But perhaps 1 in 5 is not, and the cost of providing social services to such a huge illegal population runs into the billions annually.

Mexicans are barely noticeable at just 2 percent of the state's illegal population.

This would be a good thing if the proposal also offered a more realistic solution to the illegal population.

Our illegal immigrant population is the highest it has ever been.

Our state now has the ninth largest illegal alien population in the country and is quickly moving up the list.

The village has a large population of Dominicans, both legal and illegal.

Experts now say the illegal population may range from 7.1 to 9 million people.

But the process brought out a cross-section of the illegal population.

When that legislation failed to pass, the illegal population quickly began a dramatic fall.

Indeed, the illegal immigrant population may be larger now than when the sanctions began.