Gordon Hanson quoted in North County Times
Report says fewer illegal immigrants coming to California
03/02/2010
Edward Sifuentes,
North County Times
The Golden State appears to have lost some of its luster among illegal immigrants because of its sluggish economy and high cost of living, analysts say.
California still has the largest number of illegal immigrants of any state, but its share of the nation's illegal immigrant population dropped from 30 percent in 2000 to 24 percent in 2009, according to a report recently released by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Immigration Statistics.
"It's quite simply the economy," said Gordon Hanson, an economist at UC San Diego who specializes in immigration issues.
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