NJEverCurious
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Hello WS -
Moderators of course may remove this post if it's a duplicate or I've posted in the wrong place. This is just something I've been thinking about.
First, let me say this is NOT meant to start any sort of political discussion, which I think would be inappropriate and irreverent, given the context.
I noticed on NamUs that some of the UIPs' records have comments saying they may have been crossing the border illegally (especially those found in the desert near the border). In my own local area, which is nowhere near the southern border, there is a large population of migrant workers, and we have at least one UIP dating back many years who is believed to have been of Hispanic or Latino heritage. I've started to wonder how many of the UIP's in this country may have been here illegally, in which case it is probably likely that they were never reported missing.
According to factcheck.org, the percentage of the US population represented by illegal immigrants has changed significantly over time. It has been as low as 3.5% (1990) and as high as 12.2% (c. 2007) in the last 30 years or so. If we assume that the percentage of UIP's that are illegal immigrants is similar to their numbers as a proportion of total US population, using an average of 7.85% of the total population to estimate, there could be over 3,400 UIP's who are illegal immigrants. This assumes 44,000 UIP's, per nij.gov. And I'm not making any distinction here between illegal immigrants who overstayed their visas and those who came into the country through deceptive means (e.g., sneaking across the southern border, etc.), just because I haven't gone to that depth in my thinking at this time.
I realize this isn't any kind of scientific statistical analysis whatsoever, but only a very superficial question that I had. I'm really just trying to wrap my mind around how many of the UIP's in this country may never be identified because they haven't been reported missing in this country. And being relatively new to Websleuths, I wonder whether there is any kind of international database (similar to NamUs, but multi-country) to try to find names for these people.
Moderators of course may remove this post if it's a duplicate or I've posted in the wrong place. This is just something I've been thinking about.
First, let me say this is NOT meant to start any sort of political discussion, which I think would be inappropriate and irreverent, given the context.
I noticed on NamUs that some of the UIPs' records have comments saying they may have been crossing the border illegally (especially those found in the desert near the border). In my own local area, which is nowhere near the southern border, there is a large population of migrant workers, and we have at least one UIP dating back many years who is believed to have been of Hispanic or Latino heritage. I've started to wonder how many of the UIP's in this country may have been here illegally, in which case it is probably likely that they were never reported missing.
According to factcheck.org, the percentage of the US population represented by illegal immigrants has changed significantly over time. It has been as low as 3.5% (1990) and as high as 12.2% (c. 2007) in the last 30 years or so. If we assume that the percentage of UIP's that are illegal immigrants is similar to their numbers as a proportion of total US population, using an average of 7.85% of the total population to estimate, there could be over 3,400 UIP's who are illegal immigrants. This assumes 44,000 UIP's, per nij.gov. And I'm not making any distinction here between illegal immigrants who overstayed their visas and those who came into the country through deceptive means (e.g., sneaking across the southern border, etc.), just because I haven't gone to that depth in my thinking at this time.
I realize this isn't any kind of scientific statistical analysis whatsoever, but only a very superficial question that I had. I'm really just trying to wrap my mind around how many of the UIP's in this country may never be identified because they haven't been reported missing in this country. And being relatively new to Websleuths, I wonder whether there is any kind of international database (similar to NamUs, but multi-country) to try to find names for these people.