The US border with Mexico is
1951 miles long
The US border with Mexico is
1951 miles long
The Mexico-US border is the
most frequently crossed
international border in the world
350 million people
cross legally every year
The US Government estimates
that between 400,000 and 700,000
people enter the US illegally
every year. That’s…
between 1,095 and 1,918 people
every day
or
46 to 80 people every hour
According to the National Science
Foundation, each illegal resident
in the US costs the Government
more than $4,800 per year
Mexican workers in the US send
more than $12 billion back to
Mexico each year
The US Government estimates
that 14,000 people are trafficked
into the US each year.
80% are women and girls
In 2005, 35 human traffickers were convicted
in US court
In 2005, 158 trafficking victims were granted
visas to stay in the US
(Temporarily)
45% of all agricultural
laborers in the US are
undocumented
workers
There are between 7 and 20
million people in the US illegally.
According to the Pew Hispanic
Center, Mexicans make up 57%
of this population.
Other Central and South
Americans make up 24% of this
population
Good fences make good neighbors.
-Robert Frost
Good fences make good neighbors.
-Robert Frost
Don’t ever take a fence down until you know the reason it
was put up. – GK Chesterton
Do not protect yourself by a fence, but rather by your
friends. – Czech Proverb
In 2005, more than
500 people died
crossing into the US
from Mexico