United States
Key Statistics
Data are 2024 UN data and may differ from national statistics agencies.
52375000
Immigrant Population
15.2%
Immigrant Share of Total Population
3187000
Emigrant Population
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Midterm Elections Generate Rush of Immigration Measures
A U.S. Senate vote in 2010 blocked the DREAM Act from advancing, but some proponents turned their hopes to a postelection lame-duck session.
H-1B Temporary Skilled Worker Program
The recession drove H-1B petition filings down by nearly 20 percent between 2007 and 2009.
Migration and Immigrants Two Years after the Financial Collapse: Where Do We Stand?
Two years after the 2008 global financial collapse, immigrants faced steeper job losses and squeezed integration budgets. But countries saw little large-scale return.
Vietnamese Immigrants in the United States
In 2008, Vietnamese immigrants had a naturalization rate nearly double the foreign-born average, a legacy of the population’s predominantly refugee origins.
Obama Administration's Steps Point to Significant Shift in Immigration Enforcement Policy
The Obama administration's shift to prioritize criminal removals via prosecutorial discretion drew Republican charges of “back-door amnesty.”
Plyler v. Doe: Still Guaranteeing Unauthorized Immigrant Children's Right to Attend U.S. Public Schools
The landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Plyler v. Doe has survived litigation and legislative efforts to overturn it.
Still an Hourglass? Immigrant Workers in Middle-Skilled Jobs
Immigrant employment grew fastest in middle-skilled jobs after 2000; the 2007–09 recession hit less-educated immigrant workers hardest, erasing many of these gains.
The Demographic Impacts of Repealing Birthright Citizenship
Modeling shows that repealing birthright citizenship would swell, not shrink, the U.S. unauthorized population and create a hereditary underclass, this 2010 analysis shows.
Korean Immigrants in the United States
More than half of Korean-born adults in the United States held a bachelor's degree or higher in 2008.
Federal Judge Blocks Key Provisions of Arizona Law, Setting Stage for Long Legal Battle
A federal judge blocked four key provisions of Arizona's SB 1070 in July 2010; polls showed 64 percent of Americans supported the law.