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In order to securely vet them, they have to look at their criminal records
you're still only using ambiguous pronouns but I can maybe tell what you think you're talking about
**an illegal with an expired visa has been vetted by our government and will likely have stable employment and/or family here
he is not a serious threat
and illegal entrant however has never been vetted and is not tracable by any government agency
he is potentially a very serious threat**
reread this more carefully
I was explaining that it is much more important to keep illegal entrants out than to deport visa overstays
Ok
and illegal entrants almost always enter by land or sea
rarely by air
are we done now, do you get it
40% of migrants enter by air
jesus christ
Later on, it says "40% might be too low"
On the politifact page
you are very stubborn and retarded which is a bad combination, but do you want to hear about the other ways that you're wrong?
Ok
Illegal immigrant statistics only attempt to measure the number of illegals in the country. Your figures that say illegal immigration is declining only capture this figure, and do not tell you about the increased border crossings *in both directions*
illegal immigrants follow a pattern of crossing back and forth regularly, making our border with Mexico extremely porous and vulnerable to criminal activity
Further, illegal immigration data is by its nature nebulous, which means that every interpretation of that spotty data has had its holes filled in by guesswork, and in every case by bias or wishful thinking as well.
By these two forces combined, illegal immigration statistics from any source are so unreliable that it is foolish to base any theory or policy off of them
If there is a certain trend in the data, then it means its based on some accuracy
any change that is within the margin of error must not be considered a trend
Wouldn’t the numbers be jumping up and down if it was completly wrong?
no.
There wouldnt be a trend
data collection can be precise and innaccurate
you would benefit from a formal stats course
I'm sure you would find it interesting to learn how your magic numbers come to be
The data has a 90% confidence interval
That's low
True
and it is still made using methods that tell you *nothing* about border crossing numbers
But not enough that it dismisses the idea of it declining
in depth studies all show that migrants travel back and forth regularly, meaning the yearly border crossings are many times what the illegal resident numbers suggest
and combined with their low confidence there is really not much anyone can use these data interpretations for, except disinformation campaigns, which is exactly what everyone does
it is a shitshow!
So are the statistics about illegals exaggerated?
But its measured the same way every year
yeah. poorly.
Its based on some accuracy
yeah. low accuracy.