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An 18-year-old Venezuelan who made an asylum ask interview with national immigration officials in Texas in November.
One in 20 Texans, or 1.7 million illegal immigrants, live in the state, and all three of them are from that group. And now that President Donald Trump has started a comprehensive assault on illegal immigration, all three of them are facing imprisonment.
After a political campaign characterized by pledges to reduce improper immigration into the land, Trump’s first several weeks in office have been accompanied by a number of executive orders and commands that are upending the life of illegal immigrants across the country.
Illegal immigrants make up a sizable portion of the labor in important fields like kindness and construction in Texas. Some have been here for ages, personal homes and small companies and have U. S. member children in Texas schools. Concern has risen in immigrant communities across Texas as a result of the look of federal immigration officials searching for undocumented people in Texas locations.
Here is a look at the country’s illegal people, by the figures:
Photo supply for initial picture: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune
