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		fallingknife 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting The illegal immigrant numbers aren't really meaningful anymore since we moved to a policy where anyone who crosses the border and says "asylum" gets to stay for years as a legal immigrant awaiting a court date.

amluto 8 months ago [–]

Do the DHS estimates of the illegal immigrant population include those who have applied for asylum?

In any case, until 2023, the number of asylum applications per year was pretty low.

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