Thread: More Than 700,000 IAs to US Detained, 386 Die, in 1 Year

More than 700,000 immigrants to US detained, 386 die in one year
Wed Dec 17, 1:50 pm ET

MCALLEN, Texas (AFP) – More than 700,000 foreigners were detained after entering the US illegally, and 386 died in attempts to do so during the 2008 fiscal year, US Border Patrol said here Wednesday.

Most -- 661,766 -- were Mexicans, many who had crossed their country's 2,000-mile (3170-kilometer) land border with the southern United States, according to Border Patrol's Office of International Affairs.

The rest -- 62,059 -- were citizens of other countries, a majority from Central America, including almost 20,000 from Honduras, more than 16,300 from Guatemala and just over 12,000 from El Salvador.

A total of 386 died, down from 398 the previous US fiscal year, which runs from October 1 to September 30.

Hispanic leaders have urged president-elect Barack Obama to issue a moratorium on immigration raids and deportations after the US Congress failed to pass the most recent version of sweeping immigration legislation in 2007.

The proposed legislation would have given legal status to the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants residing in the United States.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081217/pl ... 1217185011

12 million? Horse hockey, bull crap and other words you may wish to put into that statement.
No one knows how many illegals are here, so how can anyone definitively state that only 12 million would have gotton amnesty? It could easily be 50 million. The point is: NO ONE KNOWS!
Besides those which slithered across the borders undetected, there are also those than came here on a valid visa from every country across the world and never left.