short readsMay 18, 2023 5 facts about Arabic speakers in the U.S. The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. has risen from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 million in 2021.
short readsDec 1, 2022 After declining early in the COVID-19 outbreak, immigrant naturalizations in the U.S. are rising again An estimated 940,000 immigrants became U.S. citizens during the 2022 fiscal year. That annual total would be the third-highest on record.
short readsDec 16, 2022 Key facts about recent trends in global migration The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.
short readsApr 13, 2021 Key facts about the changing U.S. unauthorized immigrant population The unauthorized immigrant population’s size and composition has ebbed and flowed significantly over the past 30 years.
short readsFeb 12, 2021 Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 14% of the 117th Congress At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
short readsJun 22, 2020 Sharp decline in remittances expected in 2020 amid COVID-19 lockdowns in top sending nations Remittances – money sent by migrants to their home countries – are projected to fall by a record 20% this year.
short readsAug 20, 2020 Key findings about U.S. immigrants Today, more than 40 million people living in the U.S. were born in another country, accounting for about one-fifth of the world’s migrants.
short readsNov 14, 2019 5 facts about unauthorized immigration in Europe The number of unauthorized immigrants living in Europe increased between 2014 and 2016, then leveled off to an estimated 3.9 million to 4.8 million in 2017, according to new estimates from Pew Research Center.
short readsAug 9, 2019 People around the world express more support for taking in refugees than immigrants People around the world are more accepting of refugees fleeing violence and war than they are of immigrants moving to their country.
short readsJun 19, 2019 Canada now leads the world in refugee resettlement, surpassing the U.S. Canada resettled 28,000 refugees in 2018, similar to its 2017 total. Meanwhile, the U.S. resettled 23,000, down from the previous year.