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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Imminent End of Formal U.S. Pandemic Emergencies Marks New Era in Immigration Realm
The end of U.S. pandemic emergency declarations will shrink public benefits and reduce health-care access for U.S. residents, with immigrants bearing a disproportionate share of the fallout.
Venezuelan Immigrants in the United States
The Venezuelan immigrant population in the United States has nearly tripled since 2010 and skews younger, more educated, and more recently arrived than immigrants overall.
In from the Cold? Should Climate Migrants Get Special Legal Migration Pathways?
How should governments respond to climate-related displacement when existing refugee law does not clearly apply?
External Processing: A Tool to Expand Protection or Further Restrict Territorial Asylum?
External processing can widen or narrow asylum access; whether it protects or deters hinges on design, procedural safeguards, and international cooperation.
Unblocking the U.S. Immigration System: Executive Actions to Facilitate the Migration of Needed Workers
Without congressional action, U.S. federal agencies can take targeted steps to cut processing backlogs and keep needed workers authorized and productive in the U.S. economy.
Biden at the Two-Year Mark: Significant Immigration Actions Eclipsed by Record Border Numbers
Two years in, the Biden administration set a record pace of executive immigration actions, but high border encounters, court setbacks, and congressional inaction left its agenda unfinished.
Chinese Immigrants in the United States
Chinese immigrants were the third largest U.S. foreign-born group in 2021, but the group shrank amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Using Risk Analysis to Shape Border Management: A Review of Approaches during the COVID-19 Pandemic
During COVID-19, widely varying border risk-analysis approaches revealed the need for consistent, data-driven, rights-respecting frameworks for future crises.
‘Recalcitrant’ and ‘Uncooperative’: Why Some Countries Refuse to Accept Return of Their Deportees
Various factors lead countries to resist accepting the return of their deported nationals, leading to lower than expected return rates from the United States and European Union.
A Century of Climate Migration Upheaval? An Audacious Prediction for the Future
Climate change is fundamentally reshaping not just the planet's ecosystems, but the geography of where human populations can sustainably live.
