A study done by the Pew Research Center says that unauthorized immigration has hit its lowest point since 2007. The study actually shows most immigrants are now coming from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras instead of Mexico. Another study done by Yale University largely contradicts Pew’s research, but Pew researchers declined to comment on the study. Many of the unauthorized immigrants that came previous have mixed-status households, which means the parents are illegal but they have United States born children. It has led many to stay past the expiration date of their visas.
The article does a good job talking about key facts that give more prominence to it. For example, “The latest report, for the 2017 fiscal year, estimated that more than 700,000 overstays should have left sometime during the year ending Sept. 30, 2017.” It does a good job of including contrasting facts as well from the Yale University, but I wish they would’ve went just a little more in depth on their differences. The lead does seem kind of wordy though and could be more to the point. The last quote by Lopez I found interesting because he included fewer workers when it somewhat refocuses the article rather than to the talk about the study he conducted.
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/27/671238799/u-s-seeing-lowest-level-of-unauthorized-immigrants-in-a-decade-says-pew-study
There has been quite a bit of coverage of these statistics, including the numbers of immigrants who have been sent back. Partly because the numbers were higher during Obama’s presidency than they are now. I’m not sure who has been willing to cover that story.