Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 15% of the 118th Congress
At least 81 voting members of Congress (15%) are foreign born or have at least one parent who was born in another country.
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At least 81 voting members of Congress (15%) are foreign born or have at least one parent who was born in another country.
At least 76 of the voting members of the 117th Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent born in another country.
California has more immigrant eligible voters (5.5 million) than any other state, followed by New York, Florida, Texas and New Jersey.
More than one-in-five voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate are racial or ethnic minorities.
The 69 immigrants and children of immigrants in the 116th Congress claim heritage in 38 countries and are overwhelmingly Democrats.
At least 65 of the current voting members of Congress are immigrants or the children of immigrants. These members represent nearly half of U.S. states.
The number of Hispanic registered voters in Florida has increased 6.2% since the 2016 presidential election, to a record 2.1 million people. Hispanics now make up a record 16.4% of Florida’s registered voters, up from 15.7% in 2016.
About a million immigrants receive U.S. green cards each year, but fewer than half are new arrivals from other countries. The majority already live in the United States on temporary visas.
Of the 64 countries in this category, about half have Christian symbols (48%) and about a third include Islamic religious symbols (33%).
In recent decades, no incumbents from the 10 Latin American countries in South America have lost bids for re-election.
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