The generally agreed upon total of illegal immigrants in the United States now is about 11 million, down from a high of 12 million in 2007. Most people crossing the border illegally come from about a half-dozen countries, especially Mexico, he said.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. It was not an elected body, but one whose members were appointed by the consuls, and later by the censors. After a Roman magistrate served his term in office, it usually was followed with automatic appointment to the Senate.
At the top of the Roman social structure was the senatorial class. To become a senator, a man had to have a fortune equal to at least 1 million sesterces. Senators were not allowed to participate in trade, public contracts or any other form of non-agricultural business. The elite group within the senatorial class was known as the nobility.