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The population of unauthorized immigrants in the United States has been estimated to be around 10.99 million people as of 2022, a number which has seemingly stabilized after a period of...
The at-the-border apprehension rate helps the Office of Immigration Statistics model what proportion of illegal entries are prevented by apprehensions. Despite the relatively high number of encounters in 2021, the CBP’s estimated at-the-border apprehension rate averaged 78% from 2018 to 2020, compared to 35% from 2002 to 2004.
Government statistics show that in the initial processing of millions of encounters, 2.5 million people have been released into the U.S. and 2.8 million have been removed or expelled. Some...
This report presents population estimates by four categories of immigration status–lawful permanent residents, resident nonimmigrants, refugees and asylees, and unauthorized immigrants–and addresses unique COVID-19-related risks each status group may face.
In 2022 there was 46,118,600 immigrant residents in the United States or 13.8% of the US population according to the American Immigration Council. The number of undocumented or illegal immigrants stood at 9,940,700 in 2022 making up 21.6% of all immigrants or 3% of the total US population. [1]
The total number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. from countries other than Mexico grew rapidly between 2019 and 2022, from 5.8 million to 6.9 million. The number of unauthorized immigrants from almost every world region increased.
Immigration accounts for roughly half of yearly population growth in the US and immigrants make up for nearly 15% of the US population. In 2021, the total immigrant population was 45,270,103 people, an increase of 337,202 or 0.75% from 2019.
