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Twitter has blocked The Federalist Papers. I’m repeating this article in a thread. I did not write it. All credit goes too Steve Straub

The population of illegal immigrants in America is close to double generally accepted estimates according to a new study by Yale University:

The population of undocumented immigrants is widely thought to be around 11.3 million. But the study, which was conducted by three Yale-affiliated researchers, indicates that the total may be more than 22 million. Even the authors were surprised by their findings.

Our original idea was just to do a sanity check on the existing number,” said one of the study’s authors, Edward Kaplan, a professor of operations research at the Yale School of Management. “Instead of a number which was smaller, we got a number that was 50 percent higher.

There’s a number that everybody quotes, but when you actually dig down and say, ‘What is it based on?’ You find it’s based on one very specific survey and possibly an approach that has some difficulties.

So we went in and just took a very different approach,” said another of the study’s authors, Jonathan Feinstein, a professor of Economics and Management.

To arrive at their estimate, the authors used operational data such as deportations and visa overstays as well as demographic data such as death rates and immigration rates.

We combined these data using a demographic model that follows a very simple logic,” Kaplan said. “The population today is equal to the initial population plus everyone who came in minus everyone who went out. It’s that simple.

While this may be shocking to some, it’s no surprise to those of us who follow this issue closely.

Democrats, many Republicans and their media allies misrepresent these numbers to make immigration reform seem more palatable to the average American.

The biggest problem is legalizing those already here is a slap in the face to the rule of law, and immigrants who came into the country the right way.

The very first step in any debate on immigration has to be how to best secure the border and seal it as tight as possible.

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