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No, I don't believe so.

And they aren't illegals. There is nothing illegal about requesting asylum, which is what most of them are doing. You may think it's semantics, but it does matter. Accurate publications will call them asylum-seekers. Others will call them "illegals", because that's the slant they want to give the story. But the data show that -of those who pass the initial interview-, around 40% (IIRC) get to court and are granted asylum. Without so much as a lawyer to represent them.

It's a lot different than in the 80s when most of them were genuinely "illegals" trying to find work illegally.

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