Americans’ Views of Deportations
Most say arrests of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally should be allowed at protests or in homes, but not at places of worship or schools.
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Diverse Cultures and Shared Experiences Shape Asian American Identities
Among Asian Adults living in the U.S., 52% say they most often describe themselves using ethnic labels that reflect their heritage and family roots, either alone or together with “American.” About six-in-ten (59%) say that what happens to Asians in the U.S. affects their own lives.
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Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 15% of the 118th Congress
At least 81 voting members of Congress (15%) are foreign born or have at least one parent who was born in another country.
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In Their Own Words: Asian Immigrants’ Experiences Navigating Language Barriers in the United States
Across 49 focus groups with Asian immigrants, daily challenges related to speaking English emerged as a common theme. Participants also shared frustration, stress and at times sadness in dealing with cultural and language barriers, and described support they received from others.
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Key facts about recent trends in global migration
The number of international migrants grew to 281 million in 2020; 3.6% of the world’s people lived outside their country of birth that year.
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After declining early in the COVID-19 outbreak, immigrant naturalizations in the U.S. are rising again
An estimated 940,000 immigrants became U.S. citizens during the 2022 fiscal year. That annual total would be the third-highest on record.
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Most Americans express support for taking in refugees, but opinions vary by party and other factors
72% of Americans say taking in civilian refugees should be an important goal for immigration policy in the United States.
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Republicans and Democrats have different top priorities for U.S. immigration policy
There are sizable ideological differences over the most pressing priorities for the U.S. immigration system within each partisan coalition.
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A year later, a look back at public opinion about the U.S. military exit from Afghanistan
Here’s how people in the U.S. and elsewhere have viewed the troop evacuation and its aftermath, and their broader attitudes about the war.
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Documentary: Being Asian in America
In this companion documentary, Asian American participants described navigating their own identity. These participants were not part of our focus group study but were similarly sampled to tell their own stories.
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Extended Interviews: Being Asian in America
The stories shared by participants in our video documentary reflect opinions, experiences and perspectives similar to those we heard in the focus groups. Watch extended interviews that were not included in our documentary but present thematically relevant stories.
