FAIR offers additional details on who should be considered an illegal alien in our study titled “Why ‘Illegal Alien’ is the Correct Term.”[6]CHALLENGES ESTIMATING THE ILLEGAL ALIEN POPULATIONEstimating the size, distribution, and characteristics of the illegal alien population is an inexact science. [9]It bears repeating that the ACS and CPS do not capture the entire illegal alien population in the United States. Nevertheless, it signaled the Biden Administration’s single-minded determination to release as many illegal aliens into the United States as possible. The ten states with the largest estimated illegal alien populations account for just under three-fourths (70.6%) of the national illegal alien total. [40]The following graphic estimates how many illegal aliens reside in each state, as well as the total number of illegal aliens and their U.S.-born children.

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