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Trump’s Wall Doesn’t Account For This Group of Illegal Immigrants

These Asians came in to the US legally, via air. But they have overstayed their visa & they don’t intend to go back.

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US President Donald Trump may have vowed to take measures to build a wall to keep illegal Mexican immigrants out. However, data reveals that the number of undocumented immigrants from Mexico into the US has dropped by over a million since 2007.

Simultaneously, the number of undocumented Asians in the country has risen to around 14 percent of the nation’s total population.

(With inputs from NBC News)

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