TNT’s drop due to economic crisis

WASHINGTON, DC – The number of illegal immigrants, including Filipino TNTs (Tago ng Tago) entering the United States has dropped from an average of 800,000 a year from 2000 to 2004 to 500,000 a year from 2005 to 2008 because of the slowdown in US economic growth and stricter enforcement of immigration laws, the Pew Hispanic Center said. It estimated the illegal immigrant population in the US is currently at 11.9 million, from 12.4 million in March 2007. The center said four out of every five of the immigrants came from Latin American countries, mainly Mexico. Meanwhile, the Department of Homeland Security said 280,523 illegal immigrants, including 521 Filipinos, were deported in 2007 compared to 186,000 earlier. Of the 12 million illegal immigrants in the country, about 80 percent of them are from Mexico and Latin America, 15 percent are from Asia and the rest from other parts of the world. Estimates of overstaying Filipinos range from a low of 100,000 to a high of 300,000.

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