"When borders are not secured, when there is no faster way to technologically legal immigration when the problem is not resolved, then we will have 15 million undocumented immigrants in the country as we have now. Those are the situations that ended, "he added. According to the Pew Hispanic Center, in the United States last year had 11 million people living in illegal immigration. Of these, 45,000 lived in Nebraska. In this state, Latinos represent nearly 10 percent of the 1.8 million inhabitants. Among Hispanics, nearly 60 percent were born abroad. Last April, Heineman vetoed a bill to restore access to prenatal care for undocumented mothers, arguing that offer these services generated an "unfair tax burden" to legal residents of the state. Local legislators get the votes needed to override the governor's veto. So Heineman said that the decision not to grant benefits to youth accepted for deferred action program will not interfere with prenatal care law passed by the state legislature. According to the nonpartisan Immigration Policy Center, about 5,100 people under 30 living in Nebraska are eligible for deferred action program, would delay deportation for two years and, in some cases, they could afford to have a work permit. Nationally, according to the Immigration Policy Center, about 1.4 million undocumented young adults may be accepted for deferred action. However, it is unknown how many of them send their applications or when. In fact, since the federal government began accepting applications on Wednesday, August 15, between 150 and 200 people have asked about action deferred to Justice for Our Neighbors Nebraska at Omaha. Another 50 called the Center for Legal Immigration Assistance, in Lincoln.