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Source: Pew Foundation
- There
are currently 11.5 million to 12 million unauthorized migrants living in the
United States
- 1in
10 Proportion of Mexicans born in Mexico who now reside in the U.S.
- 80%
to 85% Percentage of new immigrants from Mexico who lack legal documentation
- $9
Median hourly wage of Mexican-born workers in the U.S. in 2004
- $1.86
(21 pesos) Median hourly wage in Mexico in 2004
- $450
billion Estimated combined annual gross income of all U.S. workers born in
Latin America, of both legal and illegal immigration status, according to
a 2004 report*
- 93%
Percentage of that $450 billion that was spent in the U.S.* *From the Inter-American
Development Bank
