# How many illegal/undocumented aliens are there in the U.S.?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-illegal-undocumented-aliens-are-there-in-the-u-s/358458>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 27, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-illegal-undocumented-aliens-are-there-in-the-u-s/358458 "2006-05-27T16:07:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2006, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-illegal-undocumented-aliens-are-there-in-the-u-s/358458/1 "2006-05-27T16:07:18Z")

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This is a question obviously relevant to all the ongoing immigration threads in GD. I’m posting it in GD instead of GQ because the answer is, well, debatable.