Immigration changes draw broad public interest
President Obama’s executive action on immigration, expanding deportation relief to millions of undocumented immigrants, attracted strong public interest last week.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
State Unauthorized Immigrants 2012 Total Eligible for Protection Newly Eligible for Protection Percent Eligible Percent Newly Eligible U.S., Total 11,200,000 5,350,000 3,850,000 48% 35% California 2,450,000 1,250,000 950,000 52% 39% Texas 1,650,000 900,000 675,000 54% 41% Florida 925,000 375,000 210,000 41% 23% Illinois 475,000 250,000 200,000 53% 42% New York 750,000 300,000 200,000 39% 26% […]
Latin America is home to more than 425 million Catholics – nearly 40% of the world’s total Catholic population – and the Roman Catholic Church now has a Latin American pope for the first time in its history. Yet identification with Catholicism has declined throughout the region, according to a major new Pew Research Center […]