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Article: MOST ILLEGAL ALIENS OVERSTAY WELCOME\IMMIGRATION STUDY ESTIMATES MOST OF THE 4.3 MILLION ENTER UNITED STATES\LEGALLY BUT STAY AFTER THEIR VISAS HAVE EXPIRED.(NEWS/NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- February 4, 1996
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Byline: DAN FREEDMAN HEARST NEWSPAPERS
WASHINGTON -- A sizable number of illegal immigrants now living in the United States entered through an airport and overstayed a visa, according to Immigration and Naturalization Service data.
Hispanics still represent a large majority of the nation's illegal population - 39% are from Mexico; 18% from Central America and 5% from South America - but 38% come from other places.
Ten percent are from Haiti, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Europe and Asia each contribute 9%, and people from Canada make up 3%, as do people from Africa. The remainder are stateless or nationals ...