Nearly 98,000 Illegal Aliens Graduate From US High Schools Every Year: Report

View of a temporary detention center for illegal underage immigrants in Tornillo, Texas, near the Mexico-U.S. border, in Chihuahua state, Mexico, on June 18, 2018. HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images

Almost 98,000 young illegal immigrants graduate from high schools across the United States every year, according to new research from the Migration Policy Institute (MPI).

Of those who graduate, 44 percent reside in just two states—California and Texas. Out of the total number of annual graduates, 27,000 come from California and 17,000 come from Texas.