Report: Fewer immigrants in US without legal status
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new report says the number of immigrants in the U.S. without legal status has declined to its lowest level in more than a decade.
The Pew Research Center says in the report released Tuesday that there were 10.7 million immigrants without legal status in 2016, down from 11 million a year earlier and from a peak of 12.2 million in 2007 before the U.S. economy slumped.
The report says the 2016 total is the lowest number since 2004.
The decline stems largely from a drop in
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