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Old 08-01-2008, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted by ana21 View Post
Sorry, I'm not buying it. I don't doubt for a minute there are millions of illegals in our country but just my quick reading of how some of the numbers were arrived at convinces me that a group like CIS (funded in part by Richard Melon Scaife btw) would not be above manipulating the numbers to fit a desired outcome.
You ask me for a source of where Obama got the "47 million" number. This is the information that Congress is given and accepts as a base fact.
You might not agree with it..but that is what decisions are being based on.

The number given by the CIS is viewed as being low-balled by most places. The estimated number of illegals is higher than that and most do not have medical insurance.
I agree numbers and statistics can be manipulated to proof whatever you want