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US Illegal Immigration Plunges

For the first time in years, legal immigrants outnumber incoming illegals

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 3, 2008 3:00 AM CDT

(Newser) – The number of illegal immigrants entering the US has plummeted in the last several years, a new study has found. Close to 800,000 illegal immigrants entered the US each year from 2000-2004, but 500,000 have entered each year since, reports the Washington Post....   Read full story »

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