Asian American Undocumented Falls to 1 Million: DHS Estimate

Department of Homeland Security estimates of the number of undocumented Asian American immigrants fell 20% from 1.2 million in 2008 to 1 million in 2009. Estimates of the total undocumented immigrant population also fell from 11.6 million to 10.8 million over the same period.

Of the four largest groups of Asian undocumented immigrants - Koreans, Filipinos, Chinese, and Indians, only the last increased in their numbers from 160,000 to 200,000 while Koreans and Chinese undocumented dropped sharply. The Chinese undocumented dropped the most sharply from 2008 estimates - 220,000 to 120,000 estimated in 2009.

The effects of the global "Great Recession" obviously had an impact on these flows.

The full report is available here.