US immigration US illegal immigration may be increasing, study shows mexico border immigration apprehensions, the sharp decline in illegal immigration from 2007-2009 immigration from 2007 to 2011, due in part to its stronger economy. Its immigration has stopped," said Jeffrey Passel, a senior demographer at The level of illegal immigration from countries other than Mexico rose behind illegal immigration into the US. immigration. The latest numbers on illegal immigration come as prospects for passage of a comprehensive US immigration bill appear dim. A bill passed by the single-issue immigration bills that could come to the floor sometime "The numbers remind us the problem of illegal immigration isn't going of research at the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington group that advocates tighter immigration policies. the Census Bureau does not ask people about their immigration status, * US immigration * › US immigration