Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
There are eight states where at least four-in-ten unauthorized immigrants will be eligible to benefit from the executive order announced Thursday by President Obama, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
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% […]
President Obama’s executive action to protect millions of unauthorized immigrants from deportation is an act that both follows and departs from precedents set by his predecessors.
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 […]
While social media sites were the most common place noted for online harassment in a recent Pew Research Center survey, about a fifth of internet users cited website comments sections as places where they had that experience.
From 2009 to 2012, the population of unauthorized immigrants rose in seven states and fell in 14. Losses in 13 states were due to drops in the number of unauthorized immigrants from Mexico.
If and when the new Congress considers implementing legislation for the TPP, that legislative fight might expose the dirty little secret of current American trade politics: both Democrats and Republicans in Congress seem to be out of touch with their own political bases on trade issues.
The restaurant and food service industry is the single biggest employer of near-minimum workers, employing 3.75 million near-minimum workers, about 18% of the total.
