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.
6. a governing, advisory, or disciplinary body, as at some universities. Senate. an assembly or Council of citizens; a body of the elders, 1586; the governing body of a nation, state or university. Examples: the senate of the Gods is met, 1821; the senate of the heart, 1540. The Roman assembly of heads of patrician families.