Illegal Immigration Has Declined: Why?

Heather Horn on the Atlantic Wire picked up on ImmigrationProf’s analysis of the recent study showing a drop in the undocumented population in the United States.  Given that the U.S. economy has experienced great difficulty in the last few years and jobs are not as plentiful as in the past, the magnet of jobs — a primary reason for migration to the United States — is not currently attracting and maintaining as great a population of undocumented as in the recent past.

KJ