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1. California (2.3 million) Texas (2.1 million) Florida (1.6 million) New York (825,000) New Jersey (600,000) Illinois

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Jan 18, 2026, 05:48 PM

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These states have consistently had the most unauthorized immigrants since at least 1980. However, in 2007, California had 1.2 million more unauthorized immigrants than Texas. Today, it has only about 200,000 more.

https://www.pewresearch.org/race-and-ethnicity/2025/08/21/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023/

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Where the undocumented are (The two biggest red states, not many in Minnesota) [View all] applegrove Sunday OP

California (2.3 million) Texas (2.1 million) Florida (1.6 million) New York (825,000) New Jersey (600,000) Illinois Celerity Sunday #1

Exactly. surfered Sunday #2

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