Though it is difficult to obtain an accurate count of illegal immigation. most studies and indicators demonstrate that it is dramatically on the rise. For instance. one measurethe number of illegal residents apprehendedhas grown from 100.000 in 1965 to its current level of over 1 million per year. In 1978. the Select Commission on Immigration estimated there were 3.5 to 6 million illegal aliens in this country. And whatever the number currently is. it surely has gone much higher. Immigration control lawswritten decades agoare proving inadequate to deal with the influx. To avert a potential crisis for our children and grandchildren. we must deal effectively with the problem now. Moreover. this is not just a problem reflected in cold statistical analyses of population trends. employment rates. and wage disparities between various nations.
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