACA and TPS draw some illegal aliens out of the shadows who would otherwise likely hide their unlawful status. read more