AfP / Reuters - Nevada has highest proportion of illegal immigrants in U.S.: study (Numbers of illegals are always said to be either dipping, in economic downturns, or "leveling off." Doubtful, but even if true, what good are consistently high tsunamis? You get pulled under to your death just the same.)

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Nevada has highest proportion of illegal immigrants in U.S.: study

(Reuters) - Nevada has the highest proportion of illegal immigrants of any U.S. state at 7.6 percent of its population while the number of illegal immigrants nationwide is leveling off at about 11.2 million, according to a study released on Tuesday.

The study by the Pew Research Center looked at U.S. illegal immigrant population trends over a three-year period ending in 2012.

The number of illegal immigrants in Nevada fell by 20,000 over that period, according to the Pew analysis, but the state still had about 210,000. California and Texas ranked second and third, respectively, in the share of illegal immigrants as a percentage of their total population.

In addition to having the highest proportion of illegal immigrants per capita, Nevada also has the largest share of them in its workforce, at 10 percent, the study found. ...

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