The Historical Regulation of International Migration:

By 1993, a national poll found that two-thirds of the public believed that most immigrants came into the U.S. illegally (Nelson, 1993). But the most careful demographic estimates put the annual inflow of the undocumented at 200,000 to 300,000: that is, only about one-fifth of total (legal plus illegal) immigration. ................
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