Source: Immigration Policy Center
Immigration Enforcement in a Time of Recession: Explaining the Recent Decline in Unauthorized Migration
Recent estimates from the Pew Hispanic Center indicate that
the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States has declined by roughly one million since 2007 – bringing the total size of the unauthorized population to approximately 11.1 million.
Coming after the release of similar estimates by the Department of Homeland Security in January, these figures have provoked considerable speculation as to how much of the decline is attributable to the current recession, and how much is the result of heightened immigration enforcement.
Ultimately, it is impossible to disentangle the impact of the recession from that of enforcement with any degree of certainty. Nevertheless, the available research indicates that the recession is likely playing a major role in discouraging new unauthorized immigrants from entering the country due to the lack of jobs.
After all, federal spending on immigration enforcement has been rising steadily since the early 1990s, while the size of the unauthorized population continued to increase until the current recession hit.
Research also suggests that when the economy begins
to improve again, unauthorized immigration is likely to increase as well – unless the broken immigration system which spurs unauthorized migration has been fixed by then.
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My question Is this, what about people who are waiting for the law to change who Is petition for by a family member, the only difference Is that they are In the United States, they are waiting for many years then finally It’s time to adjust one status. those people should get to the back of the line too?