Why Asian Immigrants Come to the U.S. and How They View Life Here
Most say they’d move to the U.S. again if they could and cite a good comparative standard of living. But 59% also see major issues with the immigration system.
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What we know about the U.S. H-1B visa program
Nearly 400,000 H-1B applications were approved in fiscal year 2024, most of which were applications to renew employment.
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How Much Discrimination Do Americans Say Groups Face in the U.S.?
Republicans are less likely than in 2024 to say there is discrimination against Black, Hispanic, Asian and White people.
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Trump and Harris Supporters Differ on Mass Deportations but Favor Border Security, High-Skilled Immigration
A majority of Trump backers say more immigrants would make life worse for people like them, while most Harris backers say life wouldn’t change.
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How TPS has changed under Trump
Weekly Roundup The latest findings from Pew Research Center · Subscribe ↗ From our research The share of U.S. parents with kids under 18 who are highly confident the childhood vaccine schedule is safe, according to a fall 2025 survey. Another 27% are somewhat confident, while 24% are not too or not at all confident.
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5 facts about Buddhists in the United States
Today, there are millions of Buddhists in the United States, including many who were born to Buddhist families and others who converted into the religion.
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Republicans’ Views of Justice Department, FBI Rebound as Democrats’ Views Shift More Negative
The U.S. Postal Service, Park Service, Weather Service and NASA are viewed favorably by Republicans and Democrats, while views of ICE are deeply polarized.
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U.S. immigrant population in 2023 saw largest increase in more than 20 years
The number of immigrants living in the U.S. grew by about 1.6 million people in 2023, the largest annual increase by number since 2000.
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2. How different groups of U.S. Hispanics describe ‘machismo’
Descriptions of machismo differ among Hispanics by language dominance, nativity and immigrant generation, and whether their partner is also Hispanic.
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Federal agency X accounts are getting far more engagement in the second Trump term than under Biden
Federal agencies are getting far more audience engagement on X in the second Trump administration than they did during the final year of the Biden administration.