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As we have asked before: How many illegal aliens are there in Georgia with Obama’s executive DACA amnesty?

On October 6, the AJC’s immigration story teller Jeremy Redmon cited a September 4 USCIS report that put the number of DACA illegals in Georgia at 21,600.

“That represents a little more than 2 percent of the 689,800 people who were participating in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, as of Sept. 4, according to a recent U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services report. In all, there are 21,600 DACA recipients in Georgia.”

But in an October 13 DACA weeper, another AJC reporter, Vanessa McCray, tells us the number of DACA in Georgia is now 24,000:

“He is one of nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants who came here as children, including about 24,000 in Georgia, whose American way of life is endangered unless President Donald Trump and Congress reach a deal to extend DACA.”

I sent a note of inquiry to McCray, but AJC reporters seldom reply.

A September 5 story from Redmon put the number at “24,135” as of last March:

“As of March, 24,135 people in the state have been granted a temporary reprieve from deportation and work permits through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA.”

Huh.