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The Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provides data on foreign nationals who, during a fiscal year, were granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., admitted as immigrants or became legal permanent residents), were admitted into the United States on a temporary basis (e.g., tourists, students, or workers), applied ...
Immigration to the United States over time by region. In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population. [1]
The program allows a combined total of 30,000 people per month from the four countries to enter the US. The program was implemented in 2022 to 2023 (Cuba, Haiti, and Nicaragua [1]) in response to high numbers of migrants and asylum seekers from these countries crossing into the US at the southwest border with Mexico. [2]
Only 85 refugees have entered through that program to date, State Department officials said, far below the goal of processing 5,000 refugees in fiscal year 2023.
On January 20, 2025 President Trump signed Executive Order 14155: "Realigning the United States Refugee Admissions Program" Executive order. This executive order does the following: Entry into the United States of refugees under the USRAP be suspended. This suspension shall take effect at 12:01 am eastern standard time on January 27, 2025.
The Biden administration plans to maintain refugee admissions to the United States at 125,000, according to a draft report obtained by CNN, and admit a larger share of refugees from the Western ...
A specified number of legally defined refugees who are granted refugee status outside the United States are annually admitted under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 for firm resettlement. [1] [2] Other people enter the United States with or without inspection, and apply for asylum under section 1158. [3] Asylum in the United States has two
The United States helped resettle roughly 2 million refugees between 1945 and 1979, when the country's refugee resettlement program was restructured. Refugees destined for the United States are screened by six different federal agencies. [43] The average time it takes from referral to arrival of a refugee is 18 to 24 months. [43] The United ...