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  • **FILE** Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and immigration reform activist, listens June 28, 2011, as Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Education Secretary Arne Duncan testify at a hearing regarding immigration reform and the DREAM Act on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)

    Illegal immigration drops after decade-long rise

    New census data released Thursday affirm a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration, ending more than a decade of increases.


  • U.S. sees a sustained drop in illegal entries

    The United States saw a clear and sustained drop in illegal immigration last year, ending more than a decade of increases, according to data released Thursday by the Census Bureau.


  • Ernesto Fiscal, foreground, and other illegal immigrants, who were deported to Mexico gather near the Nogales Port of Entry in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A report out Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010, said illegal immigration into the United States has reduced drastically. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

    Illegal immigration down dramatically

    Ilegal immigration has seen a "sharp decline" over the last two years, the Pew Hispanic Center said in a new report Wednesday — the first significant drop in the last 20 years.


  • **FILE** With a sign indicating the direction to the United States at top center, deportees stand near the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, on July 29, 2010. (Associated Press)

    Survey charts 'sharp decline' in illegals

    Illegal immigration has been in a "sharp decline" over the past two years, the Pew Hispanic Center said in a report released Wednesday, and the Obama administration immediately touted the data as proof that it has made progress on securing the nation's borders.


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