May 11, 2013

Study: 1 in 10 L.A. County residents in U.S. illegally

(Los Angeles Times) That means the stakes for California are particularly high ...

One in 10 Los Angeles County residents is an immigrant living in the country illegally, according to a study released Tuesday by the USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration.

Many of those immigrants have been in the country for more than a decade and are the parents of children who are American citizens, the study found.

One in five children in Los Angeles County has at least one parent who is in the country without proper documentation.One in four of the estimated 11 million people said to be in the United States without legal authorization lives in California. 

LA Times - USC study: 1 in 10 L.A. County residents in U.S. illegally

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