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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Under Executive Actions on Immigration, Who Can Apply for Protection from Deportation?
Learn who could be eligible for the DAPA and expanded DACA programs, should the Supreme Court permit the programs to go forward.
Trends in Unaccompanied Child and Family Migration from Central America
After reaching record highs in 2014, Central American child migration fell for a few months before rising again, showing enforcement surges cannot resolve the structural causes of this emigration.
A Profile of U.S. Children with Unauthorized Immigrant Parents
Children with unauthorized immigrant parents face sharply higher poverty and linguistic isolation than other U.S. children. State policies risk worsening these disadvantages.
Border Metrics: How to Effectively Measure Border Security and Immigration Control
Without reliable border metrics, Congress and the U.S. public cannot assess whether immigration enforcement works or make informed decisions about legislative reform.
White House Uses Many Levers of Power to Effect Change as Obama and Congress Remain Deadlocked on Immigration
The Obama administration’s 2015 executive actions reshaped U.S. immigration enforcement and legal pathways even as courts and Congress pushed back.
Governments Increasingly Restrict Citizenship
Governments narrowed who can gain or keep citizenship, from Dominican-born Haitians to terrorism suspects, often with limited evidence of security gains.
Refugee Crisis Deepens Political Polarization in the West
Refugee arrivals have sharpened partisan divides in Europe and the United States, as leaders harness migration fears in increasingly polarizing debates.
A Shared Challenge: Europe and the United States Confront Significant Flows of Unaccompanied Child Migrants
Surging arrivals of unaccompanied children are testing European and U.S. systems in parallel ways.
Shine Wears Off Investor Visa Programs as Questions about Economic Benefits and Fraud Lead to Reforms
Allegations of fraud and thin economic gains pushed changes to investor visa programs, reshaping who buys residency and where.
Investor Visa Programs: Examining their Utility, Challenges, and Successes
A discussion on the U.S. EB-5 program, the motivations underpinning recent changes to other investor visa programs in North America, Europe, and elsewhere, and the implications for the future direction of these programs.
