How can there be only 12 million illegal aliens in USA if 10% of Mexico is already here?

Question

Mexico's population is 110 million people. Both Mexico and the United States say that 10% of the Mexican population are now living illegally in the United States.

That means there are 11 million Mexicans illegally here.

The only source that said the Illegal Alien population is 12 million was the Pew Hispanic Research Center.

If Mexicans are 56% of the country's illegal alien population then something doesn't add up.

I BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST 20 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES.

Answer 1

It's not 10 percent of the Mexican population- it is 20 percent. 20 percent of the Mexican population- 1/5 of all ethnic Mexicans- now live in the U.S.
So there are 22 million (estimate) Mexicans living here if you want to count them all, legal or illegal.
The U.S. is 67 percent non Hispanic white this year...with the way that birthrates are adding up, white Americans will become a minority in the next 50 years if we do not control immigration or promote better family planning.
Not racism. Simple numerical facts.

Answer 2

There is no true count, only an estimate. Same can be said about the population. While the count is going on, people are being born, people are dieing. People are evading the counters. People live so far out in the sticks in Chiapas that the family has never seen civilization.

Now you want to get technical and say what you believe, and you might be right, but I go with the official guesstimate.

Now you said that you believe there are 20 million illegal aliens, but did not say that they were all Mexican. Again that part is probably too low if you are counting all including Mexicans.

Answer 3

Not all Mexicans or Hispanics are illegals. My 2 best friends are Hispanic, one is from Mexico and is a naturalized citizen by marriage (legitimate) the other one came here from Paraguay with her mother when she was 12 . Most of her siblings, aunts, cousins and nephews are U.S. citizens. On the other hand I have met some Lithuanian, Irish and Polish illegals - mostly blue eyed blonds.