17 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
(A) The number of immigrants in the US occupies one-fifth of the total of immigrants in the world.
(B) The year of 2018 marked the record high for the foreign-born population in the US.
(C) More than one-third of immigrants in the US are unauthorized.
(D) The US used to have a national quota system.

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According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
根據文章內容，下列哪一項敘述是不正確的？

(A) The number of immigrants in the US occupies one-fifth of the total of immigrants in the world. 美國的移民人數約占全世界移民總數的五分之一。

=>第一段：accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants. 約占全世界移民的五分之一。

(B) The year of 2018 marked the record high for the foreign-born population in the US.2018 年是美國外國出生人口創下歷史新高的一年。

=>第二段：The US foreign-born population reached a record 44.8 million in 2018.美國的外國出生人口在 2018 年達到創紀錄的 4,480 萬人。

(C) More than one-third of immigrants in the US are unauthorized.美國超過三分之一的移民是未經授權的移民。

=>第三段：Most immigrants (77%) are in the country legally, while almost a quarter are unauthorized.Another 23% of all immigrants were unauthorized immigrants.未經授權的移民約占 23%。

 (D) The US used to have a national quota system.美國過去曾經實施全國性的配額制度。

=>第二段：Since 1965, when US immigration laws replaced a national quota system... 自 1965 年美國移民法取代了「全國性配額制度」以來……