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[Tansy_Gold]

However, the figure that one border patrol segment is catching 1000 to 1200 per day and that is only 10% of the total would mean approx. 9,000 per day or somewhat over 3 million per year are entering via that segment alone. I think that is probably an exaggeration.

Of course, it will get lost in the shuffle of the various threads on immigration, but FWIW, I'm not saying that I'm in favor of unlimited and unrestricted immigration, or that I'm against it. I think that's actually a separate issue. All I'm trying to point out is that I believe it's counterproductive to blame immigrants -- legal or otherwise -- for any given individual's or group's inability to find a good-paying job. The pressure is always top down, and the greatest culprit is an economic system that demands both high wages and low prices, which are mutually exclusive.