Census Bureau: Illegal immigration has surged by 57%

Today, President Obama said “Right now, the number of people trying to cross our border illegally is near its lowest level in forty years.”

These are the current immigration rates according to the latest data culled from the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey by the Center for Immigration Studies:

• Legal immigration: 1 million per year
• Illegal immigration: 550,000 per year

“Census: Illegal immigration up 57% to 550,000, one new Albuquerque A YEAR”
Washington Examiner

The report dispels projections that immigration — legal and illegal — would drop due to a pull back in immigrants from Mexico. Instead, it has grown with new countries in Latin America, Cuba and Asia fueling the surge, said the CIS report titled, “New Data: Immigration Surged in 2014 and 2015.”

“New Data: Immigration Surged in 2014 and 2015”
Center for Immigration Studies

At the same time as illegal immigration has increased, the number of new permanent legal visas issued overseas and long-term temporary immigration (e.g. guest workers and foreign students) have also increased somewhat. We estimate that 2.03 million new legal immigrants entered in 2013 and 2014, compared to 1.6 million in 2012 and 2013.

“Immigration figures highest since Clinton; new arrivals less likely from Mexico”
Washington Times

“The idea that somehow the era of mass immigration is over is wrong,” said Steven A. Camarota, a demographer and research director at the center. “Basically, a decline from Mexico has been replaced by increases from elsewhere.”

“Legal and Illegal Immigration Surges Over Past Two Years”
Breitbart

The 3.1 million new arrivals of 2014 and 2015 represent a dramatic increase compared to the prior two years when 2.3 million entered in 2012 and 2013.

“U.S. Immigration at 15-Year High With 3 Million Arrivals Over the Past Two Years”
MRCtv

CIS estimates that about 1.1 million legal immigrants and 550,000 new illegal aliens settled in the United States annually in 2014 and 2015.

“U.S. Census Data: 57 Percent Increase in Illegal Immigration in Two Years”
The New American

The report attributed the increase in immigration to several factors, including cutbacks in border and immigration enforcement, an improved economy (which attracts more immigrants), and the “expansive nature” of our legal immigration system (especially for long-term temporary visas such as guest workers and foreign students).

“CIS: Immigration Levels Increased 39% in Last Two Years”
NumbersUSA

This immigration increase can be attributed to lack of interior enforcement, the Obama administration’s catch and release policy for border apprehensions, and anincrease in temporary worker visas passed by Congress in last year’s omnibus bill.

“New Analysis: 3.1 Million Immigrants Arrived Over the Past 2 Years”
Conservative Review

What this report also demonstrates is that illegal immigration is increasing precisely during the most protracted rise in legal immigration. Apologists for illegal immigration often contend that this odious phenomenon is a symptom of not allowing in enough people through legal channels. The reality is the opposite: the more we make America the prime destination for millions of people from third world countries the more people will be incentivized to leave their desperate straits and join their family members at all costs.

“Illegal immigration has exploded 57% in less than two years with at least 550,000 new illegal aliens pouring into US”
NumbersUSA tweet (with chart)

“How could the lack of legal immigration be the cause of illegal immigration when legal imm. is at an all time high?”
Daniel Horowitz tweet

“GRAPH: Immigration (Legal and Illegal) Surged in 2014-2015 (in millions)”
CIS tweet

“Well, so much for the “immigration wave is over” narrative.”
Mark Krikorian tweet

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EDITORS NOTE: The featured image is Gabriella Garcia holding a sign with “la lucha es de todos”, which translated means “the struggle is everything”, outside of a political rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump rally in Dallas, Texas 0n September 14, 2015. A man holds a sign “America sin Trump” translates to “America without Trump”. Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone.

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