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1994 – First Detailed National Count of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Estimates 3.4 Million Immigrants in United States Illegally

Posted on January 30, 2017 by ProCon.org

“In 1994, the INS [US Immigration and Naturalization Service] developed the first detailed national estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States. Those estimates indicated that the unauthorized resident population was 3.4 million as of October 1992.”

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ProCon.org. (2017, January 30). 1994 – First Detailed National Count of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Estimates 3.4 Million Immigrants in United States Illegally. ProCon.org. https://immigration.procon.org/timeline-events/1994-first-detailed-national-count-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-estimates-3-4-million-immigrants-in-united-states-illegally

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Chicago (17th ed.):
ProCon.org, "1994 – First Detailed National Count of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Estimates 3.4 Million Immigrants in United States Illegally," ProCon.org. last modified January 30, 2017. https://immigration.procon.org/timeline-events/1994-first-detailed-national-count-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-estimates-3-4-million-immigrants-in-united-states-illegally/.
MLA (9th ed.):
ProCon.org, "1994 – First Detailed National Count of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Estimates 3.4 Million Immigrants in United States Illegally." ProCon.org. 30 Jan. 2017, immigration.procon.org/timeline-events/1994-first-detailed-national-count-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-estimates-3-4-million-immigrants-in-united-states-illegally

[Editor’s Note: The MLA citation style requires double spacing within entries.]

Turabian (9th ed.):
ProCon.org. "1994 – First Detailed National Count of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Estimates 3.4 Million Immigrants in United States Illegally." ProCon.org. Last modified on January 30, 2017. Accessed May 31, 2023. https://immigration.procon.org/timeline-events/1994-first-detailed-national-count-of-the-unauthorized-immigrant-population-estimates-3-4-million-immigrants-in-united-states-illegally/