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short readsMar 30, 2018

What to know about the citizenship question the Census Bureau is planning to ask in 2020

The U.S. Census Bureau is planning to ask everyone living in the United States whether they are citizens when it conducts its next decennial census in 2020.
short readsJan 18, 2018

Naturalization rate among U.S. immigrants up since 2005, with India among the biggest gainers

Most of the United States’ 20 largest immigrant groups experienced increases in naturalization rates between 2005 and 2015, with India and Ecuador posting the biggest increases among origin countries.
reportSep 11, 2017

Asian Americans: A Diverse and Growing Population

A collection of fact sheets with detailed demographic and economic data on Asian Americans by country of origin.
short readsAug 3, 2017

5 key facts about U.S. lawful immigrants

Lawful immigrants account for three-quarters of the foreign-born population in the U.S. – 33.8 million people out of 44.7 million people in 2015.
reportJun 29, 2017

Mexican Lawful Immigrants Among the Least Likely to Become U.S. Citizens

While 67% of lawful immigrants eligible for naturalization had applied for and obtained U.S. citizenship by 2015, this share was only 42% among Mexicans.
short readsSep 15, 2016

Immigrant naturalization applications climb, but not as much as past years

The number of legal permanent residents applying for U.S. citizenship in the nine months starting last October is at its highest level in four years.
reportNov 19, 2015

More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S.

Between 2009 and 2014, about 140,000 more Mexican immigrants have returned to Mexico from the U.S. than have migrated here, citing family reunification as the main reason for leaving.
reportJun 4, 2015

Broad Public Support for Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants

Survey Report With immigration shaping up to be a major issue in both the final years of the Obama administration and the 2016 presidential campaign, most Americans (72%) continue to say undocumented immigrants currently living in the U.S. should be allowed to stay in the country legally, if certain requirements are met. These views have […]
reportDec 11, 2014

Immigration Action Gets Mixed Response, But Legal Pathway Still Popular

Survey Report The public is divided over President Obama’s recent executive action that expands the number of undocumented immigrants permitted to stay and work in the U.S. At the same time, Americans continue to broadly support a pathway to legal status for people in this country illegally. About as many disapprove (50%) as approve (46%) […]
short readsAug 5, 2014

27 countries limit a woman’s ability to pass citizenship to her child or spouse

To most Americans, citizenship, like DNA, seems like something a parent passes to a child without thought or effort. And indeed, for fathers around the world, that’s almost universally true. But one-in-seven countries currently have laws or policies prohibiting or limiting the rights of women to pass citizenship to a child or non-citizen spouse.

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Naturalization rate among U.S. immigrants up since 2005, with India among the biggest gainers

5 key facts about U.S. lawful immigrants

Mexican Lawful Immigrants Among the Least Likely to Become U.S. Citizens

Immigrant naturalization applications climb, but not as much as past years

More Mexicans Leaving Than Coming to the U.S.

Broad Public Support for Legal Status for Undocumented Immigrants

Immigration Action Gets Mixed Response, But Legal Pathway Still Popular

27 countries limit a woman’s ability to pass citizenship to her child or spouse

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