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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Filipino Immigrants in the United States
Just over 2 million Filipino immigrants lived in the United States as of 2019, with median household incomes of $93,000 and high educational attainment rates.
A Rockier Road to U.S. Citizenship? Findings of a Survey on Changing Naturalization Procedures
A 2019 survey found stricter USCIS scrutiny, rising naturalization processing times, and proposed fee hikes made U.S. citizenship harder for immigrants to attain.
Brain Waste among U.S. Immigrants with Health Degrees: A Multi-State Profile
Some 263,000 immigrants with health degrees are underutilized due to licensing barriers—an untapped U.S. workforce that could help address COVID-19-era health-care shortages.
Dismantling and Reconstructing the U.S. Immigration System: A Catalog of Changes under the Trump Presidency
The Trump administration took more than 400 immigration executive actions during its first term, curtailing legal and unauthorized immigration and dismantling humanitarian protections.
Millions of U.S. Citizens Could Be Excluded under Trump Plan to Remove Unauthorized Immigrants from Census Data
The Trump administration's plan to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the 2020 Census data used to reapportion 435 congressional seats among the 50 states could misclassify as many as 20 million U.S. citizens, as the result of expected data-matching errors. The effects of this exclusion could be most pronounced in low-income urban and rural communities, reducing their voting power relative to more affluent ones, as this commentary explains.
Mientras Crece el Movimiento para Desfinanciar a la Policía en EUA, el Gasto y las Prácticas de las Autoridades de Inmigración también se Someten a Escrutinio
El gasto en control de la inmigración en EE. UU. supera al de todas las principales agencias federales de lucha contra la delincuencia juntas, pero la rendición de cuentas, la supervisión y la transparencia no han avanzado al mismo ritmo que su espectacular crecimiento.
As #DefundThePolice Movement Gains Steam, Immigration Enforcement Spending and Practices Attract Scrutiny
U.S. immigration enforcement spending outpaces all major federal criminal agencies combined, but accountability, oversight, and transparency have not kept pace with the dramatic growth.
Cuban Immigrants in the United States
Cuban immigrants in the United States remain a distinct foreign-born group shaped by decades of preferential U.S. policy forged during the Cold War.
Beyond the Border: U.S.-Mexican Migration Accord Has Ushered in Sweeping Change in Mexico in Its First Year
As the U.S.-Mexico migration cooperation agreement marks its first year, this discussion examines how the accord has reshaped Mexico’s immigration enforcement policies, exposed weaknesses in its humanitarian protection system, and exacerbated precarious conditions for migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. Speakers also explore how pandemic-induced changes to mobility may affect the future of U.S.-Mexico relations.
One Year after the U.S.-Mexico Agreement: Reshaping Mexico’s Migration Policies
The June 2019 U.S.-Mexico migration agreement pushed Mexico toward enforcement-first policies, cutting border crossings while straining humanitarian protections.
