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Census: Average illegal immigrant has lived in US for 15 years, longest on record

By Paul Bedard
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Census: Average illegal immigrant has lived in US for 15 years, longest on record

In the latest example of how ineffective immigration law has been for decades, a new report on Census Bureau numbers shows that the typical illegal immigrant has lived inside the United States for 15 years.

And, according to a Pew Research Center analysis, that is the longest on record.

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