Metro Atlanta home to 184,000 immigrants without legal status
From the AJC:
An estimated 184,000 immigrants are living illegally in the metro Atlanta area and 68,000 of them are eligible for relief under the Obama administration’s executive actions on immigration, according to report released Thursday.
Gwinnett County is home to the largest population of immigrants without legal status at 71,000, according to the report by the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank that evaluates migration policies. Gwinnett is followed by DeKalb County, 42,000; Fulton County, 37,000; and Cobb County, 34,000. The report also includes an estimate for Hall County at 16,000. In all, the report includes estimates for 94 counties nationwide.
An estimated 184,000 immigrants are living illegally in the metro Atlanta area and 68,000 of them are eligible for relief under the Obama administration’s executive actions on immigration, according to report released Thursday.
Gwinnett County is home to the largest population of immigrants without legal status at 71,000, according to the report by the Migration Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank that evaluates migration policies. Gwinnett is followed by DeKalb County, 42,000; Fulton County, 37,000; and Cobb County, 34,000. The report also includes an estimate for Hall County at 16,000. In all, the report includes estimates for 94 counties nationwide.
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