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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]
In absolute numbers, the United States has by far the highest number of immigrants in the world, with 50,661,149 people as of 2019. [1][2] This represents 19.1% of the 244 million international migrants worldwide, and 14.4% of the United States' population.
By excluding all Chinese laborers from entering the country, the law severely curtailed the number of immigrants of Chinese descent allowed into the United States for 10 years. [52] The law was renewed in 1892 and 1902. During that period, Chinese migrants illegally entered the United States through the loosely-guarded U.S.–Canadian border. [53]
The arrival of Joseph, Oreus and as many as 15,000 other immigrants from Haiti over roughly the last three years has reshaped this city of 58,000, offering some promise of economic revival along ...
The surge of migrants since 2021, including asylum seekers and others, has lifted the U.S. and California economies by filling otherwise vacant jobs.
A 45-year-old Mexican woman who came to the United States 25 years ago and has three U.S.-born children said it was unfair that new arrivals get work permits over her. She earns $150 a week ...
It also would have replaced the word "alien" with "noncitizen" in United States immigration law. [68] [69] On January 23, 2021, Biden introduced the immigration bill to Congress, however it was not passed. [70] As introduced, the bill would have given a path to citizenship to 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.
The Border Patrol made roughly 54,000 apprehensions of immigrants trying to cross into the U.S. illegally in September, according to preliminary data obtained by NBC News, marking the lowest ...