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crossword puzzle

ACROSS:

1. 50,000 win free visas

3. Multi-cultural

7. Legal entry document

9. Trespasser/trespassing

11. Former goal of immigrants in America

13. Bogus

16. Color of legality

18. Fence

20. California legislators want to allow illegals to drive with one of these

21. Euphemism for bracero

22. Non-profit organization in Washington D.C. researching immigration

23. California think tank says one in four in California are immigrants

24. Group identity

26. Treaty driving more immigration from Mexico

27. Memberless lobby group of Mexican Americans

DOWN:

2. Second most popular destination of immigrants

3. Expel

4. Fastest growing language in U.S.

5. Subsidized school payments for illegals

6. Metaphorical pot no longer

8. Good cop/bad cop federal agency

10. First himself, then his wife, parents, wife's parents, siblings, uncles …

12. Your views in print in the newspaper (abbr.)

13. Sieve-like

14. Visa lapsed but still here

15. Most heavily impacted state (abbr.)

17. Epithet hurled by mass-immigration defenders

18. U.S. population could exceed this by end of the century

19. Biggest people exporter to U.S.

25. Federal agency subsidizing housing for illegals

Answers (with commentary)