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    Methodology

    The estimates presented in this report supersede all previously published Pew Research Center estimates. Although this report draws largely on U.S. Census Bureau data, our estimates will not generally agree exactly with those published by the Census Bureau because we include adjustments for survey omissions and corrections for various types of survey errors and anomalies. […]

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    2. Unauthorized immigrants are more likely to be long-term residents

    Long-term unauthorized immigrant adults are no longer the exception and have become a decided majority of this population in the years since 2007. In 2016, about two-thirds of unauthorized immigrant adults had lived in the U.S. for more than a decade, and the share has risen from less than half (41%) in 2007. Only 18% […]

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    Appendix A: References

    Baker, Bryan. 2017. “Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2014.” Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics, July. Bean, Frank D., R. Corona, R. Tuirán and K. Woodrow-Lafield. 1998. “The Quantification of Migration Between Mexico and the United States.” In Migration Between Mexico and the […]

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    2. Worries, priorities and potential problem-solvers

    When Americans look to the future, they see threats on multiple fronts. Majorities are at least somewhat worried about moral values, climate change, the state of our public schools and the soundness of our economic system. The public views providing quality, affordable health care to all Americans, increasing spending for education and reducing the national […]

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    4. Views of immigration policy

    When Hispanics in the U.S. were surveyed last year, shortly before the inauguration of Donald Trump, about half said they worried that they or someone they knew could be deported. In a new survey this year, that share rose to a majority of all Hispanics – and fully two-thirds of Hispanic immigrants. The new survey […]