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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
We didn’t have a huge population of undocumented workers because historically we had only a small number of visa holders to begin with. There’s a huge difference between tracking and managing 300-400k visa holders and 4 million visa holders. Most will leave. Some will not.
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Where did you get the idea that we only had 300-400K temporary visa holders at any given time in recent history? I think you might be confusing annual numbers (i.e. new visa holders/temporary residents in a given year) with the total. Most people on temporary work or study permits stay for multiple years, and about 40% of TFW and IMP workers stay 5+ years. Yes, there are more now than in the past, but not 10x more like you seem to be suggesting.