The New York Times article entitled Number of Illegal Immigrants in U.S. Fell, Study Says, by Julia Preston explains an astonishing figure.
The number of illegal immigrants in the United States, after peaking at 12 million in 2007, fell to about 11.1 million in 2009, the first clear decline in two decades, according to a report published Wednesday by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The reduction came primarily from decreases among illegal immigrants from Latin American countries other than Mexico, the report found.
This implies two things. First, America's status as one of the world's superpowers and greatest countries is declining because people of foreign countries, especially those of Latin America, are finding that America is less of a desirable place to live and work due to the failing economy, among other factors. This fact confirms Thomas Friedman's concern that America is losing its place in the world because it is becoming, as he states it in his book, hot, flat, and crowded. While the world's population may be increasing rapidly, America's population, or at least the population of its illegal immigrants from Latin America, is decreasing. The fact that the number of immigrants from Latin America has declined may also suggest that people from Latin America are beginning to realize that America is becoming overcrowded.
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