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Every year, an estimated 1.25 million people try to enter the United States illegally, at a rate of more than two per minute.
Many of the foreign citizens who become illegal aliens enter the U.S. legally. Once being permitted a short-term visit, they remain indefinitely and become illegal immigrants. Furthermore, there are foreigners that come here claiming that they are persecuted at home, and apply for political asylum. Because there are no housing facilities they are set free in the U.S. on parole. They are granted employment authorization and legally remain pending a hearing to evaluate their claim. Many do not return for the hearing, and of those that do only 10 to 15 percent are granted asylum. In 1994 a policy was implemented that requires applicants to wait six months before receiving work authorization, resulting in half as many people willing to come forward on their own.
Numerous illegal immigrants do not enter the United States legally, however. The......

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