One responsibility of the ICE agency is to decide which illegal immigrants get to stay in the U.S. and which are deported.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Decades ago, the word immigration conjured of images of boats at Ellis Island, of course, the Statue of Liberty. Today, it`s a
different story. The issue is more heated, more politicized, more complicated. Immigrants are now entering the U.S. from every corner:
Miami to Seattle, L.A. to New York, and especially along the Mexican border. We are talking more than 40 million immigrants in the United
States right now. Both legally and illegally. That`s roughly 13 percent of our population, making America the number one destination for
immigrants.
So, who are these new arrivals? Well, (INAUDIBLE), 11 million are undocumented. A number that`s increased almost year by year since 2000.