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US immigration law changes

Changes in U.S. immigration law affecting Central American immigrants during the 1990s

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Jan 16, 2026
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Do the USA citizen rights apply to illegal immigrants

Undocumented (commonly called “illegal”) immigrants living in the United States hold many — but not all — of the legal protections that U.S. law affords to “persons,” because the Constitution and fede...

Jan 27, 2026
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4000 american citizens killed by illegal immagrants

The specific claim that "" is not supported by available evidence; found no proof of a 4,000-per-year figure and flagged the number as unsubstantiated . Multiple peer-reviewed and government-linked an...

Jan 25, 2026
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imigration stats last 10 years

Over the past decade immigration has been characterized by swings driven by policy, enforcement, and global events: total foreign‑born population rose to roughly 47–52 million depending on source and ...

Jan 25, 2026

Did harris visit the border

Yes — did visit the in late September 2024, traveling to , for what reporters described as a trip to project a tougher stance on migration and to blunt ahead of the election . The trip was billed as h...

Feb 7, 2026

How did the 1996 immigration laws signed under President Clinton affect detention practices and subsequent deaths in custody?

The twin —the and the —fundamentally recast by expanding deportable offenses, creating expedited removal, and imposing broad mandatory detention rules that dramatically increased the population held i...

Feb 6, 2026

Cost of undocumented immigrants on us taxpayers 2024

Estimates of the (often called “illegal”) immigration to taxpayers in 2024 diverge widely: advocacy and research groups calculate that undocumented immigrants paid roughly $96.7 billion in federal, st...