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but don't leave when their visa expires. According to the Homeland Security Department's numbers, the 2015 figures for such persons are:
#1 Canada.....93,035 (note - over TWICE the number from Mexico)
#2 Mexico......42,114
#3 Brazil........35,707
#4 Germany....21,394
#5 Italy.........17,661
#6 UK...........16,446
#7 Colombia...16,434
#8 China........15,692
#9 India.........12,885
#10 Venezuela.12,242
#11 France......11,973
#12 Spain.......10,891

It is probable that if two decades of immigrants are checked, the numbers would likely be proportionate except for Mexico since the U.S. had a "guest worker program" (bracero programs) that invited such workers before the practice became politically charged. As our PR folks have always said, "America is the place where people want to move".

When will we see a candidate pledge to build a wall along our northern border? To date, the only arrest for terrorists trying to penetrate America was in the state of Washington - coming in from Canada. One thing for sure, such a long Atlantic to Pacific wall would certainly provide employment for a lot of Americans -- if we used only citizen laborers.

Now that President Trump has begun to drum up support for "The Great Southern Wall", the question of paying for it has been asked. Since he is selling it as a "National Security" matter, the money should come from the Dept. of Defense's budget, the largest in the annual budget. Maybe if he cancels the F-35 program, it will be cost neutral. (Yes, i know that most of that money has already been spent.)

Does America now have the "Trump Corollary" to President Reagan's famous Berlin speech? "Mr Gorbachev, Tear down this wall -- and send it to America so we can use it to keep Hispanics out".
President Trump is now proposing a 30 ft concrete and steel wall for the whole border. Will it become, like the one in Berlin, a "canvas" for spray painted graffiti? .