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Unauthorized Immigration by State (2023)

The claim that red states have more illegal immigrants than blue states is false. Most unauthorized immigrants live in blue states, but noncitizen populations have been growing faster in several Republican-led states.

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Red states have more illegal immigrants than Blue States.

Recent, credible reporting shows that the simple claim "" is false as a blanket statement: a majority of the nation’s estimated 11 million unauthorized immigrants live in states led by , and per‑capit...