Thread: California group says U.S. immigration policies contributed to drought

As has been said, by several news sources, the illegal alien population in California is 2-3 million. That assumption is also based on a national illegal alien number of 11.3-5 million. Okay, I think we all know the country has more than 11 million illegals. Personally, I think the number is more like 20-25 million. If my assumption is correct, California probably has at least 6 million or more. There is no denying the fact that 6 million people can have an effect on an individual states natural resources, especially water. To put this in the proper context, Alabama has a total population of under 5 million according the the 2014 census numbers. That means the illegal population in California is using as much water as the whole state population of Alabama. Folks, that's a lot of water.