en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration
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Research at San Diego State University estimates that there are 2.4 million victims of human trafficking among illegal Mexican immigrants in the United States.
The cited San Diego State research was not a U.S.-wide estimate of 2.4 million Mexican trafficking victims. It studied unauthorized Spanish-speaking migrant workers in San Diego County and estimated that over 30% were labor-trafficking victims.
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This sentence misstates both the scope and the finding of the San Diego State research.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s NCJRS entry for the study identifies it as “Looking for a Hidden Population: Trafficking of Migrant Laborers in San Diego County.” Its abstract says the study estimated the prevalence of trafficking “among unauthorized migrant laborers in San Diego County” and found that “over 30% of this population are trafficking victims.”
The journal abstract likewise says the study applied respondent-driven sampling in San Diego County, California and found “30 percent of undocumented migrant laborers were victims of labor trafficking.”
That is very different from claiming the researchers estimated 2.4 million victims among illegal Mexican immigrants in the United States as a whole. The study was local, not national; it focused on migrant laborers in San Diego County, not all undocumented Mexican immigrants in the U.S.; and it estimated a percentage of its study population, not a nationwide count of 2.4 million victims.
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- Looking for a Hidden Population: Trafficking of Migrant Laborers in San Diego County | Office of Justice Programs
This study provides estimates of the prevalence of trafficking victimization among unauthorized migrant laborers in San Diego County... over 30% of this population are trafficking victims...
- Estimating Labor Trafficking among Unauthorized Migrant Workers in San Diego
We applied respondent-driven sampling... in San Diego County, California... We found that 30 percent of undocumented migrant laborers were victims of labor trafficking...
Citizens within the EU is an economic and political partnership between 28 European countries that together cover much of the European continent.
The EU does not have 28 member countries. Official EU materials say the European Union has 27 countries.
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This claim is outdated and false as written.
The European Union’s own official materials say “The European Union is a group of 27 countries in Europe” and “Today, 27 countries are part of the European Union.” The same page notes that the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020.
So describing the EU as a partnership between 28 European countries is incorrect.
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- Easy to read - about the EU | European Union
The European Union is a group of 27 countries in Europe... Today, 27 countries are part of the European Union... In June 2016 the United Kingdom decided to stop being part of the European Union. So from 31 January 2020, the United Kingdom is no longer part of the European Union.
The Schengen Area is a multilateral agreement between 27 states
This count is wrong. Current official EU information says the Schengen area covers 29 European countries, not 27.
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The article’s country count for Schengen is no longer correct.
Current European Commission information says the Schengen area is made up of 29 European countries. An official EU easy-read page also reaches the same total by listing 25 EU countries plus 4 countries outside the EU in Schengen.
So the statement that Schengen is an agreement between 27 states is inaccurate.
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- Easy to read - about the EU | European Union
Today 25 out of the 27 countries of the European Union are part of the Schengen Area... Also, 4 countries outside the European Union are part of the Schengen Area: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland.
- Main differences between the EES and ETIAS: What travellers need to know - Migration and Home Affairs
The EES changes the border procedures for all non-EU nationals travelling for a short stay ... to the 29 European countries that make up the Schengen area...
Children born to noncitizens in France are not immigrants themselves, but they are considered foreigners under French law, until they reach the age of 18, at which time they automatically become citizens.
This omits important legal conditions. A child born in France to foreign parents becomes French at 18 only if residency and other requirements are met.
Full reasoning
This sentence is too absolute.
France’s official public-service guidance says that a person born in France to foreign parents gets French nationality at age 18 only if three conditions are met:
- they reside in France at age 18;
- they have had their habitual residence in France for 5 years or more since age 11; and
- their foreign parents are not diplomatic agents or career consuls.
Because French nationality at 18 is conditional, it is inaccurate to say that such children “automatically become citizens” merely upon turning 18.
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- French nationality of a child born in France to foreigners parents | Service Public
At 18... If you are born in France of foreigner parents, you get the French nationality at age 18. You must complete the 3 conditions following: Reside in France at age 18; Having had your habitual residence in France during a continuous or discontinuous period of 5 years or more since the age of 11; Your foreigner parents are not diplomatic agents or career consuls.