United States

52375000

Immigrant Population

15.2%

Immigrant Share of Total Population

3187000

Emigrant Population

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Civic Contributions: Taxes Paid by Immigrants in the Washington, DC, Metro Area

Immigrant households in the Washington, DC metro area contributed nearly $10 billion in taxes in 2000—paying at roughly the same rate as native households.

The U.S.-Mexico Border

The U.S.-Mexico border region has poverty rates double the national average; migrant deaths hit a record 473 in FY 2005 as crossings shifted to Arizona's remote desert routes.

Senate Approves Scaled-Back Immigration Bill, President Calls for National Guard on Border

The U.S. Senate passed a comprehensive immigration bill in May 2006 by a 62-36 vote, adding amendments to cap temporary workers at 200,000 annually and strengthen border fencing.

Spotlight on the Iranian Foreign Born

Shaped by the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the Iranian-born U.S. population of 283,000 in 2000 tended to be highly educated and high-earning, with over half living in California.

Debunking the Myth of Immigrant Criminality: Imprisonment Among First- and Second-Generation Young Men

In 2000, foreign-born men in the United States were imprisoned at one-quarter the rate of native-born men.

Rethinking the Last 200 Years of U.S. Immigration Policy

Since colonial times, active recruitment, racial exclusions, and diplomacy shaped who entered the United States, well before the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act.

Detailed Characteristics of the South American Born in the United States in 2000

About 1.9 million South American born made up 6.2 percent of U.S. immigrants in 2000; Colombians were the largest of this group.

Senate Debate Resumes and DHS Boosts Internal Enforcement

The 2006 Hagel-Martinez immigration bill in the U.S. Senate proposed 325,000 annual temporary work visas and tiered legalization for unauthorized immigrants as of spring 2006.

American Immigration Reform from a Scandinavian Perspective

A Norwegian migration official argues the U.S. problem is unauthorized status—not numbers—and urges a managed, employer-driven work permit system with no cap on labor visas.

Another Way to Assess the Second Generation: Look at the Parents

Premigration class standing explains more than half of the second-generation college attainment gaps across 31 groups in the United States.