Almost half a million illegal migrants are enrolled in American colleges and other higher education facilities, comprising two percent of the total student population, according to a new report by the American Immigration Council.
The majority of the migrants studying arrived in the United States as children or teenagers as part of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program introduced by the Obama administration, which prohibited a large number of children – known as “Dreamers” – from being deported from the US.
A whopping 75 percent of the students reside in just four states: California, Florida, New York, and Texas. The report explains that illegal migrants “represent a heterogeneous population in higher education,” with 46 percent being Hispanic, 27 percent being Asian-American Pacific Islanders, around 14 percent black, and ten percent of them being white.
The total number of illegal migrant students has, however, fallen by 4.2 percent since 2019. This can be attributed to “pandemic and economic pressures, as well as factors that specifically impact undocumented individuals,” the report states.
There are an estimated 11.39 million illegal migrants living in the United States as of June 2023, with around five million from Mexico. Last month, Democrats in Illinois pushed through legislation that allows illegal migrants to become police officers, permitting migrants to carry firearms and even arrest American citizens.
Earlier this year The National Pulse uncovered video of DeSantis campaign chief Christina Pushaw declaring her “support” for “Dreamers” and claiming they should all be made citizens.
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