08-17-2015, 11:35 AM
(08-17-2015, 11:24 AM)HairOfTheDog Wrote:I'm not questioning you HOtD, just the data. You always post references which is admirable. Again, the data seems logical, but estimated data doesn't do much for me. May as well say "it seems logical to assume" then to manufacture numbers that appear to be based on facts.(08-17-2015, 11:05 AM)Blindgreed1 Wrote: ]I tend to question any data regarding illegal immigrants. Not that this doesn't seem logical, but how did they gather this data? Did they poll employers of illegal aliens? The IA themselves? Or is this just a "guestimate?"
I haven't seen the statistics referenced, which do involve some estimations, challenged by either side. But, all of the references that I provided include their sources.
Here they are again:
http://immigration.procon.org/view.answe...nID=000788
http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/20/news/eco...ion-myths/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-f...opulation/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/201...n-the-u-s/