U.S. public is split on birthright citizenship for people whose parents immigrated illegally
Half of U.S. adults say people born in the United States to parents who immigrated illegally should have U.S. citizenship, while 49% say they should not.
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Half of U.S. adults say people born in the United States to parents who immigrated illegally should have U.S. citizenship, while 49% say they should not.
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This report presents estimates of the number of unauthorized immigrants in the United States as of July 2023 and for earlier years. As noted earlier in this report, the estimates presented here supersede all previously published Pew Research Center estimates. The principal survey data used to produce the estimates and modifications made to the underlying […]
This report was written by Luis Noe-Bustamante, research associate; Sahana Mukherjee, associate director, race and ethnicity research; and Jens Manuel Krogstad, senior writer/editor. Editorial guidance was provided by Mark Hugo Lopez, director, race and ethnicity research; Kiana Cox, senior researcher; and Juliana Horowitz, associate director, social trends research. Methodological guidance was provided by Courtney Kennedy, […]
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