Immigration analyst: Illegals increasing because they’re waiting for amnesty

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OneNewsNow — An immigration enforcement organization says it’s no wonder that a recent survey shows an uptick in the illegal alien population considering how inviting the U.S. government has made it for illegals.

The Pew Research Center’s Hispanic Trends Project released a report estimating that the illegal population reached the 11.7 million mark in 2012, up from 11.5 million in 2011.

Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, or FAIR, says these Pew findings directly contradict the Obama administration’s claims that it is deporting record numbers of illegal aliens and that the border is more secure than ever… [Read More]