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.
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At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
Latinos agree that the U.S. immigration system needs an overhaul; large shares say it requires major changes or needs to be completely rebuilt.
54% of Hispanics in the U.S. say establishing a way for most unauthorized immigrants to stay in the country legally is very important.
Since 2000, the size of the immigrant electorate has nearly doubled. More than 23 million U.S. immigrants will be eligible to vote in the 2020 presidential election.
Latinos are expected for the first time to be the nation’s largest racial or ethnicity minority in a U.S. presidential election.
California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.
In battleground states, Hispanics grew more than other racial or ethnic groups as a share of eligible voters.
More than 29 million Latinos are eligible to vote nationwide in 2018. The pool of eligible Hispanic voters has steadily grown in recent years.
Pew Research Center President Michael Dimock examines the changes – some profound, some subtle – that the U.S. experienced during Barack Obama’s presidency.
Hispanic voters this year make up an even larger share of the state’s registered voters than in past years, but the profile of the Latino electorate has shifted over the past decade or so.
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