I’ve been saying for a long time that the number of illegal immigrants currently in the United States is grossly underestimated. A few weeks ago, on Fox News, I pointed out that it makes no sense that the official estimate of the number of illegal aliens in the U.S. — about 11 million — has not changed for almost two decades. We know that about 400,000 illegal immigrants are apprehended at the border every year. Law enforcement estimates that they stop about one in five who are coming in illegally. This means as many as 1.5 million are crossing the border illegally every year — two thirds of whom come into Texas. Last week, researchers at Yale took a serious look at the data and they estimate that there are as many as 16 to 22 million illegal immigrants living in the U.S. today. They also made clear that the number could be as high as 29 million. Read the full article here.
It’s the basic Cowboy Math I talked about a few weeks ago in one of my weekly radio Conservative Conversations. If you missed it, listen to it here.
Pete Flores Victory in Texas Makes National News
The election of now Senator-elect Pete Flores in Senate District 19, anchored in South San Antonio and sprawling across 17 counties, made national news last week. I talked about it on Fox News@Night. You can watch my interview here.
Keeping Texas Red in Katy
I had a great time with the Greater Katy Area Republicans. Always a pleasure to see committed conservatives fighting for Texas values. There was a full house and lots of energy. These folks are making sure we keep Texas red!
Mission Control in Houston
I joined Ivanka Trump, Senator Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Brian Babin for a tour of the NASA – Johnson Space Center in Houston last week. Ivanka got the chance to talk from Mission Control with the astronauts on the Space Station. Great to have her in Texas.
Sincerely,
Dan Patrick
Lieutenant Governor of Texas
