civics: How Many Illegal Aliens Reside in Sanctuary Jurisdictions?
As Table 1 indicates, 13 states plus D.C. impose statewide sanctuary rules. These states harbor 45 percent of the nation’s illegal immigrants, accounting for the vast majority of those in sanctuary jurisdictions. California stands out with three million illegal immigrants, or 21.8 percent of the nationwide total.
A further three states do not have state-level rules but have so many local sanctuary jurisdictions that they are treated as full sanctuary states in this analysis. About 751,000 (or 5.4 percent) of the nation’s illegal immigrants find sanctuary in those states.
Another 822,000 (5.9 percent) live in sanctuary localities within non-sanctuary states. There are dozens of these localities ranging in size from major metropolitan centers (such as Atlanta) to small counties in rural areas.
