How Temporary Protected Status has expanded under the Biden administration
Since January 2021, the Biden administration has greatly expanded the number of immigrants who are eligible for Temporary Protected Status.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Since January 2021, the Biden administration has greatly expanded the number of immigrants who are eligible for Temporary Protected Status.
The unauthorized immigrant population in the United States reached 10.5 million in 2021. That was a modest increase over 2019 but nearly identical to 2017.
32% of U.S.-born Asian adults have hidden a part of their heritage, compared with 15% of immigrants.
Majorities of White Christian groups say the large number of migrants seeking to enter at the border with Mexico is a “crisis” for the United States.
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.
About one-in-four Asian Americans (24%) consider themselves extremely or very informed about the history of Asian people in the United States.
The number of immigrants receiving green cards as new lawful U.S. permanent residents bounced back last year to pre-pandemic levels.
Nearly four-in-ten Latinos (39%) say they worry that they, a family member or someone close to them could be deported.
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.
More than half of foreign-born Latinos describe themselves using the name of their origin country, versus 39% among U.S.-born adult children of immigrants.
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