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Bookmark or Share- Key facts about U.S. immigration policies and Biden’s proposed changesIn fiscal 2019, the U.S. government awarded more than 139,000 employment-based green cards to foreign workers and their families. The Biden administration’s proposed legislation could boost the number of employment-based green cards, which are capped at about 140,000 per year. The proposal would allow the use of unused visa slots from ...
- Sharp fall in migrant encounters at US-Mexico border in 2024 | Pew ...Migrant encounters at U.S.-Mexico border have fallen sharply in 2024. By John Gramlich. After reaching a record high at the end of 2023, the monthly number of U.S. Border Patrol encounters with migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico has plummeted so far in 2024. The Border Patrol recorded 58,038 encounters with migrants crossing ...
- Key findings about U.S. immigrants | Pew Research CenterGrowth of this population accelerated after Congress made changes to U.S. immigration laws in 1965. Immigrants today account for 14.3% of the U.S. population, a roughly threefold increase from 4.7% in 1970. The immigrant share of the population today is the highest since 1910 but remains below the record 14.8% in 1890.
- Immigrants in America: Key Charts and Facts | Pew Research CenterChart. The foreign-born population residing in the U.S. reached a record 44.8 million, or 13.7% of the U.S. population, in 2018. This immigrant population has more than quadrupled since the 1960s, when the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act took effect. Though growth has begun to slow in recent years, the number of immigrants living in the ...
- Key facts about the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population | Pew ...The U.S. unauthorized immigrant population rose rapidly from 1990 to 2007 before declining sharply for two years and stabilizing at 10.5 million in 2017. Pew Research Center’s most recent estimate is well below a peak of 12.2 million in 2007, but roughly triple the estimated 3.5 million in 1990.
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