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mysteryowl

(8,382 posts)
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:01 AM 3 hrs ago

The numbers of unauthorized immigrants in US, compare the states...

As of 2021

The total number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. is estimated to be 10.5 million.

Highest Populations:
California: 1.9 million
Texas: 1.6 million
Florida: 900,000
New York: 600,000

Moderate Populations:
New Jersey: 450,000
Illinois: 400,000
Arizona: 250,000
Georgia: 350,000
North Carolina: 325,000
Washington: 300,000
Virginia: 275,000
Maryland: 275,000
Colorado: 160,000
Nevada: 190,000

Lower Populations (less than 50,000 in several states):
States like Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, Wyoming, Vermont, Maine, West Virginia, and others have fewer than 5,000 unauthorized immigrants each.


The states currently being targeted with trump's ICE brutality:
Minnesota: 81,000
Maine: 5,000

https://brilliantmaps.com/number-of-unauthorized-illegal-immigrants-by-us-state/

This is NOT about immigration control!!




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The numbers of unauthorized immigrants in US, compare the states... (Original Post) mysteryowl 3 hrs ago OP
He told you malaise 3 hrs ago #1
I think they're using these smaller states as labs fujiyamasan 3 hrs ago #2
They were in California before Minnesota mysteryowl 3 hrs ago #4
shithole and hegseth brought up Marines from Camp Pendleton............... Lovie777 2 hrs ago #10
"I will be your retribution." littlemissmartypants 3 hrs ago #3
One reason MN and Maine are targeted, they have Somolian populations mysteryowl 3 hrs ago #5
Funny Ilhan speaks better English and is light years malaise 2 hrs ago #8
Mel has to keep her accent to talk to Captain Zero 2 hrs ago #9
ROFL malaise 2 hrs ago #12
Walz ran against Trump on the national ticket; Mills humiliated Trump rurallib 1 hr ago #15
He seems to hate black people even more than Hispanics. Lonestarblue 39 min ago #19
Roughly correlates with overall population. As one might expect. n/t Munu 3 hrs ago #6
This message was self-deleted by its author mysteryowl 3 hrs ago #7
Perhaps Operation ICEHOLES has more than one goal. democrank 2 hrs ago #11
It's also not about COL Mustard 2 hrs ago #13
No way the Cowards of ICE would go to a crime zone. travelingthrulife 21 min ago #21
It's mainly blue state intimidation. sinkingfeeling 1 hr ago #14
I'm not intimidated. None of us should be. paleotn 40 min ago #18
You are correct. And terrorism is defined as using violance to achieve political goals Attilatheblond 26 min ago #20
Exactly! surfered 1 hr ago #16
Not totally. But notice they aren't f'ing with Pritzker. paleotn 46 min ago #17
Californian here. We have been fucked with since at least last March and so has travelingthrulife 16 min ago #22

fujiyamasan

(1,355 posts)
2. I think they're using these smaller states as labs
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:13 AM
3 hrs ago

It’s easier to go door to door and nab darker people. This is all about Somalian immigrants right now. They’ll scale up over time and ratchet it up against other groups.

mysteryowl

(8,382 posts)
4. They were in California before Minnesota
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:19 AM
3 hrs ago

They tried using National Guard as trumps army, it didn't work.

Lovie777

(22,046 posts)
10. shithole and hegseth brought up Marines from Camp Pendleton...............
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:03 AM
2 hrs ago

they as well as the NG were not happy about it. Finally the courts shot down the use of NG in some states, although D.C. has been thrust upon with excess NGs.

Now they want to bring in thousands of soldiers into Minnesota but in order to do that they would have claim the insurrection act.

But alas, the current government is the republican party and in my opinion are the actual insurrectionists.

mysteryowl

(8,382 posts)
5. One reason MN and Maine are targeted, they have Somolian populations
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:22 AM
3 hrs ago

and trump hates them.
The kind of reasoning a tyrant would have.

malaise

(293,562 posts)
8. Funny Ilhan speaks better English and is light years
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 06:44 AM
2 hrs ago

More intelligent than his third wife

rurallib

(64,581 posts)
15. Walz ran against Trump on the national ticket; Mills humiliated Trump
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:58 AM
1 hr ago

at some gathering last February when she said she would see him in court.

I think for Trump it is pure retribution. So were California and Portland

Lonestarblue

(13,280 posts)
19. He seems to hate black people even more than Hispanics.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:48 AM
39 min ago

Haitians and Somalis have both been targeted.

Response to Munu (Reply #6)

democrank

(12,279 posts)
11. Perhaps Operation ICEHOLES has more than one goal.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:12 AM
2 hrs ago

An abhorrent national Stephen Miller style skin color cleansing, an attempt to cause maximum chaos and financial damage to blue cities/states and an opportunity to decrease voter turnout for the midterm elections.

COL Mustard

(8,034 posts)
13. It's also not about
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 07:17 AM
2 hrs ago

Going after the worst of the worst. That would involve significant danger and Bovino and his henchmen aren’t about that at all. This is performative, with an occasional license to kill.

Attilatheblond

(8,410 posts)
20. You are correct. And terrorism is defined as using violance to achieve political goals
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:02 AM
26 min ago
https://www.newsweek.com/pam-bondi-ice-minnesota-shooting-tim-walz-letter-voter-files-11413859]

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a letter to Minnesota Democratic Governor Tim Walz demanding the state take three specific actions before federal immigration agents would consider reducing their presence in Minneapolis, including handing over voter rolls.

In the letter, Bondi blamed both state and local leaders for the unrest that has come in response to the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations. She said that Walz could "restore the rule of law."
...
Bondi set out a list of three demands in the letter, including that the Department of Justice be given the state’s voter registration records, that the state repeal the "sanctuary policies," and share its records on Medicaid, and Food and Nutrition Service programs.


Trump/Bondi demand the state repeals "sacntuary policies", information on who gets state aid and voter information from Walz. States run their elections, not the federal government. Demanding voter information is a political goal. ICE is not doing immigration investigations, they have been unleashed, and possibly ordered to do violence and intimidation on the public. They are committing crimes of violence.

What Trump/Bondi/Noem/Bovino/Miller are doing IS TERRORISM.

paleotn

(21,721 posts)
17. Not totally. But notice they aren't f'ing with Pritzker.
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 08:41 AM
46 min ago

Or Newsome. It's targeted and designed to get in your head. Don't let it. Don't give these people more power than they actually have. Stand strong and remember the bulk of this regime is nothing but smoke and mirrors.

travelingthrulife

(4,657 posts)
22. Californian here. We have been fucked with since at least last March and so has
Sun Jan 25, 2026, 09:11 AM
16 min ago

Chicago. Both Pritzker and Newsom beat them back with difficulty.

Everyone dismisses it when it happens on the west coast or in a large city like Chicago.
Portland and Seattle have been dealing with Trump's agitators and brown shirts since at least 2020.

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