Over 11M Mexican Immigrants, Both Legal and Illegal, Living in U.S., Report Says Mark Browne - CNSNews.com
go to original August 13, 2016

Families separated by their immigration status sloshed through a muddy trickle of the Rio Grande this week to embrace at the U.S./Mexico border. Their reunion was a momentary truce organized by immigrant advocates and supervised by the Border Patrol. (Euronews)

The number of Mexicans immigrants living in the U.S. has largely stabilized at approximately 11.5 million, according to a recently released report by Mexico’s BBVA Bancomer Foundation.

In fact, the number has slightly declined since 2012, according to the 2015 report that takes an annual look at Mexican migration and remittances patterns.

The number of Mexican immigrants, both legal and illegal, living in the U.S., dropped by 400,000 between 2012 and 2014.

The number has stabilized between 11.1 and 11.9 million since 2005, standing at 11.5 million in 2014, according to the report.

The percentage of the U.S. population born to parents of Mexican origin, however, is growing.

The report found that the number of 2nd and 3rd generation Mexicans living in the U.S. grew by 3.5 million between 2009 and 2014, to 24.3 million.

Overall, the report noted that the number of persons of Mexican origin living in the U.S. - meaning individuals born in Mexico or born to a Mexican parent or parents had doubled since 1994 when it was 17.8 million, growing to 35.8 million in 2014.

The report found a significant decline in the number of Mexicans living in the US illegally who were returned by immigration authorities to Mexico voluntarily.

Experts say authorities are using formal deportation measures more frequently.

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