Politics

Even Illegal Immigrants Don't Want to Live In California Anymore

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You know that your state is in trouble when even illegal immigrants have stopped moving there.

Since 2006, illegal immigration to the United States seems to be leveling off, after a huge spike in the 1990s and early '00s. These days, we're holding steady at a crop-pickin', lawn-mowin', dish-washin' 11.9 million.

The immigrants who do come, according to today's Pew Daily Number, have been shifting to states other than the traditional California option. Since the state is in a spending binge, population bleed, and general downward spiral, you have to give the illegals credit for being forward looking.

More on illegal/undocumented/unauthorized/differently papered immigrants here.