Thread: 230,000 Koreans Illegally Staying in United States

230,000 Koreans Illegally Staying in United States

By Kang Shin-who
Staff Reporter

Approximately 230,000 undocumented Koreans were residing in the United States as of January 2007, according to a report ``Illegal Alien Resident Population’’ by the U.S. Homeland Security. The number of illegal Koreans has decreased by some 20,000 from a year earlier, yet Korea was the 7th largest country with illegal aliens in America.

The U.S. has seen a growing number of illegal immigrants _ 11.8 million last year, up from 11.3 million in 2006 and 8.5 million in 2000.

By country, Mexico is the leading country of undocumented immigration, with seven million, or 59 percent of the illegal population.

El Salvador came next with 540,000, followed by Guatemala with 500,000, and the Philippines and China, each with 290,000.

Koreans made up 2 percent of the undocumented population. Brazil showed the biggest increase of illegal residents, an 89 percent jump, followed by India with 81 percent and Guatemala with 74 percent.

By state, California was the leading state for illegal residents, with 2.8 million, or 24 percent of the total, followed by Texas with 1.7 million and Florida with 1 million.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/na ... 31362.html

I would like to know how they get their figures and if they did a hand count it seems to me they know where they are so WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE!

I think the majority of them are in Gwinnett County, GA - especially Duluth.

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

I would like to know how they get their figures and if they did a hand count it seems to me they know where they are so WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE!

I'd like to know where they got those figures too. Anyway, Koreans seem to be sliding under the radar. Maybe its because, like most Asians, they dont gather and riot in huge masses carrying Korean flags and demanding America provide them with benefits, jobs, and citizenship. But ILLEGAL IS ILLEGAL.

If it costs $6000 to deport each Illegal alien to Mexico how much to depot Illegal aliens to Korea?

Originally Posted by SOSADFORUS

I would like to know how they get their figures and if they did a hand count it seems to me they know where they are so WHY ARE THEY STILL HERE!

I suspect a lot of these are VISA overstays.