Mexicans may no longer represent majority of unauthorized immigrants

Mexicans may no longer represent the majority of the estimated 11.3 million unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S., a new report shows.

Based on U.S. census records, the Pew Research Center says Mexicans made up about half of the total last year, down from their peak of 57 percent in 2007. Their numbers have been declining since that year.

Meanwhile, the number of unauthorized immigrants from other regions has increased. Central Americans grew by 180,000 between 2009 and 2015, while Asians jumped by 220,000 in the same period.

Georgia was home to an estimated 375,000 unauthorized immigrants in 2014. Of that number, 56 percent were from Mexico.

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