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Putting TRAC to Work |
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U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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March 30, 2011 |
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Hearing on Securing the Border: Building on the Progress Made
By Doris Meissner, Director, U.S. Immigration Policy Program, Migration Policy Institute
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From a high of more than 1.6 million in FY 2000, apprehensions fell to 463,382 in FY 2010, the lowest
level since the early 1970s -- when large-scale illegal immigration to the United States began in earnest -- and less than half the number as recently as 2006 (citing Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse).
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Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, Syracuse University
Copyright 2012
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