Immigrant workforce in the US reaches a record high

New US record: Fifty-one million immigrants, nearly 20% of workforce

And they are gobbling up U.S. jobs. “In February 2024, the 31 million immigrant workers accounted for 19.3 % of workers — both new record highs.

Southwest Land Border Encounters - Customs and Border Protection

Demographics for U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) and Office of Field Operations (OFO) include: Accompanied Minors (AM) Individuals in a Family Unit (FMUA) Single ...

Sharp slowdown in US job growth boosts unemployment rate to 4.3%

They argued that the rise in the jobless rate was not because of layoffs, but rather an immigration induced jump in labor supply. About 420,000 ...

The U.S. Immigration Debate | Council on Foreign Relations

The United States is home to more foreign-born residents than any other country in the world. In 2022, immigrants composed almost 14 percent of ...

Immigrants drove majority of US workforce expansion last year

Data from the US Labor Department in May this year showed it was foreign-born workers who drove the majority of the US labour force ...

Can the US handle more immigration? History and the Census ...

Pugliese immigrated to the U.S. soon after the immigrant population reached an all-time high as a percent of America's total. That historical ...

December migrant surge at Southern border largest in more than ...

Border authorities encountered more than 225,000 migrants along the US-Mexico border this month, marking the highest monthly total recorded ...

Three reasons why so many migrants want to cross from Mexico to US

Migrant arrivals at the border have risen to record highs during President Joe Biden's administration, a massive political headache for him ...

Employment-Based Immigrant Visas - Travel

Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Unskilled Workers (Other Workers) receive 28.6 percent of the yearly worldwide limit of employment-based immigrant visas, ...

Sharply More Americans Want to Curb Immigration to U.S.

The shifts in attitudes have come after monthly illegal border crossings reached record levels late last year. They have dropped ...

Effects of the Immigration Surge on the Federal Budget and the ...

In CBO's projections, about 2 million children are born in the United States to immigrants in the surge population from 2021 to 2034. After ...

Migration to rich countries hits record high in 2023 : r/neoliberal

The US received 1.2mn permanent legal immigrants. Economists believe the surge in cross-border movement has helped rich economies recover from ...

Trump Administration Accomplishments – The White House

America gained 7 million new jobs – more than three times government experts' projections. Middle-Class family income increased nearly $6,000 – more than five ...

World Migration Report 2024 Reveals Latest Global Trends and ...

281 million international migrants globally; number of those displaced hit a record high by the end of 2022 at 117 million. To access the World ...

The U.S. Health System and Immigration: An Institutional Interpretation

The number of immigrants has been rising six times faster than the native-born population during the last decade. In cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and New ...

News from TRAC - Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse

(05 Jan 2024) According to the latest data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), twelve immigrant detention facilities in the United States currently ...

U.S. Sees Biggest Yearly Surge In Immigrant Population For 20 years

Although the U.S. immigrant population hit a record high in 2023, their share of the total population remained below the all-time peak.

How Does Immigration Affect the United States? - UC Davis

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, immigrants made up 13.9% of the total population in 2022. Among them are highly skilled workers who ...

The U.S. Economy Is Surpassing Expectations. Immigration Is One ...

Net migration in the year that ended July 1, 2023, reached the highest level since 2017. The foreign-born now make up 18.6 percent of the labor ...

International Migration Outlook 2023 - OECD

With more than 6 million new permanent immigrants (not including Ukrainian refugees), permanent-type migration to OECD countries reached a record level in 2022.