Editing Immigration to the United States

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[[File:USANewImmigrantGuide.jpg|thumb|A welcome notice to new immigrants]]
[[File:L-15-12-22-A-036 (23914007905).jpg|thumb|Naturalization ceremony at [[Oakton High School]] in [[Fairfax County, Virginia|Fairfax County]], Virginia, December 2015]]
[[File:Naturalization Ceremony Grand Canyon 20100923mq 0555 (5021872334).jpg|thumb|Immigrants to the United States take the [[Oath of Allegiance (United States)|Oath of Allegiance]] at a naturalization ceremony at the [[Grand Canyon National Park]] in [[Arizona]], September 2010.]]
[[File:Population-growth-rate-with-and-without-migration.png|thumb|Population growth rate with and without migration in the U.S.]]

'''[[Immigration]] to the [[United States]]''' has been a major source of population growth and [[Culture of the United States|cultural change]] throughout much of [[history of the United States|its history]]. As of January 2025, the United States has the largest [[List of sovereign states by immigrant and emigrant population|immigrant population in the world]] in absolute terms, with 53.3 million foreign-born residents, representing 15.8% of the total U.S. population—both record highs.<ref name="UNdef">{{Cite web |last=Camarota |first=Steven A. |last2=Zeigler |first2=Karen |date=2025-03-12 |title=Foreign-Born Number and Share of U.S. Population at All-Time Highs in January 2025 |url=https://cis.org/Report/ForeignBorn-Number-and-Share-US-Population-AllTime-Highs-January-2025 |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=CIS.org |language=en}}</ref> While the United States represented about 4% of the total global population in 2024, 17% of all international migrants resided in the United States.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Batalova |first=Jeanne Batalova Jeanne |date=2025-03-11 |title=Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=migrationpolicy.org |language=en}}</ref> In March 2025, the [[Federation for American Immigration Reform]] (FAIR) estimated that approximately 18.6 million [[Illegal immigration|illegal immigrants]] resided in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-07 |title=How Many Illegal Aliens Are in the United States? 2025 Update {{!}} FAIRUS.org |url=https://www.fairus.org/issue/how-many-illegal-aliens-are-united-states-2025-update#:~:text=Click%20to%20read%20or%20download,population%20to%20account%20for%20it. |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=www.fairus.org |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, immigrants and their [[Second-generation immigrants in the United States|U.S.-born children]] number more than 93 million people, or 28% of the total U.S. population.<ref name=":4" />

According to the 2016 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, the United States admitted a total of 1.18&nbsp;million legal immigrants (618k new arrivals, 565k status adjustments) in 2016.<ref name="2016Yearbook">{{cite web |title=Table 7. Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status By Type And Detailed Class Of Admission: Fiscal Year 2016–2016 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2016/table7 |website=DHS.gov |publisher=[[United States Department of Homeland Security]] (DHS) |access-date=June 23, 2018 |date=December 18, 2017 |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403052733/https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2016/table7 |url-status=live }}</ref> Of these, 48% were the immediate relatives of [[United States citizen]]s, 20% were family-sponsored, 13% were [[refugee]]s or [[asylum seeker]]s, 12% were employment-based preferences, 4.2% were part of the [[Diversity Immigrant Visa]] program, 1.4% were victims of a crime (U1) or their family members were (U2 to U5),<ref>{{cite web |title=Green Card for a Victim of a Crime (U Nonimmigrant) |url=https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/other-ways-get-green-card/green-card-a-victim-a-crime-u-nonimmigrant |website=www.uscis.gov |access-date=July 30, 2019|date=May 23, 2018 }}</ref> and 1.0% who were granted the [[Special Immigrant Visa]] (SIV) for Iraqis and Afghans employed by the United States Government.<ref name="2016Yearbook"/> The remaining 0.4% included small numbers from several other categories, including 0.2% who were granted suspension of deportation as an immediate relative of a citizen (Z13);<ref>{{cite web |title=INS Class of Admission Codes|url=https://www.hplct.org/assets/uploads/files/Library%20Services/Immigration/BLOGS/INS_CLASS_of_Admissions.pdf |website=www.hplct.org |access-date=July 30, 2019}}</ref> persons admitted under the [[Nicaraguan and Central American Relief Act]]; children born after the issuance of a parent's visa; and certain parolees from the former Soviet Union, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam who were denied refugee status.<ref name="2016Yearbook"/>

Between 1921 and 1965 policies such as the [[National Origins Formula]] limited immigration and [[naturalization]] opportunities for people from areas outside Northwestern Europe. Exclusion laws enacted as early as the 1880s generally prohibited or severely restricted immigration from Asia, and quota laws enacted in the 1920s curtailed Southern and Eastern European immigration. The [[civil rights movement]] led to the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965|replacement]]<ref name="american-gatekeeping" /> of these ethnic quotas with per-country limits for family-sponsored and employment-based preference visas.<ref name="per-country">{{cite web|url=http://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/country-limit|title=Per Country Limit|publisher=[[U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121232201/http://www.uscis.gov/tools/glossary/country-limit|archive-date=January 21, 2016}} in 1965.</ref> Between 1970 and 2007, the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States quadrupled from 9.6&nbsp;million to 38.1&nbsp;million residents.<ref name="migrationinformation" /><ref name="google1" /> Census estimates show 45.3&nbsp;million foreign born residents in the United States as of March 2018 and 45.4&nbsp;million in September 2021, the lowest three-year increase in decades.<ref>{{cite web |title=Monthly Census Bureau Data Shows Big Increase in Foreign-Born |date=November 2, 2021 |url=https://cis.org/Camarota/Monthly-Census-Bureau-Data-Shows-Big-Increase-ForeignBorn |access-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-date=December 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217044905/https://cis.org/Camarota/Monthly-Census-Bureau-Data-Shows-Big-Increase-ForeignBorn |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, out of the U.S. foreign-born population, some 45% (20.7&nbsp;million) were naturalized citizens, 27% (12.3&nbsp;million) were lawful permanent residents, 6% (2.2&nbsp;million) were temporary lawful residents, and 23% (10.5&nbsp;million) were unauthorized immigrants.<ref name="KeyFindings">{{cite web|date=June 17, 2019|title=Key findings about U.S. immigrants|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=April 28, 2023|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227051906/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/06/17/key-findings-about-u-s-immigrants/|url-status=live}}</ref> The United States led the world in [[refugee resettlement]] for decades, admitting more refugees than the rest of the world combined.<ref name="PewRefugees">{{cite web|title=Key facts about refugees to the U.S.|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/07/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/|author=Jens Manuel Krogstad|date=October 7, 2019|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=April 28, 2023|archive-date=October 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006022557/https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/10/07/key-facts-about-refugees-to-the-u-s/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Some research suggests that immigration is beneficial to the United States economy. With few exceptions, the evidence suggests that on average, immigration has positive economic effects on the native population, but it is mixed as to whether low-skilled immigration adversely affects low-skilled natives. Studies also show that immigrants have lower crime rates than natives in the United States.<ref name="NASEM-2015">{{Cite book|date=2015|title=The Integration of Immigrants into American Society|url=https://www.nap.edu/read/21746/chapter/9#326|language=en|publisher=National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine|doi=10.17226/21746|quote=Americans have long believed that immigrants are more likely than natives to commit crimes and that rising immigration leads to rising crime ... This belief is remarkably resilient to the contrary evidence that immigrants are in fact much less likely than natives to commit crimes.|isbn=978-0-309-37398-2|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=April 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402111002/https://www.nap.edu/read/21746/chapter/9#326|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="doleac">{{Cite news |last=Doleac |first=Jennifer |date=February 14, 2017 |title=Are immigrants more likely to commit crimes? |language=en-US |newspaper=Econofact |publisher=[[Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy]] |url=http://econofact.org/are-immigrants-more-likely-to-commit-crimes |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216053942/http://econofact.org/are-immigrants-more-likely-to-commit-crimes |archive-date=February 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name="crimearticles">* {{Cite journal |last1=Graif |first1=Corina |last2=Sampson |first2=Robert J. |date=July 15, 2009 |title=Spatial Heterogeneity in the Effects of Immigration and Diversity on Neighborhood Homicide Rates |journal=Homicide Studies |volume=13 |issue=3 |pages=242–60 |doi=10.1177/1088767909336728 |issn=1088-7679 |pmc=2911240 |pmid=20671811}}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Lee |first1=Matthew T. |last2=Martinez |first2=Ramiro |last3=Rosenfeld |first3=Richard |date=September 1, 2001 |title=Does Immigration Increase Homicide? |journal=Sociological Quarterly |language=en |volume=42 |issue=4 |pages=559–80 |doi=10.1111/j.1533-8525.2001.tb01780.x |issn=1533-8525 |s2cid=143182621}}
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* {{cite journal |last1=MacDonald |first1=John M. |last2=Hipp |first2=John R. |last3=Gill |first3=Charlotte |date=June 2, 2012 |title=The Effects of Immigrant Concentration on Changes in Neighborhood Crime Rates |url=http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/9x17m7w5 |journal=Journal of Quantitative Criminology |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=191–215 |doi=10.1007/s10940-012-9176-8 |s2cid=26475008 |access-date=November 14, 2018 |archive-date=November 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181115112825/https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9x17m7w5 |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite journal |last1=Adelman |first1=Robert |last2=Reid |first2=Lesley Williams |last3=Markle |first3=Gail |last4=Weiss |first4=Saskia |last5=Jaret |first5=Charles |date=January 2, 2017 |title=Urban crime rates and the changing face of immigration: Evidence across four decades |journal=Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=52–77 |doi=10.1080/15377938.2016.1261057 |issn=1537-7938 |s2cid=147588658}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Harris |first1=Casey T. |last2=Feldmeyer |first2=Ben |date=January 2013 |title=Latino immigration and White, Black, and Latino violent crime: A comparison of traditional and non-traditional immigrant destinations |journal=Social Science Research |volume=42 |issue=1 |pages=202–16 |doi=10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.08.014 |pmid=23146607}}</ref> The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding such issues as maintaining [[American ethnicity|ethnic homogeneity]], workers for employers versus jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, impact on upward [[socioeconomic mobility in the United States|social mobility]], [[Crime in the United States|crime]], and voting behavior.

== History ==
{{Main|History of immigration to the United States}}
{{See also|European immigration to the Americas}}
[[File:Welcome to the land of freedom.png|thumb|An 1887 illustration of immigrants on an ocean steamer passing the [[Statue of Liberty]] in [[New York Harbor]]]]
Due to its history the United States can be described as an [[immigration country]]. American immigration history can be viewed in four epochs: the colonial period, the mid-19th century, the start of the 20th century, and post-1965. Each period brought distinct national groups, races, and ethnicities to the United States.

=== Colonial period ===
During the 17th century, approximately 400,000 [[English people]] migrated to America [[European colonization of the Americas|under European colonization]].<ref name="virtualjamestown"/> They comprised 83.5% of the white population at the time of the first census in 1790.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/century-of-growth/1790-1900-century-of-growth-part-1.pdf#page=121 |title=A Century of Population Growth. From the First to the Twelfth Census of the United States: 1790–1900. |access-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-date=September 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910221959/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/century-of-growth/1790-1900-century-of-growth-part-1.pdf#page=121 |url-status=live }}</ref> From 1700 to 1775, between 350,000 and 500,000 Europeans immigrated: estimates vary in sources. Regarding English settlers of the 18th century, one source says 52,000 English migrated during the period of 1701 to 1775, although this figure is likely too low.<ref>Butler, ''Becoming America, The Revolution before 1776'', 2000, pp.&nbsp;34–35 {{ISBN|0-674-00091-9}}</ref><ref>''The Oxford History of the British Empire'', "The Eighteenth Century," Ed. P. J. Marshall, p.&nbsp;3 {{ISBN|0-19-820563-5}} the number given is at 80,000 less 29,000 Welsh which seems strange to the author, James Horn; Duncan also regards this as a "mystery"; it does not include the 50,000–120,000 convicts transported, most of whom were English</ref> 400,000–450,000 of the 18th-century migrants were Scots, [[Ulster Scots people|Scots-Irish]] from Ulster, [[Germans]], [[Swiss people|Swiss]], and [[Huguenots|French Huguenots]].<ref>''Encyclopedia of the Colonial and Revolutionary America'', 1996 pp.&nbsp;200–02 {{ISBN|0-306-80687-8}}; Jon Butler, ''Becoming America, The Revolution before 1776'', 2000, pp.&nbsp;16–49 {{ISBN|0-674-00091-9}})</ref> Over half of all European immigrants to Colonial America during the 17th and 18th centuries arrived as [[indentured servant]]s.<ref name="mertsahinoglu"/> They numbered 350,000.<ref>Encyclopedia, p.&nbsp;202)</ref> From 1770 to 1775 (the latter year being when the [[American Revolutionary War]] began), 7,000 English, 15,000 Scots, 13,200 Scots-Irish, 5,200 Germans, and 3,900 [[Irish Catholics]] migrated to the [[Thirteen Colonies]].<ref>Butler, p. 35</ref> According to Butler (2000), up to half of English migrants in the 18th century may have been young, single men who were well-skilled, trained artisans, like the Huguenots.<ref>Butler, p. 35 producers of watches, jewelry, furniture, skilled construction workers, food and service trade workers</ref> Based on scholarly analysis, ''English'' was the largest single ancestry in all U.S. states at the time of the first census in 1790, ranging from a high of 82% in Massachusetts to a low of 35.3% in Pennsylvania, where Germans accounted for 33.3%.

=== Origins of immigrant stock in 1790 ===
The [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] published preliminary estimates of the origins of the colonial American population by scholarly classification of the names of all [[White Americans|White]] heads of families recorded in the [[1790 United States census|1790 census]] in a 1909 report entitled ''A Century of Population Growth''.<ref name="CPG1909" /> These initial estimates were scrutinized and rejected following passage of the [[Immigration Act of 1924]], when the government required accurate official estimates of the origins of the [[Old Stock Americans|colonial stock]] population as basis for computing [[National Origins Formula]] immigration quotas in the 1920s. In 1927, proposed quotas based on CPG figures were rejected by the President's Committee chaired by the [[United States Secretary of State|Secretaries of State]], [[United States Secretary of Commerce|Commerce]], and [[United States Secretary of Labor|Labor]], with the President reporting to Congress "the statistical and historical information available raises grave doubts as to the whole value of these computations as the basis for the purposes intended".<ref name="ACLS1929" /> Concluding that CPG "had not been accepted by scholars as better than a first approximation of the truth", an extensive scientific revision was produced, in collaboration with the [[American Council of Learned Societies]] (ACLS), as basis for computing contemporary legal immigration quotas.<ref name="trends" /> For this task scholars estimated the proportion of names of unique derivation from each of the major national stocks present in the population as of the 1790 census. The final results, later also published in the journal of the [[American Historical Association]], are presented below:<ref name="ACLS1929" />

{{small|{{flagicon|United States|1776}} Estimated Nationalities of the [[White Americans|White American]] population in the [[Contiguous United States|Continental United States]] as of the [[1790 United States census|1790 Census]]{{flagicon|USA|1777-Ross}}}}<ref name="ACLS1929">{{cite book|author=American Council of Learned Societies. Committee on Linguistic and National Stocks in the Population of the United States|date=1932|title=Report of the Committee on Linguistic and National Stocks in the Population of the United States|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVA42JB6IYsC&pg=PA101|author-link=American Council of Learned Societies|oclc=1086749050|access-date=December 1, 2022|archive-date=November 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130212204/https://books.google.com/books?id=DVA42JB6IYsC&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! colspan=1 rowspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|State or Territory||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|England}}[[English Americans|English]]{{flagicon|Wales|1959}}{{efn|And [[Welsh Americans|Welsh]]; ethnic [[Welsh people]] making up approximately 7–10% of settlers from [[England and Wales]]}}||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Scotland|1542}}[[Scottish Americans|Scotch]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Northern Ireland|saltire}}[[Scotch-Irish Americans|Scotch-Irish]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Ireland|green}}[[Irish Americans|Irish]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Holy Roman Empire}}[[German Americans|German]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Dutch Republic|1581}}[[Dutch Americans|Dutch]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|France|1790}}[[French Americans|French]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Sweden|1562}}[[Swedish Americans|Swedish]]{{flagicon|Finland|1918}}{{efn|And [[Finnish Americans|Finnish]] (including [[Forest Finns]]); ethnic [[Finns]] making up more than half of [[New Sweden|New Swedish]] colonial settlers<ref name="forest">{{cite web|last=Wedin|first=Maud|title = Highlights of Research in Scandinavia on Forest Finns|publisher=American-Swedish Organization|date=October 2012|url= http://www.americanswedish.org/Highlights%20of%20Research%20on%20Forest%20Finns.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200220/http://www.americanswedish.org/Highlights%20of%20Research%20on%20Forest%20Finns.pdf|archive-date=April 9, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|{{flagicon|Spain|1785}}[[Spanish Americans|Spanish]]||colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|Other||rowspan=2 colspan=1 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|Total
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|border = "1"|{{flagu|Connecticut}}
|align="right"|{{nts|155,598}}
|align="right"|67.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|5,109}}
|align="right"|2.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,180}}
|align="right"|1.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,555}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|697}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|600}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,100}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|25}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|61,372}}
|align="right"|26.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|232,236}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Delaware}}
|align="right"|{{nts|27,786}}
|align="right"|60.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,705}}
|align="right"|8.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,918}}
|align="right"|6.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,501}}
|align="right"|5.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|509}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,000}}
|align="right"|4.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|750}}
|align="right"|1.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,100}}
|align="right"|8.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|2,041}}
|align="right"|4.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|46,310}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Georgia (U.S. state)}}
|align="right"|{{nts|30,357}}
|align="right"|57.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|8,197}}
|align="right"|15.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,082}}
|align="right"|11.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,010}}
|align="right"|3.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,019}}
|align="right"|7.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|100}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,200}}
|align="right"|2.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|300}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|621}}
|align="right"|1.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|52,886}}
|-
|border = "1"; align="left"|{{flagu|Kentucky}} & {{flagu|Tennessee}}
|align="right"|{{nts|53,874}}
|align="right"|57.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|9,305}}
|align="right"|10.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,513}}
|align="right"|7.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,838}}
|align="right"|5.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|13,026}}
|align="right"|14.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,200}}
|align="right"|1.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,000}}
|align="right"|2.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|500}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|1,790}}
|align="right"|1.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|93,046}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Maine}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|57,664}}
|align="right"|60.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,325}}
|align="right"|4.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|7,689}}
|align="right"|8.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,556}}
|align="right"|3.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,249}}
|align="right"|1.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|100}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,200}}
|align="right"|1.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|20,324}}
|align="right"|21.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|96,107}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Maryland}} & {{flagu|District of Columbia}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|134,579}}
|align="right"|64.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|15,857}}
|align="right"|7.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|12,102}}
|align="right"|5.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|13,562}}
|align="right"|6.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|24,412}}
|align="right"|11.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,000}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,500}}
|align="right"|1.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|950}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|3,687}}
|align="right"|1.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|208,649}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Massachusetts}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|306,013}}
|align="right"|82.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|16,420}}
|align="right"|4.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|9,703}}
|align="right"|2.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,851}}
|align="right"|1.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,120}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|600}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,000}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|75}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|31,405}}
|align="right"|8.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|373,187}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|New Hampshire}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|86,078}}
|align="right"|61.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|8,749}}
|align="right"|6.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,491}}
|align="right"|4.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,092}}
|align="right"|2.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|564}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|100}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,000}}
|align="right"|0.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|34,038}}
|align="right"|24.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|141,112}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|New Jersey}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|79,878}}
|align="right"|47.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|13,087}}
|align="right"|7.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|10,707}}
|align="right"|6.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|5,439}}
|align="right"|3.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|15,636}}
|align="right"|9.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|28,250}}
|align="right"|16.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,000}}
|align="right"|2.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,650}}
|align="right"|3.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|6,307}}
|align="right"|3.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|169,954}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|New York (state)|1778}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|163,470}}
|align="right"|52.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|22,006}}
|align="right"|7.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|16,033}}
|align="right"|5.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|9,431}}
|align="right"|3.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|25,778}}
|align="right"|8.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|55,000}}
|align="right"|17.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|12,000}}
|align="right"|3.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,500}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|9,148}}
|align="right"|2.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|314,366}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|North Carolina}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|190,860}}
|align="right"|66.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|42,799}}
|align="right"|14.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|16,483}}
|align="right"|5.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|15,616}}
|align="right"|5.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|13,592}}
|align="right"|4.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|800}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,800}}
|align="right"|1.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|700}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|3,531}}
|align="right"|1.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|289,181}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Pennsylvania}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|149,451}}
|align="right"|35.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|36,410}}
|align="right"|8.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|46,571}}
|align="right"|11.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|14,818}}
|align="right"|3.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|140,983}}
|align="right"|33.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|7,500}}
|align="right"|1.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|7,500}}
|align="right"|1.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,325}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|16,815}}
|align="right"|4.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|423,373}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Rhode Island}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|45,916}}
|align="right"|71.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,751}}
|align="right"|5.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,293}}
|align="right"|2.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|517}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|323}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|250}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|500}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|50}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|12,070}}
|align="right"|18.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|64,670}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|South Carolina}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|84,387}}
|align="right"|60.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|21,167}}
|align="right"|15.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|13,177}}
|align="right"|9.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,168}}
|align="right"|4.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|7,009}}
|align="right"|5.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|500}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|5,500}}
|align="right"|3.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|325}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|1,945}}
|align="right"|1.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|140,178}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Vermont|1770}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|64,655}}
|align="right"|76.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,339}}
|align="right"|5.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,722}}
|align="right"|3.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,616}}
|align="right"|1.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|170}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|500}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|350}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|10,720}}
|align="right"|12.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|85,072}}
|-
|border = "1"|{{flagu|Virginia}} & {{flagu|West Virginia}} 
|align="right"|{{nts|302,850}}
|align="right"|68.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|45,096}}
|align="right"|10.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|27,411}}
|align="right"|6.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|24,316}}
|align="right"|5.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|27,853}}
|align="right"|6.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,500}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,500}}
|align="right"|1.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,600}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|3,991}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|442,117}}
|- bgcolor="lightgrey"
|border = "1"; align="left"|{{Sort|1790 Area Enumerated|'''''{{flagicon|Thirteen Colonies}} [[1790 United States census|1790 Census Area]]'''''}}
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|1,933,416}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''60.9%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|260,322}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''8.2%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|190,075}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''6.0%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|115,886}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''3.7%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|276,940}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''8.7%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|100,000}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''3.2%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|54,900}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''1.7%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|21,100}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''0.7%'''''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|219,805}}'''''
|align="right"|'''''6.9%'''''
|align="right"|'''''{{nts|3,172,444}}'''''
|- bgcolor="#EEF0F0"
|border = "1"; align="left"|{{Sort|Northwest|''{{flagicon|Ohio}} [[Northwest Territory]]''}}
|align="right"|''{{nts|3,130}}''
|align="right"|''29.8%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|428}}''
|align="right"|''4.1%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|307}}''
|align="right"|''2.9%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|190}}''
|align="right"|''1.8%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|445}}''
|align="right"|''4.2%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|6,000}}''
|align="right"|''57.1%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|10,500}}''
|- bgcolor="#EEF0F0"
|border = "1"; align="left"|{{Sort|French|''{{flagicon|New France}} [[French America]]''}}
|align="right"|''{{nts|2,240}}''
|align="right"|''11.2%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|305}}''
|align="right"|''1.5%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|220}}''
|align="right"|''1.1%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|135}}''
|align="right"|''0.7%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|1,750}}''
|align="right"|''8.8%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|12,850}}''
|align="right"|''64.3%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|2,500}}''
|align="right"|''12.5%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|20,000}}''
|- bgcolor="#EEF0F0"
|border = "1"; align="left"|''{{flagicon|Spanish Empire}} [[Spanish America]]''
|align="right"|''{{nts|610}}''
|align="right"|''2.5%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|83}}''
|align="right"|''0.4%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|60}}''
|align="right"|''0.3%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|37}}''
|align="right"|''0.2%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|85}}''
|align="right"|''0.4%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|23,125}}''
|align="right"|''96.4%''
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|''{{nts|24,000}}''
|-
|- class="sortbottom" bgcolor="#B8E2E9"
|border = "1"; align="center"|'''{{flagu|United States|1795}}'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|1,939,396}}'''
|align="right"|'''60.1%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|261,138}}'''
|align="right"|'''8.1%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|190,662}}'''
|align="right"|'''5.9%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|116,248}}'''
|align="right"|'''3.6%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|279,220}}'''
|align="right"|'''8.7%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|100,000}}'''
|align="right"|'''3.1%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|73,750}}'''
|align="right"|'''2.3%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|21,100}}'''
|align="right"|'''0.7%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|25,625}}'''
|align="right"|'''0.8%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|219,805}}'''
|align="right"|'''6.8%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|3,226,944}}'''
|}
{{notelist}}

Historians estimate that fewer than one million immigrants moved to the United States from Europe between 1600 and 1799.<ref name="history"/> By comparison, in the first federal census, in 1790, the population of the United States was enumerated to be 3,929,214.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1790_fast_facts.html |title=History: 1790 Fast Facts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=April 24, 2018 |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009051127/https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1790_fast_facts.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

These statistics do not include the 17.8% of the population who were enslaved, according to the [[1790 census]].

=== Early United States era ===
[[File:Ellis island 1902.jpg|thumb|Immigrants arriving at [[Ellis Island]] in 1902]]
The [[Naturalization Act of 1790]] limited naturalization to "free white persons"; it was expanded to include black people in the 1860s and Asian people in the 1950s.<ref name="Encyclopedia of Minorities in American Politics: African Americans and Asian Americans"/> This made the United States an outlier, since laws that made racial distinctions were uncommon in the world in the 18th century.<ref>{{cite book |authorlink=James Whitman |first=James Q. |last=Whitman |title=Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law |location=Princeton |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2017 |page=35 |isbn=978-0-691-17242-2 }}</ref>

The 1794 [[Jay Treaty]] provided freedom of movement for Americans, British subjects, and Native Americans into British and American jurisdictions, [[Hudson's Bay Company]] land excepted. The treaty is still in effect to the degree that it allows Native Americans born in Canada (subject to a [[blood quantum]] test) to enter the United States freely.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/first_nations_canada.asp|title=First Nations and Native Americans|publisher=United States Embassy, Consular Services Canada|access-date=March 3, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422211236/http://www.consular.canada.usembassy.gov/first_nations_canada.asp|archive-date=April 22, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Karl S. |last=Hele |title=Lines Drawn upon the Water: First Nations and the Great Lakes Borders and Borderlands |location= |publisher=Wilfrid Laurier University Press |year=2008 |page=127 |isbn=978-1-55458-004-0 }}</ref><ref name=rights>{{cite web |title=Border Crossing Rights Under the Jay Treaty |url=https://ptla.org/border-crossing-rights-jay-treaty |website=Pine Tree Legal Assistance |access-date=June 10, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=January 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124154339/https://ptla.org/border-crossing-rights-jay-treaty |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the early years of the United States, immigration (not counting the [[slavery in the United States|enslaved]], who were treated as merchandise rather than people) was fewer than 8,000 people a year,<ref name="americanheritage"/> including French refugees from the [[Haitian Revolution|slave revolt in Haiti]]. Legal importation of enslaved African was prohibited after 1808, though many were smuggled in to sell. After 1820, immigration gradually increased. From 1836 to 1914, over 30 million Europeans migrated to the United States.<ref name="tandfonline"/>

=== First U.S. laws restricting immigration ===
After an initial wave of immigration from China following the [[California Gold Rush]], racist attitudes toward the Chinese population of the West Coast led to Congress passing the very first U.S. law restricting immigration: The [[Page Act of 1875]] banned [[Chinese women]] who, it was claimed, were arriving to engage in [[prostitution]].<ref name="The real immigration scare tactics"/> This was followed by the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882, banning virtually all immigration from China until the law's repeal in 1943. In the late 1800s, [[Asian immigration to the United States#First major wave of Asian immigration (1850s-1917)|immigration from other Asian countries]], especially to the West Coast, became more common.

=== Exclusion Era ===
The peak year of European immigration was in 1907, when 1,285,349 persons entered the country.<ref name="houstonhistory"/> By 1910, 13.5&nbsp;million immigrants were living in the United States.<ref name="google3"/>

While the [[Chinese Exclusion Act]] of 1882 had already excluded immigrants from China, the immigration of people from Asian countries in addition to China was banned by the [[Immigration Act of 1917]], also known as the Asiatic Barred Zone Act, which also banned homosexuals, people with [[intellectual disability]], and people with an anarchist worldview.<ref name="Hitler's American Model 2017 p. 35">[[James Whitman]], ''Hitler's American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law'', (Princeton: [[Princeton University Press]], 2017), p. 35</ref>  The [[Emergency Quota Act]] was enacted in 1921, limiting immigration from the [[Eastern Hemisphere]] by national quotas equal to 3 percent of the number of foreign-born from each nation in the [[1910 United States census|1910 census]]. The Act aimed to further restrict immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, particularly Italian, Slavic, and Jewish people, who had begun to enter the country in large numbers beginning in the 1890s.<ref name="nwsource" /> The temporary quota system was superseded by the [[National Origins Formula]] of the [[Immigration Act of 1924]], which computed national quotas as a fraction of 150,000 in proportion to the national origins of the entire [[White American]] population as of the [[1920 United States census|1920 census]], except those having origins in the nonquota countries of the [[Western Hemisphere]] (which remained unrestricted).<ref name="ABA1924">{{cite journal|date=July 1924|journal=American Bar Association Journal|volume=10|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25709038|publisher=American Bar Association|pages=490–492|last=Beaman|first=Middleton|issue=7|title=Current Legislation: The Immigration Act of 1924.|jstor=25709038|access-date=November 21, 2022|archive-date=October 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019141217/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25709038|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="statabstract1931">{{cite web|date=August 1931|title=Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1931.|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1931/compendia/statab/53ed/1931-03.pdf|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce|pages=103–107|edition=53rd|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329144712/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/1931/compendia/statab/53ed/1931-03.pdf|archive-date=March 29, 2021|access-date=November 21, 2022}}</ref>

=== Origins of immigrant stock in 1920 ===
The [[National Origins Formula]] was a unique computation which attempted to measure the total contributions of "blood" from each national origin as a share of the total stock of [[White Americans]] in 1920, counting immigrants, children of immigrants, and the grandchildren of immigrants (and later generations), in addition to estimating the [[Old Stock Americans|colonial stock]] descended from the population who had immigrated in the colonial period and were enumerated in the 1790 census. [[European Americans]] remained predominant, although there were shifts toward [[Southern Europe|Southern]], [[Central Europe|Central]], and Eastern Europe from immigration in the period 1790 to 1920. The formula determined that ancestry derived from Great Britain accounted for over 40% of the American gene pool, followed by German ancestry at 16%, then Irish ancestry at 11%. The restrictive immigration quota system established by the [[Immigration Act of 1924]], revised and re-affirmed by the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952]], sought to preserve this demographic makeup of America by allotting quotas in proportion to how much blood each national origin had contributed to the total stock of the population in 1920, as presented below:<ref name="trends">{{cite book|last1=Thompson|first1=Warren Simpson|last2=Whelpton|first2=Pascal Kidder|date=1933|title=Population trends in the United States|publisher=McGraw-Hill Book Company|location=New York|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006471422|chapter=Chapter III The National Origins of the White Population|series=Recent social trends monographs |hdl=2027/mdp.39015006471422?urlappend=%3Bseq=99 |chapter-url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015006471422?urlappend=%3Bseq=99%3Bownerid=13510798883835578-103|oclc=3529140}}</ref>
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| image1            = National Origins of the White Population of the USA, 1920.png
| width1            = 270
| caption1          = The White Population of the United States in 1920, apportioned according to the [[National Origins Formula]] prescribed by §11(c) of the [[Immigration Act of 1924]]. About 56.5% of [[White Americans]] were deemed to be of postcolonial immigrant stock as of [[1920 United States census|1920]], while 43.5% were deemed [[Old Stock Americans|colonial stock]]. Consequent immigration quotas in effect until 1965 were based upon these calculations.<ref name="McCarran1950-5">{{cite report|title=Investigation of the Immigration and Naturalization Systems of the United States|author=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary]]|id=Senate Report No. 81-1515|publisher=[[U.S. Government Printing Office]]|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2008,0701-senatereport81-1515part5of5.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908005206/https://www.ilw.com/immigrationdaily/news/2008,0701-senatereport81-1515part5of5.pdf|date=April 20, 1950|pages=768–925|archive-date=September 8, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2022}}</ref>
| image2            = White Americans by National Origin in the 1790 Census (1909 CPG and 1929 ACLS estimates).png
| width2            = 270
| caption2          = [[European Americans]] in [[1790 United States census|1790]] by nationality, estimated by classification of family names, according to a 1909 preliminary estimate in [[United States Census Bureau|Census Bureau]] report ''A Century of Population Growth'' (top half) and revised figures according to a scientific study by the Census Bureau in collaboration with the [[American Council of Learned Societies]] commissioned in the 1920s (bottom half)<ref name="CPG1909">{{cite book|date=1909|title=A Century of Population Growth. From the First to the Twelfth Census of the United States: 1790–1900.|first1=W. S.|last1=Rossiter|url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/century-of-growth/1790-1900-century-of-growth-part-1.pdf|location=Washington, D.C.|publisher=[[U.S. Bureau of the Census]]|chapter=Chapter XI. Nationality as Indicated by Names of Families Reported at the First Census|pages=116–124|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220910221959/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1900/century-of-growth/1790-1900-century-of-growth-part-1.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2022|access-date=September 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name="ACLS1929"/>
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|- 
! colspan=1 rowspan=3 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C8E5EE;"|'''Country of origin'''||rowspan="2"  colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|'''Total'''||rowspan="2"  colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|'''Colonial stock'''||rowspan="1"  colspan=8 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|'''Postcolonial stock'''
|-
! rowspan="1"  colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|'''Total'''||rowspan="1"  colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|'''Immigrants'''||rowspan="1"  colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|'''{{abbr|Children of|Children of immigrants}}'''||rowspan="1"  colspan=2 style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|'''{{abbr|Grandchildren of|Grandchildren of immigrants and later generations}}'''
|-
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|#
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|%
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|#
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|%
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|#
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#C6E3EC;"|%
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|#
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|%
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|#
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|%
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|#
! style="text-align:center; background-color:#CEECF6;"|%
|-
|border = "1"|Austria 
|align="right"|{{nts|843,051}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|14,110}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|828,951}}
|align="right"|1.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|305,657}}
|align="right"|2.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|414,794}}
|align="right"|2.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|108,500}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|-
|border = "1"|Belgium
|align="right"|{{nts|778,328}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|602,300}}
|align="right"|1.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|176,028}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|62,686}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|62,042}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|51,300}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|-
|border = "1"|[[Czechoslovakia]]
|align="right"|{{nts|1,715,128}}
|align="right"|1.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|54,700}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,660,428}}
|align="right"|3.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|559,895}}
|align="right"|4.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|903,933}}
|align="right"|4.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|196,600}}
|align="right"|1.0%
|-
|border = "1"|Denmark
|align="right"|{{nts|704,783}}
|align="right"|0.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|93,200}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|611,583}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|189,934}}
|align="right"|1.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|277,149}}
|align="right"|1.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|144,500}}
|align="right"|0.7%
|-
|border = "1"|Estonia 
|align="right"|{{nts|69,013}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|69,013}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|33,612}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|28,001}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|7,400}}
|align="right"|nil
|-
|border = "1"|Finland
|align="right"|{{nts|339,436}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,300}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|335,136}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|149,824}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|146,612}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|38,700}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|-
|border = "1"|France
|align="right"|{{nts|1,841,689}}
|align="right"|1.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|767,100}}
|align="right"|1.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,074,589}}
|align="right"|2.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|155,019}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|325,270}}
|align="right"|1.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|594,300}}
|align="right"|2.9%
|-
|border = "1"|Germany
|align="right"|{{nts|15,488,615}}
|align="right"|16.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,036,800}}
|align="right"|7.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|12,451,815}}
|align="right"|23.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,672,375}}
|align="right"|12.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,051,240}}
|align="right"|21.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|6,728,200}}
|align="right"|32.6%
|-
|border = "1"|Greece
|align="right"|{{nts|182,936}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|182,936}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|135,146}}
|align="right"|1.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|46,890}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|900}}
|align="right"|nil
|-
|border = "1"|Hungary
|align="right"|{{nts|518,750}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|518,750}}
|align="right"|1.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|318,977}}
|align="right"|2.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|183,773}}
|align="right"|1.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|16,000}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|-
|border = "1"|Ireland
|align="right"|{{nts|10,653,334}}
|align="right"|11.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,821,500}}
|align="right"|4.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|8,831,834}}
|align="right"|16.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|820,970}}
|align="right"|6.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,097,664}}
|align="right"|10.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|5,913,200}}
|align="right"|28.7%
|-
|border = "1"|Italy
|align="right"|{{nts|3,462,271}}
|align="right"|3.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|3,462,271}}
|align="right"|6.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,612,281}}
|align="right"|11.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,671,490}}
|align="right"|8.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|178,500}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|-
|border = "1"|Latvia 
|align="right"|{{nts|140,777}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|140,777}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|69,277}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|56,000}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|15,500}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|-
|border = "1"|Lithuania 
|align="right"|{{nts|230,445}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|230,445}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|117,000}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|88,645}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|24,800}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|-
|border = "1"|Netherlands 
|align="right"|{{nts|1,881,359}}
|align="right"|2.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,366,800}}
|align="right"|3.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|514,559}}
|align="right"|1.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|133,478}}
|align="right"|1.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|205,381}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|175,700}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|-
|border = "1"|Norway 
|align="right"|{{nts|1,418,592}}
|align="right"|1.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|75,200}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,343,392}}
|align="right"|2.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|363,862}}
|align="right"|2.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|597,130}}
|align="right"|3.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|382,400}}
|align="right"|1.9%
|-
|border = "1"|Poland
|align="right"|{{nts|3,892,796}}
|align="right"|4.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|8,600}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|3,884,196}}
|align="right"|7.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,814,426}}
|align="right"|13.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,779,570}}
|align="right"|9.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|290,200}}
|align="right"|1.4%
|-
|border = "1"|Portugal
|align="right"|{{nts|262,804}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|23,700}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|239,104}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|104,088}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|105,416}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|29,600}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|-
|border = "1"|Romania 
|align="right"|{{nts|175,697}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|175,697}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|88,942}}
|align="right"|0.7%
|align="right"|{{nts|83,755}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,000}}
|align="right"|nil
|-
|border = "1"|Russia 
|align="right"|{{nts|1,660,954}}
|align="right"|1.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|4,300}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|1,656,654}}
|align="right"|3.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|767,324}}
|align="right"|5.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|762,130}}
|align="right"|4.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|127,200}}
|align="right"|0.6%
|-
|border = "1"|Spain 
|align="right"|{{nts|150,258}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|38,400}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|111,858}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|50,027}}
|align="right"|0.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|24,531}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|37,300}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|-
|border = "1"|Sweden 
|align="right"|{{nts|1,977,234}}
|align="right"|2.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|217,100}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,760,134}}
|align="right"|3.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|625,580}}
|align="right"|4.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|774,854}}
|align="right"|4.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|359,700}}
|align="right"|1.7%
|-
|border = "1"|Switzerland 
|align="right"|{{nts|1,018,706}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|388,900}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|629,806}}
|align="right"|1.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|118,659}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|203,547}}
|align="right"|1.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|307,600}}
|align="right"|1.5%
|-
|border = "1"|[[Mandate of Syria]] & Leb. 
|align="right"|{{nts|73,442}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|73,442}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|42,039}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|31,403}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|-
|border = "1"|Turkey 
|align="right"|{{nts|134,756}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|134,756}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|102,669}}
|align="right"|0.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|31,487}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|600}}
|align="right"|nil
|-
|border = "1"|United Kingdom 
|align="right"|{{nts|39,216,333}}
|align="right"|41.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|31,803,900}}
|align="right"|77.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|7,412,433}}
|align="right"|13.8%
|align="right"|{{nts|1,365,314}}
|align="right"|10.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,308,419}}
|align="right"|12.0%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,738,700}}
|align="right"|18.1%
|-
|border = "1"|[[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]
|align="right"|{{nts|504,203}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|-}}
|align="right"|-
|align="right"|{{nts|504,203}}
|align="right"|0.9%
|align="right"|{{nts|220,668}}
|align="right"|1.6%
|align="right"|{{nts|265,735}}
|align="right"|1.4%
|align="right"|{{nts|17,800}}
|align="right"|0.1%
|-
|border = "1"|Other Countries
|align="right"|{{nts|170,868}}
|align="right"|0.2%
|align="right"|{{nts|3,500}}
|align="right"|nil
|align="right"|{{nts|167,368}}
|align="right"|0.3%
|align="right"|{{nts|71,553}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|93,815}}
|align="right"|0.5%
|align="right"|{{nts|2,000}}
|align="right"|nil
|- bgcolor="#90D3DB"
|border = "1"|'''All Quota Countries''' 
|align="right"|'''{{nts|89,506,558}}'''
|align="right"|'''100%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|40,324,400}}'''
|align="right"|'''45.1%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|49,182,158}}'''
|align="right"|'''55.0%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|12,071,282}}'''
|align="right"|'''13.5%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|17,620,676}}'''
|align="right"|'''19.7%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|19,490,200}}'''
|align="right"|'''21.8%'''
|- bgcolor="#ECECEC"
|border = "1"|''Nonquota Countries'' 
|align="right"|''{{nts|5,314,357}}''
|align="right"|''5.6%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|964,170}}''
|align="right"|''2.3%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|4,350,187}}''
|align="right"|''8.1%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|1,641,472}}''
|align="right"|''12.0%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|1,569,696}}''
|align="right"|''8.2%''
|align="right"|''{{nts|1,139,019}}''
|align="right"|''5.5%''
|- class="sortbottom" bgcolor="lightgrey"
|border = "1"|'''1920 Total''' 
|align="right"|'''{{nts|94,820,915}}'''
|align="right"|'''100%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|41,288,570}}'''
|align="right"|'''43.5%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|53,532,345}}'''
|align="right"|'''56.5%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|13,712,754}}'''
|align="right"|'''14.5%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|19,190,372}}'''
|align="right"|'''20.2%'''
|align="right"|'''{{nts|20,629,219}}'''
|align="right"|'''21.8%'''
|}
{{notelist}}

[[File:Polish berry pickers color.jpg|thumb|[[Polish people|Polish]] immigrants working on a farm in 1909; the [[Social programs in the United States|welfare]] system was practically non-existent before the 1930s and the economic pressures on the poor were giving rise to child labor.|alt=Several Polish immigrant workers, some of which are children, are seen standing in their fields after picking berries.]]
Immigration patterns of the 1930s were affected by the [[Great Depression]]. In the final prosperous year, 1929, there were 279,678 immigrants recorded,<ref name="mit"/> but in 1933, only 23,068 moved to the U.S.<ref name="history"/> In the early 1930s, more people emigrated from the United States than to it.<ref name="cato"/> The U.S. government sponsored a [[Mexican Repatriation]] program which was intended to encourage people to voluntarily move to Mexico, but thousands were deported against their will.<ref name="thernstrom"/> Altogether, approximately 400,000 Mexicans were repatriated; half of them were US citizens.<ref name="yale"/> Most of the Jewish refugees fleeing the Nazis and World War II were barred from coming to the United States.<ref name="ushmm" /> In the post-war era, the Justice Department launched [[Operation Wetback]], under which 1,075,168 Mexicans were deported in 1954.<ref name="experience" />

=== Since 1965 ===
[[File:Immigrant trunks.jpg|thumb|Immigrant trunks from Sweden in the late 19th century (on left) and from a refugee camp in Thailand in 1993 (on right)]]
[[File:Paifang Boston Chinatown 1.jpg|thumb|[[Chinatown, Boston|Boston's Chinatown]] in [[Boston]] in 2008]]
[[File:1990- Growth in share of population that is foreign-born - by country.svg|thumb|In recent decades, immigration to nearly every Western country has risen sharply, with the U.S. growing from 9% (1990) to 15% (2020) of the population being born abroad.<ref name=NYTimes_20240612>{{cite news |last1=Leonhardt |first1=David |title=The Force Shaping Western Politics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/briefing/immigration-european-us-elections.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=June 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240612124539/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/12/briefing/immigration-european-us-elections.html |archive-date=June 12, 2024 |url-status=live }}</ref> The slopes of the tops of the differently-colored columns show the rate of percent increase in foreign-born people living in the respective countries.]]
[[File:1925- Border encounters nationwide per US population.svg |thumb|As a proportion of U.S. population, nationwide border encounters have varied substantially over the decades.<ref name=CPB_encounters_per_population>● Encounter data through 2020: {{cite web |title=Nationwide Encounters Fiscal Years 1925 – 2020 |url=https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Aug/U.S.%20Border%20Patrol%20Total%20Apprehensions%20%28FY%201925%20-%20FY%202020%29%20%28508%29.pdf |publisher=U.S. Customs and Border Protection |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241210010127/https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/assets/documents/2021-Aug/U.S.%20Border%20Patrol%20Total%20Apprehensions%20(FY%201925%20-%20FY%202020)%20(508).pdf |archive-date=December 10, 2024 |url-status=live}} "Beginning in March FY20, USBP encounters statistics include both Title 8 apprehensions and Title 42 expulsions."<br>● Encounter data for 2021–2023: {{cite web |title=Statistics on unauthorized US immigration and US border crossings by year |url=https://usafacts.org/articles/what-can-the-data-tell-us-about-unauthorized-immigration/ |publisher=USA Facts |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241221223140/https://usafacts.org/articles/what-can-the-data-tell-us-about-unauthorized-immigration/ |archive-date=December 21, 2024 |date=2024 |quote=Chart: Nationwide border encounters by category, FY 1980 – 2023 |url-status=live}}<br>● Data source for U.S. population: {{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) / Population Change |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202100939/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |date=April 26, 2021 |url-status=live}} Data between each decade's value is linearly interpolated.</ref>]]
The [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]], also known as the Hart–Celler Act, abolished the system of national-origin quotas. By equalizing immigration policies, the act resulted in new immigration from non-European nations, which changed [[Demographics of the United States|the ethnic demographics of the United States]].<ref name="globe obama" /> In 1970, 60% of immigrants were from Europe; this decreased to 15% by 2000.<ref name="google4"/>

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Law of 1965 abolished the former quota system and gave preference to people with skills regarded as being "especially advantageous" to the United States, which resulted in an increase in immigration from Asia.<ref name="Lazonick2009">{{cite book |last1=Lazonick |first1=William |title=Sustainable Prosperity in the New Economy?: Business Organization and High-tech Employment in the United States |date=2009 |publisher=W.E. Upjohn Institute |isbn=978-0-88099-351-7 |page=157 |language=en}}</ref> In the 1980s, this accelerated as the [[Federal government of the United States]] encouraged the immigration of engineers, mathematicians, and scientists from Asia, particularly India and China, to help support [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]]-related endeavors in the country.<ref name="KandelWilsonDonovan2022">{{cite web |last1=Kandel |first1=William A. |last2=Wilson |first2=Jill H. |last3=Donovan |first3=Sarah A. |title=U.S. Employment-Based Immigration Policy |url=https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47164 |publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]] |access-date=October 3, 2024 |page=2 |date=July 21, 2022}}</ref> Skilled immigration from these countries was strengthened through the [[Immigration Act of 1990]].<ref name="RansomWinters2021">{{cite journal |last1=Ransom |first1=Tyler |last2=Winters |first2=John V. |title=Do Foreigners Crowd Natives out of STEM Degrees and Occupations? Evidence from the US Immigration Act of 1990 |journal=ILR Review |date=2021 |volume=74 |issue=2 |pages=321–351 |doi=10.1177/0019793919894554}}</ref> The [[National Academy of Sciences]] has supported U.S. policymakers to design legislation that attracts foreign mathematicians, engineers and scientists to emigrate to the United States.<ref name="Anderson2022">{{cite web |last1=Anderson |first1=Stuart |title=National Academy Of Sciences: Boost Immigration, Immigrant Scientists |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2022/10/18/national-academy-of-sciences-boost-immigration-immigrant-scientists/ |work=[[Forbes]] |access-date=October 3, 2024 |language=en |date=October 18, 2022}}</ref>

In 1986 president Ronald Reagan signed immigration reform that gave amnesty to 3 million undocumented immigrants in the country.<ref name="npr" />

In 1990, [[George H. W. Bush]] signed the [[Immigration Act of 1990]],<ref name="google5"/> which increased legal immigration to the United States by 40%.<ref name="google6"/> In 1991, Bush signed the [[1991 Armed Forces Immigration Adjustment Act|Armed Forces Immigration Adjustment Act 1991]], allowing foreign service members who had served 12 or more years in the US Armed Forces to qualify for permanent residency and, in some cases, citizenship.

In November 1994, California voters passed [[Proposition 187]] amending the state constitution, denying state financial aid to illegal immigrants. The federal courts voided this change, ruling that it violated the federal constitution.<ref name=ft160313>{{Cite news|first=Daniel |last=Gonzales |title=How we got here:The many attempts to reform immigration, secure the border |url=http://www.nwcn.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2016/01/22/how-we-got-here-many-attempts-reform-immigration-secure-border/78802092/ |newspaper=Florida Today |location=Melbourne, Florida |page=1A |date=March 13, 2016|access-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314054643/http://www.nwcn.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2016/01/22/how-we-got-here-many-attempts-reform-immigration-secure-border/78802092/ |archive-date=March 14, 2016 }}</ref><!----soft copy is "funny", truncating the lead portion of the article, but is otherwise identical to hard copy, though from different sources--->

Appointed by President [[Bill Clinton]],<ref name="sfgate"/> the [[History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States#1990s|U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform]] recommended reducing legal immigration from about 800,000 people per year to approximately 550,000.<ref name="google7"/> While an influx of new residents from different cultures presents some challenges, "the United States has always been energized by its immigrant populations", said President [[Bill Clinton]] in 1998. "America has constantly drawn strength and spirit from wave after wave of immigrants{{Nbsp}}... They have proved to be the most restless, the most adventurous, the most innovative, the most industrious of people."<ref name="immigration"/>

In 2001, President [[George W. Bush]] discussed an accord with Mexican President [[Vicente Fox]]. Due to the [[September 11 attacks]], the possible accord did not occur. From 2005 to 2013, the US Congress discussed various ways of controlling immigration. The Senate and House were unable to reach an agreement.<ref name=ft160313/>

Nearly 8 million people immigrated to the United States from 2000 to 2005; 3.7&nbsp;million of them entered without papers.<ref name="usatoday.com" /><ref name="washingtontimes" />  Hispanic immigrants suffered job losses during the late-2000s recession,<ref name="france24" /> but since the recession's end in June 2009, immigrants posted a net gain of 656,000 jobs.<ref name="cnn" />

Nearly 14&nbsp;million immigrants entered the United States from 2000 to 2010,<ref>"[https://news.yahoo.com/immigrant-population-record-40-million-2010-100108933.html Immigrant Population at Record 40 Million in 2010]". Yahoo! News. October 6, 2011.</ref> and over one million persons were [[Naturalization|naturalized]] as U.S. citizens in 2008. The per-country limit<ref name="per-country" /> applies the same maximum on the number of visas to all countries regardless of their population and has therefore had the effect of significantly restricting immigration of persons born in populous nations such as Mexico, China, India, and the Philippines—the leading countries of origin for legally admitted immigrants to the United States in 2013;<ref name="Legal2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls|title=Persons Obtaining Lawful Permanent Resident Status by Leading Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) of Residence and Region and Country of Birth: Fiscal Year 2013|year=2013|website=Yearbook of Immigration Statistics: 2013|publisher=United States Department of Homeland Security|access-date=May 4, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501031722/http://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2013/LPR/immsuptable2d.xls|archive-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> nevertheless, China, India, and Mexico were the leading countries of origin for immigrants overall to the United States in 2013, regardless of legal status, according to a [[U.S. Census Bureau]] study.<ref name="All2013">{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrants-to-u-s-from-china-top-those-from-mexico-1430699284?mod=trending_now_1|title=Immigrants to U.S. From China Top Those From Mexico|date=May 3, 2015|newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|quote=China was the country of origin for 147,000 recent U.S. immigrants in 2013, while Mexico sent just 125,000, according to a Census Bureau study by researcher Eric Jensen and others. India, with 129,000 immigrants, also topped Mexico, though the two countries' results weren't statistically different from each other.|last=Shah|first=Neil|access-date=May 4, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505005328/http://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrants-to-u-s-from-china-top-those-from-mexico-1430699284?mod=trending_now_1|archive-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref>

Over 1 million immigrants were granted legal residence in 2011.<ref>[https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2011.pdf "U.S. Legal Permanent Residents: 2011"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817105038/https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/lpr_fr_2011.pdf |date=August 17, 2016 }}. [[Office of Immigration Statistics]] ''Annual Flow Report.''</ref>

For those who enter the US illegally across the [[Mexico–United States border]] and elsewhere, migration is difficult, expensive and dangerous.<ref name="Illegal Immigrants Slain in an Attack in Arizona" /> Virtually all undocumented immigrants have no avenues for legal entry to the United States due to the restrictive legal limits on [[Permanent residence (United States)|green cards]], and lack of immigrant [[United States visa|visas]] for low-skilled workers.<ref name="why-dont-they-just-get-in-line">{{cite web|url=http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/why-don%E2%80%99t-they-just-get-line|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130319153348/http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/why-don%E2%80%99t-they-just-get-line|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 19, 2013|title=Why Don't They Just Get In Line?|publisher=Immigration Policy Center, American Immigration Council}}</ref> Participants in debates on immigration in the early 21st century called for increasing enforcement of existing laws governing [[illegal immigration to the United States]], building a [[Mexico–United States barrier|barrier]] along some or all of the {{convert|2000|mi|km|-2|adj=on}} Mexico-U.S. border, or creating a new [[guest worker]] program. Through much of 2006 the country and Congress was engaged in a debate about these proposals. {{As of|2010|4}} few of these proposals had become law, though a partial border fence had been approved and subsequently canceled.<ref name="US Cancels 'virtual fence'" />

=== Modern reform attempts ===
Beginning with Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, presidents from both political parties have steadily increased the number of border patrol agents and instituted harsher punitive measures for immigration violations. Examples of these policies include Ronald Reagan's [[Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986]] and the Clinton-era [[Prevention Through Deterrence]] strategy. The sociologist [[Douglas Massey]] has argued that these policies have succeeded at producing a perception of border enforcement but have largely failed at preventing emigration from Latin America. Notably, rather than curtailing illegal immigration, the increase in border patrol agents decreased [[circular migration]] across the U.S.–Mexico border, thus increasing the population of Hispanics in the U.S.{{sfn|Massey|2021|p=6}}

Presidents from both parties have employed anti-immigrant rhetoric to appeal to their political base or to garner bi-partisan support for their policies.  While Republicans like Reagan and Donald Trump have led the way in framing Hispanic immigrants as criminals, Douglas Massey points out that "the current moment of open racism and xenophobia could not have happened with Democratic acquiescence".{{sfn|Massey|2021|p=11}} For example, while lobbying for his 1986 immigration bill, Reagan framed unauthorized immigration as a "national security" issue and warned that "terrorists and subversives are just two days' driving time" from the border.{{sfn|Massey|2021|p=11}} Later presidents, including Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, used similar "security" rhetoric in their efforts to court Republican support for comprehensive immigration reform. In his 2013 State of the Union Address, Obama said "real reform means strong border security, and we can build on the progress my administration has already made{{Snd}}putting more boots on the southern border than at any time in our history".{{sfn|Massey|2021|p=13}}

==== First Trump administration policies ====
{{main|Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration}}
ICE reports that it removed 240,255 immigrants in [[Fiscal year#United States|fiscal year]] 2016, as well as 226,119 in FY2017 and 256,085 in FY2018. Citizens of Central American countries (including Mexico) made up over 90% of removals in FY2017 and over 80% in FY2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/ero/pdf/eroFY2018Report.pdf|title=Fiscal Year 2018 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report|access-date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=November 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191124180200/https://www.ice.gov/doclib/about/offices/ero/pdf/eroFY2018Report.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

In January 2017, U.S. President [[Donald Trump]] signed an [[Executive Order 13769|executive order]] temporarily suspending entry to the United States by nationals of seven [[List of Muslim-majority countries|Muslim-majority]] countries. It was replaced by another [[Executive Order 13780|executive order]] in March 2017 and by a presidential proclamation in September 2017, with various changes to the list of countries and exemptions.<ref>[https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/24/fact-sheet-president-s-proclamation-enhancing-vetting-capabilities-and-processes Fact Sheet: The President's Proclamation on Enhancing Vetting Capabilities and Processes for Detecting Attempted Entry into the United States by Terrorists or Other Public-Safety Threats] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228171449/https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/09/24/fact-sheet-president-s-proclamation-enhancing-vetting-capabilities-and-processes |date=December 28, 2017 }}, [[United States Department of Homeland Security]], September 24, 2017.</ref> The orders were temporarily suspended by federal courts but later allowed to proceed by the Supreme Court, pending a definite ruling on their legality.<ref>{{cite news|title=Trump travel ban to take effect after Supreme Court ruling|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/04/us/politics/trump-travel-ban-supreme-court.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 4, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Another executive order called for the immediate construction of a [[Mexico–United States barrier|wall across the U.S.–Mexico border]], the hiring of 5,000 new border patrol agents and 10,000 new immigration officers, and federal funding penalties for [[Sanctuary city|sanctuary cities]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/25/trump-take-executive-action-border-sanctuary-cities/97035086/|title=Trump orders clamp down on immigrant "sanctuary cities," pushes border wall|work=[[USA Today]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170127130830/http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/01/25/trump-take-executive-action-border-sanctuary-cities/97035086/|archive-date=January 27, 2017}}</ref>

The "zero-tolerance" policy was put in place in 2018, which legally allows children to be separated from adults unlawfully entering the United States. This is justified by labeling all adults that enter unlawfully as criminals, thus subjecting them to criminal prosecution.<ref>Villazor, Rose, and Kevin Johnson. "The Trump Administration and the War on Immigration Diversity." ''Wake Forest Law Review'' 54.2 (2019): 575.</ref> The Trump Administration also argued that its policy had precedent under the Obama Administration, which had opened family detention centers in response to migrants increasingly using children as a way to get adults into the country. However, the Obama Administration detained families together in administrative, rather than criminal, detention.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shear |first1=Michael D. |last2=Davis |first2=Julie |title=How Trump Came to Enforce a Practice of Separating Migrant Families |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/politics/family-separation-trump.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/politics/family-separation-trump.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 16, 2018 |access-date=June 8, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Qiu |first1=Linda |title=Republicans Misplace Blame for Splitting Families at the Border |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/fact-check-republicans-family-separations-border.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/us/politics/fact-check-republicans-family-separations-border.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 14, 2018 |access-date=June 8, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Other policies focused on what it means for an asylum seeker to claim credible fear.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/trump-immigration-crackdown-asylum/index.html|title=Trump Admin Quietly Made Asylum More Difficult|website=[[CNN]]|date=March 8, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308135431/http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/08/politics/trump-immigration-crackdown-asylum/index.html|archive-date=March 8, 2017}}</ref> To further decrease the amount of asylum seekers into the United States, Attorney General Jeff Sessions released a decision that restricts those fleeing gang violence and domestic abuse as "private crime", therefore making their claims ineligible for asylum.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/11/jeff-sessions-aslyum-standards-domestic-violence-614158|title=Sessions Moves to Block Asylum for Most Victims of Domestic, Gang Violence.|website=[[Politico]]|date=June 11, 2018|access-date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=September 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905074511/https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/11/jeff-sessions-aslyum-standards-domestic-violence-614158|url-status=live}}</ref> These new policies that had been put in place were controversial for putting the lives of the asylum seekers at risk, to the point that the ACLU sued Jeff Sessions along with other members of the Trump Administration. The ACLU claimed that the policies put in place by the Trump Administration undermined the fundamental human rights of those immigrating into the United States, specifically women. They also claimed that these policies violated decades of settle asylum law.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/08/aclu-sues-asylum-domestic-gang-violence.html|title=ACLU Sues Sessions Over Ending Asylum for Victims of Domestic and Gang Violence|last=Hartmann|first=Margaret|date=August 8, 2018|website=[[New York (magazine)|New York Intelligencer]]|language=en-us|access-date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802030943/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/08/aclu-sues-asylum-domestic-gang-violence.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In April 2020, President Trump said he will sign an [[executive order]] to temporarily suspend immigration to the United States because of the [[COVID-19 pandemic in the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Trump's latest move to limit immigration worries Seattle-area tech community |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/trumps-latest-move-to-limit-immigration-worries-seattle-area-tech-community/ |work=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=April 21, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818072002/https://www.seattletimes.com/business/local-business/trumps-latest-move-to-limit-immigration-worries-seattle-area-tech-community/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: US green cards to be halted for 60 days, Trump says |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52377122 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=April 22, 2020 |access-date=April 23, 2020 |archive-date=August 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815085722/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52377122 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Biden administration policies ====
{{main|Immigration policy of the Joe Biden administration}}
In January 2023, regarding the [[Mexico–United States border crisis]], Joe Biden announced a new immigration policy that would allow 30,000 migrants per month from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela<ref name="politico1">{{cite web |title=Biden announces new program to curb illegal migration as he prepares for visit to border |date=January 5, 2023 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/05/biden-border-plan-illegal-crossings-00076519 |publisher=[[Politico]] |access-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230115072038/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/05/biden-border-plan-illegal-crossings-00076519 |url-status=live }}</ref> but will also expel the migrants from those countries who violate US laws of immigration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden announces new migration programs as he prepares to visit the border on Sunday |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/biden-border-programs/index.html |access-date=January 15, 2023 |archive-date=January 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114000942/https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/biden-border-programs/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The policy has faced criticism from "immigration reform advocates and lawyers who decry any expansion of Title 42."<ref name="politico1"/>

On October 31, 2023, Homeland Security Secretary [[Alejandro Mayorkas]] testified before the Senate Homeland Security Committee that more than 600,000 people illegally made their way into the United States without being apprehended by border agents during the 2023 fiscal year.<ref>{{cite news |title=WATCH LIVE: FBI Director Wray, DHS head Mayorkas testify in Senate hearing on threats to U.S. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn948LUX8I&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour |work=PBS NewsHour |date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211102151/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKn948LUX8I&ab_channel=PBSNewsHour |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mayorkas confirms over 600,000 illegal immigrants evaded law enforcement at southern border last fiscal year |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-confirms-over-600k-illegal-immigrants-evaded-law-enforcement-southern-border |work=Fox News |date=October 31, 2023 |access-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-date=December 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211102151/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayorkas-confirms-over-600k-illegal-immigrants-evaded-law-enforcement-southern-border |url-status=live }}</ref>

In fiscal year 2022, over one million immigrants (most of whom entered through [[Chain migration#Legislation and chain migration|family reunification]]) were granted [[Permanent residence (United States)|legal residence]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Who Are America's Immigrants? |url=https://www.prb.org/articles/who-are-americas-immigrants/ |work=[[Population Reference Bureau]] |date=May 22, 2024}}</ref> up from 707,000 in 2020.<ref>{{cite news |title=After a Slump, Legal Immigration to the United States Is Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/legal-immigration-us-returns-prepandemic-levels |work=[[Migration Policy Institute]] |date=November 30, 2022}}</ref>

===== Border Security and Asylum Reform in the Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 =====
The 2024 Emergency National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act represents a change, in the immigration system with a focus, on strengthening border security and improving asylum processes. This bill, backed by both [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] senators and endorsed by President [[Joe Biden|Biden]] seeks to address the surge in border crossings in the U.S. Mexico border by revolutionizing how migrants and [[asylum seeker]]s are processed by border authorities. More specifically, asylum officers to consider certain bars to asylum during screening interviews, which were previously only considered by immigration judges. The legislation aims to streamline provisions for effective management.

The proposed law introduces an asylum procedure in the [[Mexico–United States border|U.S. Border]], where asylum officers from the [[United States Citizenship and Immigration Services|U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services]] (USCIS) can review asylum applications at a more rapid pace. This new process, called removal proceedings, is detailed in a new section of the [[Immigration and Nationality Act]] (INA) specifically Section 235B.<ref name=":03">{{Citation |last=Betts |first=Richard K. |title=The durable National Security Act |date=July 4, 2018 |work=US National Security Reform |pages=8–25 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351171564-2 |access-date=2024-07-27 |edition=1st |place=Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY |series=Routledge global security studies |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781351171564-2 |isbn=978-1-351-17156-4}}</ref> The bill sets a bar for passing an asylum screening by requiring a "reasonable possibility" standard instead of the previous "credible fear" standard. Requiring more evidence at the preliminary screening stages at the same level needed for a full hearing. Notably excluded apprehended individuals between ports of entry from asylum eligibility except under narrow exceptions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.aila.org/ |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=www.aila.org}}</ref> This adjustment makes it more difficult for asylum seekers to qualify for a hearing in front of an immigration judge and has raised questions in regards to potential violations against the right to seek asylum and [[due process]].

Furthermore, the legislation establishes an emergency expulsion authority that empowers the branch to expel migrants and asylum seekers during times of " extraordinary migration circumstances." When the seven-day average of encounters between ports of entry exceeds 2,500, the restrictions come into effect.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Riemer |first=Lena |date=2024 |title=The Abrogation of Asylum |url=https://verfassungsblog.de/the-abrogation-of-asylum/ |journal=Verfassungsblog |doi=10.59704/6e0216e1dcfcf56d}}</ref> The restrictions continue until the average falls below 1,500 for 14 consecutive days. If this occurs the [[DHS Secretary]] can promptly send migrants back to their home country unless they can prove they face a risk of persecution or torture.

The proposed legislation involves around $18.3&nbsp;billion in funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to carry out the border policies and changes in the asylum process. Moreover, it designates $2.3&nbsp;billion to support arrived [[refugee]]s through the "Refugee and Entrant Assistance" program.<ref name=":03" /> The program itself is designed to fund a broad range of social services to newly arrived refugees, both through states and direct service grants. The bill outlines provisions for granting status to allies safeguarding most "Documented Dreamers " and issuing an additional 250,000 immigrant visas.<ref>{{Cite journal |date=April 6, 2022 |title=New Biden Executive Order Aims To Build On Coverage Gains |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1377/forefront.20220406.613838 |access-date=2024-07-27 |website=Forefront Group|doi=10.1377/forefront.20220406.613838 }}</ref> It introduces a program for repatriation enabling asylum seekers to go to their home countries at any point during the proceedings. The proposed legislation also contains clauses that do not affect the humanitarian parole initiatives of the Biden administration, for individuals from Venezuela, Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Paredes |first=Lorena |date=May 1, 2020 |title=Media Framing and Immigration Reform |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.33015/dominican.edu/2020.pol.st.03 |type=B.A. |location=San Rafael, Calif. |publisher=Dominican University of California |doi=10.33015/dominican.edu/2020.pol.st.03 |access-date=2024-07-27 }}</ref> These individuals are granted approval to travel and a temporary period of parole in the United States.

=== Origins of the U.S. immigrant population, 1960–2016 ===
{| class= "wikitable" "text-align:left" style="margin: 1em auto"
|+ % of foreign-born population residing in the U.S. who were born in ...<ref name="pewhispanic.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.pewhispanic.org/2018/09/14/facts-on-u-s-immigrants/#fb-key-charts-origin|website=[[Pew Research Center]]|title=Facts on U.S. Immigrants, 2016. Statistical portrait of the foreign-born population in the United States|date=September 14, 2018|author1=Jynnah Radford |author2=Abby Budiman |access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190429073453/https://www.pewhispanic.org/2018/09/14/facts-on-u-s-immigrants/#fb-key-charts-origin|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! cyrus="col" |
! cyrus="col" | 1960
! scope="col" | 1970
! cyrus="col" | 1980
! cyrus="col" | 1990
! scope="col" | 2000
! cyrus="col" | 2010
! cyrus="col" | 2011
! scope="col" | 2012
! cyrus="col" | 2013
! cyrus="col" | 2014
! scope="col" | 2015
! scope="col" | 2016
! scope="col" | 2018
|- style=
| Europe-Canada
| 84%
| 68%
| 42%
| 26%
| 19%
| 15%
| 15%
| 14%
| 14%
| 14%
| 14%
| 13%
| 13%

|- style=
| [[South Asia|South]] and East Asia
| 4%
| 7%
| 15%
| 22%
| 23%
| 25%
| 25%
| 26%
| 26%
| 26%
| 27%
| 27%
| 28%
|- style=
| Other Latin America
| 4%
| 11%
| 16%
| 21%
| 22%
| 24%
| 24%
| 24%
| 24%
| 24%
| 24%
| 25%
| 25%
|- style=
| Mexico
| 6%
| 8%
| 16%
| 22%
| 29%
| 29%
| 29%
| 28%
| 28%
| 28%
| 27%
| 26%
| 25%
|}

Note: "Other Latin America" includes Central America, South America and the Caribbean.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Persons obtaining legal permanent resident status by fiscal year<ref name="y">{{cite web|title=Table 1. Persons obtaining lawful permanent resident status: fiscal years 1820 to 2017|date=August 14, 2018|url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2017/table1|access-date=January 3, 2019|publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security|archive-date=January 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102130918/https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2017/table1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="2018data">[https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2018/lawful_permanent_residents_2018.pdf U.S. 2018 Lawful Permanent Residents Annual Flow Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200110173121/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2018/lawful_permanent_residents_2018.pdf |date=January 10, 2020 }} authored by the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</ref><ref name="2019data">[https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/lawful_permanent_residents_2019.pdf U.S. 2019 Lawful Permanent Residents Annual Flow Report] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024165311/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/lawful_permanent_residents_2019.pdf |date=October 24, 2020 }} authored by the Office of Immigration Statistics (OIS) in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</ref><ref name="2020data">[https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/lawful-permanent-residents U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents 2020 Data Tables] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922091633/https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/lawful-permanent-residents |date=September 22, 2018 }} November 18, 2021, authored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2023_0818_plcy_yearbook_immigration_statistics_fy2022.pdf |title=2022: Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |publisher=United States Department of Homeland Security: Office of Homeland Security Statistics |year=2023 |location=Washington, D.C. |pages=13 |chapter=Lawful Permanent Residents |access-date=May 11, 2024 |archive-date=May 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240504003205/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2023_0818_plcy_yearbook_immigration_statistics_fy2022.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|
|-
| 1855
| 200,877
| 1880
| 457,257
| 1905
| 1,026,499
| 1930
| 241,700
| 1955
| 237,790
| 1980
| 524,295
| 2005
| 1,122,257
| 2018
| 1,096,611
|-
| 1860
| 153,640
| 1885
| 395,346
| 1910
| 1,041,570
| 1935
| 34,956
| 1960
| 265,398
| 1985
| 568,149
| 2010
| 1,042,625
| 2019
| 1,031,765
|-
| 1865
| 248,120
| 1890
| 455,302
| 1915
| 326,700
| 1940
| 70,756
| 1965
| 296,697
| 1990
| 1,535,872
| 2015
| 1,051,031
| 2020
| 707,362
|-
| 1870
| 387,203 
| 1895
| 258,536
| 1920
| 430,001
| 1945
| 38,119
| 1970
| 373,326
| 1995
| 720,177
| 2016
| 1,183,505
| 2021
| 740,002
|-
|1875
|227,498
|1900
|448,572
|1925
|294,314
|1950
|249,187
|1975
|385,378
|2000
|841,002
|2017
|1,127,167
|2022
|1,018,349
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|Decade
! scope="col" style="width:160px;"|Average per year
|-
| 1890–99 || 369,100
|-
| 1900–09 || 745,100
|-
| 1910–19 || 634,400
|-
| 1920–29 || 429,600
|-
| 1930–39 || 69,900
|-
| 1940–49 || 85,700
|-
| 1950–59 || 249,900
|-
| 1960–69 || 321,400
|-
| 1970–79 || 424,800
|-
| 1980–89 || 624,400
|-
| 1990–99 || 977,500
|-
| 2000–09 || 1,029,900
|-
| 2010–19 || 1,063,300
|}

; Refugee numbers
{{Main|Asylum in the United States}}
[[File:C-17 carrying passengers out of Afghanistan.jpg|thumb|[[Operation Allies Refuge]] with [[Afghan people|Afghans]] being evacuated on a [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] [[Boeing C-17]] plane during the [[Fall of Kabul (2021)|fall of Kabul in 2021]]]]

According to the Department of State, in the 2016 fiscal year 84,988 refugees were accepted into the US from around the world. In the fiscal year of 2017, 53,691 refugees were accepted to the US. There was a significant decrease after Trump took office; it continued in the fiscal year of 2018 when only 22,405 refugees were accepted into the US. This displays a massive drop in acceptance of refugees since the Trump Administration has been in place.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/refugees-asylees|title=Refugees and Asylees|date=April 5, 2016|website=Department of Homeland Security|language=en|access-date=November 22, 2019|archive-date=October 21, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021004153/https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/refugees-asylees|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Original research inline|date=July 2021}}<!-- Do any sources state that immigration numbers reduce specifically because of the Trump administration? -->

On September 26, 2019, the [[First presidency of Donald Trump|Trump administration]] announced that it planned to allow only 18,000 refugees to resettle in the United States in the 2020 fiscal year, its lowest level since the modern program began in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/trump-proposes-slashing-refugee-numbers|title=Trump proposes slashing refugee numbers|website=SBS News|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=February 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217174753/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/trump-proposes-slashing-refugee-numbers|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/trump-administration-slashes-refugee-programme-190926212502321.html|title=Trump aims to slash US refugee intake, claiming backlog|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=September 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922124039/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/trump-administration-slashes-refugee-programme-190926212502321.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="cbsnews.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-to-propose-lowest-ever-refugee-cap-in-american-history/|title=Trump to cut number of refugees allowed in U.S. to lowest ever|website=www.cbsnews.com|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216010855/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-trump-to-propose-lowest-ever-refugee-cap-in-american-history/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49847906|title=US slashes refugee limit to all-time low of 18,000|work=[[BBC News]]|date=September 27, 2019|access-date=September 3, 2020|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216010827/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49847906|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020 the Trump administration announced that it planned to slash refugee admissions to U.S. for 2021 to a record low of 15,000 refugees down from a cap of 18,000 for 2020, making 2021 the fourth consecutive year of declining refugee admissions under the Trump term.<ref name=TrumpLimit>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/1/trump-plans-to-limit-us-refugee-admissions-to-a-record-low|title=Trump to limit 2021 US refugee admissions to 15,000, a record low|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206205548/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/1/trump-plans-to-limit-us-refugee-admissions-to-a-record-low|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="nbcnews.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-plans-slash-refugee-admissions-u-s-record-low-n1241672|title=U.S. to cut refugee admissions to U.S. to a record low|website=[[NBC News]]|date=October 2020|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116073228/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-plans-slash-refugee-admissions-u-s-record-low-n1241672|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=TrumpLow>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-slashes-us-refugee-admissions-to-record-low/a-55114405|title=Donald Trump slashes US refugee admissions to record low|date=October 1, 2020|website=DW.COM|access-date=October 8, 2020|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111051328/https://www.dw.com/en/donald-trump-slashes-us-refugee-admissions-to-record-low/a-55114405|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Biden administration pledged to welcome 125,000 refugees in 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biden administration plans to keep refugee cap at 125,000 |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2023/09/26/politics/refugee-cap/index.html |work=CNN |date=September 26, 2023}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Period!!Refugee Program <br><ref name="aljazeera.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/slashes-number-refugees-ready-resettle-170928033816715.html|title=US slashes number of refugees it is ready to resettle|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=July 20, 2019|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918091042/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/09/slashes-number-refugees-ready-resettle-170928033816715.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Shameful">{{cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/slashes-number-refugees-admit-30000-180917225659912.html|title='Shameful': US slashes number of refugees it will admit to 30,000|website=www.aljazeera.com|access-date=July 20, 2019|archive-date=September 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918091019/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/09/slashes-number-refugees-admit-30000-180917225659912.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=TrumpLimit /><ref name="nbcnews.com"/><ref name=TrumpLow />
|-
| 2018 || 45,000
|-
| 2019 || 30,000
|-
| 2020 || 18,000
|-
| 2021 || 15,000
|}

== Contemporary immigration ==
[[File:Immigration to the United States over time.svg|thumb|Legal immigration to the United States over time]]
[[File:SalemMassCustomHouseNaturalization3ty13543.jpg|thumb|A naturalization ceremony in [[Salem, Massachusetts]] in 2007]]
{{As of|2018}}, approximately half of immigrants living in the United States are from Mexico and other Latin American countries.<ref>{{Cite web|date=August 20, 2020|title=Immigrants in America: Key Charts and Facts|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/20/facts-on-u-s-immigrants/|access-date=2022-01-15|website=Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project|language=en-US|archive-date=January 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115122622/https://www.pewresearch.org/hispanic/2020/08/20/facts-on-u-s-immigrants/|url-status=live}}</ref> Many Central Americans are fleeing because of desperate social and economic circumstances in their countries. Some believe that the large number of Central American refugees arriving in the United States can be explained as a "blowback" to policies such as [[Foreign interventions by the United States|United States military interventions]] and [[United States involvement in regime change|covert operations]] that installed or maintained in power authoritarian leaders allied with wealthy land owners and [[multinational corporations]] who stop [[smallholding|family farming]] and democratic efforts, which have caused drastically sharp social inequality, wide-scale poverty and rampant crime.<ref>The Guardian, December 19, 2019 [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/19/central-america-migrants-us-foreign-policy "Fleeing a Hell the U.S. Helped Create: Why Central Americans Journey North{{snd}}The region's inequality and violence, in which the US has long played a role, is driving people to leave their homes"]</ref> Economic [[austerity]] dictated by [[Neoliberalism|neoliberal]] policies imposed by the [[International Monetary Fund]] and its ally, the U.S., has also been cited as a driver of the dire social and economic conditions, as has the U.S. "[[War on Drugs]]", which has been understood as fueling murderous [[gang]] violence in the region.<ref>The Nation, October 18, 2017, [https://www.thenation.com/article/how-us-foreign-policy-helped-create-the-immigration-crisis/ "How US Foreign Policy Helped Create the Immigration Crisis: Neoliberal Strictures, Support for Oligarchs, and the War on Drugs Have Impoverished Millions and Destabilized Latin America"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705173521/https://www.thenation.com/article/how-us-foreign-policy-helped-create-the-immigration-crisis/ |date=July 5, 2019 }}</ref> Another major migration driver from Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador) are crop failures, which are (partly) caused by [[climate change]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2019/12/03/478014/climate-change-altering-migration-patterns-regionally-globally| title = Climate Change Is Altering Migration Patterns Regionally and Globally| date = December 3, 2019| access-date = January 21, 2020| archive-date = December 5, 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191205002921/https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/news/2019/12/03/478014/climate-change-altering-migration-patterns-regionally-globally/| url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/drought-climate-change-force-guatemalans-migrate-to-us/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181031220415/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/drought-climate-change-force-guatemalans-migrate-to-us/| url-status = dead| archive-date = October 31, 2018| title = Changing climate forces desperate Guatemalans to migrate| website = [[National Geographic Society]]| date = October 23, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jul/29/guatemala-climate-crisis-migration-drought-famine| title = 'People are dying': how the climate crisis has sparked an exodus to the US| website = [[TheGuardian.com]]| date = July 29, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-climate-change-is-driving-emigration-from-central-america| title = How climate change is driving emigration from Central America| website = [[PBS]]| date = September 8, 2019| access-date = January 21, 2020| archive-date = January 21, 2020| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200121130414/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/how-climate-change-is-driving-emigration-from-central-america| url-status = live}}</ref> "The current debate{{Nbsp}}... is almost totally about what to do about immigrants when they get here. But the 800-pound gorilla that's missing from the table is what we have been doing there that brings them here, that drives them here", according to [[Jeff Faux]], an economist who is a distinguished fellow at the [[Economic Policy Institute]].

Until the 1930s most legal immigrants were male. By the 1990s women accounted for just over half of all legal immigrants.<ref name="nap"/> Contemporary immigrants tend to be younger than the native population of the United States, with people between the ages of 15 and 34 substantially overrepresented.<ref name="nap9"/> Immigrants are also more likely to be married and less likely to be divorced than native-born Americans of the same age.<ref name="nap10"/>

Immigrants are likely to move to and live in areas populated by people with similar backgrounds. This phenomenon has remained true throughout the history of immigration to the United States.<ref name="nap11"/> Seven out of ten immigrants surveyed by [[Public Agenda]] in 2009 said they intended to make the U.S. their permanent home, and 71% said if they could do it over again they would still come to the US. In the same study, 76% of immigrants say the government has become stricter on enforcing immigration laws since the [[September 11 attacks]] ("9/11"), and 24% report that they personally have experienced some or a great deal of discrimination.<ref name="publicagenda"/>

Public attitudes about immigration in the U.S. were heavily influenced in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. After the attacks, 52% of Americans believed that immigration was a good thing overall for the U.S., down from 62% the year before, according to a 2009 Gallup poll.<ref name="gallup"/> A 2008 Public Agenda survey found that half of Americans said tighter controls on immigration would do "a great deal" to enhance U.S. national security.<ref name="publicagenda12"/> Harvard political scientist and historian [[Samuel P. Huntington]] argued in his 2004 book ''[[Who Are We? The Challenges to America's National Identity]]'' that a potential future consequence of continuing massive immigration from Latin America, especially Mexico, could lead to the bifurcation of the United States.<ref name="TOC of book on Library of Congress">{{cite web|title=Table of contents for Who are we? : the challenges to America's national identity / Samuel P. Huntington|url=http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2004042902-t.html|website=Library of Congress|access-date=August 4, 2017|archive-date=April 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408203329/http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0645/2004042902-t.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Samuel Huntington Interview">{{cite web|title=Samuel Huntington – on Immigration and the American Identity – Podcast Interview|url=http://thoughtcast.org/samuel-huntington/|website=Thoughtcast|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305231157/http://thoughtcast.org/samuel-huntington/|archive-date=March 5, 2017}}</ref>

The estimated population of illegal Mexican immigrants in the US decreased from approximately 7 million in 2007 to 6.1&nbsp;million in 2011<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/24/tp-mexican-migration-appears-to-be-in-reverse/|title=Mexican Migration Appears To Be In Reverse|last=Yen|first=Hope|agency=Associated Press|date=April 24, 2012|work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]]|access-date=April 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501131011/http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/24/tp-mexican-migration-appears-to-be-in-reverse/|archive-date=May 1, 2015}}</ref> Commentators link the reversal of the immigration trend to the economic downturn that started in 2008 and which meant fewer available jobs, and to the introduction of tough immigration laws in many states.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/navarrette-the-mexican-reverse-migration-1.3686534|title=Navarrette: The Mexican reverse migration|author=Ruben Navarrette Jr.|date=April 27, 2012|work=Newsday|access-date=April 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428031331/http://www.newsday.com/opinion/oped/navarrette-the-mexican-reverse-migration-1.3686534|archive-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/world/americas/mexico-leaving-us/index.html | work=[[CNN]] | title=Mexicans feeling persecuted flee U.S. | date=November 27, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305190620/http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/26/world/americas/mexico-leaving-us/index.html | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/la-now-live-a-daily-conversation-with-the-times-newsroom-15.html | work=[[Los Angeles Times]]| title=L.A. Now | date=October 23, 2012 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306023859/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/10/la-now-live-a-daily-conversation-with-the-times-newsroom-15.html | archive-date=March 6, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/us/31immig.html?partner=rssnyt | work=[[The New York Times]] | title=Decline Seen in Numbers of People Here Illegally | first=Julia | last=Preston | date=July 31, 2008 | access-date=May 5, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424181029/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/31/us/31immig.html?partner=rssnyt | archive-date=April 24, 2015 | df=mdy-all }}</ref> According to the [[Pew Hispanic Center]], the net immigration of Mexican born persons had stagnated in 2010, and tended toward going into negative figures.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/04/23/net-migration-from-mexico-falls-to-zero-and-perhaps-less/|title=Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero – and Perhaps Less|date=April 23, 2012|work=Pew Research Center's Hispanic Trends Project|access-date=April 19, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421222133/http://www.pewhispanic.org/2012/04/23/net-migration-from-mexico-falls-to-zero-and-perhaps-less/|archive-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref> 

The share of international job seekers looking to work in the U.S. declined sharply in 2025  as per a report from ''[[Indeed]]''. The slowing labor market and stricter immigration policy beginning with the Biden administration and accelerating under President Trump has led to further cooling demand for American jobs.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peck |first=Emily |date=2025-05-13 |title=Fewer people want to work in the U.S. |url=https://www.axios.com/2025/05/13/us-jobs-foreign-workers |access-date=2025-05-13 |website=Axios |language=en}}</ref>

More than 80 cities in the United States,<ref name="sfgate13"/> including Washington D.C., New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, [[San Diego]], [[San Jose, California|San Jose]], [[Salt Lake City]], [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]], [[Dallas]], [[Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]], [[Houston]], Detroit, [[Jersey City]], [[Minneapolis]], [[Denver]], [[Baltimore]], [[Seattle]], [[Portland, Oregon]] and [[Portland, Maine]], have [[Sanctuary city|sanctuary policies]], which vary locally.<ref name="Sanctuary Cities, USA"/>

=== Origin countries ===
{{see also|United States immigration statistics}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents by region, 2015–2023
|-
! scope="col" style="width:120px;"|Region
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2015
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| <small>% of total</small>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2016
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| <small>% of total</small>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2017
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| <small>% of total</small>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2018<ref name=2018data/>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| <small>% of total</small>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2019<ref name=2019data/>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| <small>% of total</small>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| 2020<ref name=2020data/>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"| <small>% of total</small>
!2021<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Baugh |first=Ryan |date=November 2023 |title=U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: 2022 |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2023_0818_plcy_lawful_permanent_residents_fy2022_0.pdf |journal=Annual Flow Report |access-date=June 4, 2024 |archive-date=March 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309131820/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-02/2023_0818_plcy_lawful_permanent_residents_fy2022_0.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
!<small>% of total</small>
!2022<ref name=":1" />
!<small>% of total</small>
!2023<ref name=":2023">[https://ohss.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2024-09/2024_0906_plcy_lawful_permanent_residents_fy2023.pdf U.S. Lawful Permanent Immigration Residents: 2023] Office of Homeland Security</ref>
!<small>% of total</small>
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" | <small>{{growth}}/{{decrease}}% in 2023</small>
|-
| North America
| 438,435
| 41.7%
| 506,901
| 42.8%
| 492,726
| 43.7%
| 497,860
| 45.4%
| 461,710
| 44.8%
| 284,491
| 40.2%
| 240,440
| 32.5%
| 332,670
| 32.7%
| 450,310
| 38.4%
| <small>{{growth}}</small>35.4%
|-
| Asia
| 419,297
| 39.9%
| 462,299
| 39.1%
| 424,743
| 37.7%
| 397,187
| 36.2%
| 364,761
| 35.4%
| 272,597
| 38.5%
| 295,306
| 39.9%
| 414,951
| 40.7%
| 418,930
| 35.7%
| <small>{{growth}}</small>1.0%
|-
| South America
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 
| 71,370
| 9.6%
| 99,030
| 9.7%
| 112,130
| 9.6%
| <small>{{growth}}</small>13.2%
|-
| Africa
| 101,415
| 9.7%
| 113,426
| 9.6%
| 118,824
| 10.5%
| 115,736
| 10.6%
| 111,194
| 10.8%
| 76,649
| 10.8%
| 66,211
| 8.9%
| 89,571
| 8.8%
| 105,520
| 9.0%
| <small>{{growth}}</small>17.8%
|-
| Europe
| 85,803
| 8.2%
| 93,567
| 7.9%
| 84,335
| 7.5%
| 80,024
| 7.3%
| 87,597
| 8.5%
| 68,994
| 9.8%
| 61,521
| 8.3%
| 75,606
| 7.4%
| 80,280
| 6.8%
| <small>{{growth}}</small>6.2%
|-
| Oceania
| 5,404
| 0.5%
| 5,588
| 0.5%
| 5,071
| 0.5%
| 4,653
| 0.4%
| 5,359
| 0.5%
| 3,998
| 0.6%
| 4,147
| 0.6%
| 5,132
| 0.5%
| 5,000
| 0.4%
| ~
|-
| unknown
| 677
| 0.1%
| 1,724
| 0.1%
| 1,468
| 0.1%
| 1,151
| 0.1%
| 1,144
| 0.1%
| 633
| >0.1%
| 1,011
| 0.1%
| 1,392
| 0.1%
| 730
| ~
| ~
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''1,051,031'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1,183,505'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1,127,167'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1,096,611'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1,031,765'''
| '''100%'''
| '''707,632'''
| '''100%'''
| '''740,002'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1,018,349'''
| '''100%'''
| '''1,172,910'''
| '''100%'''
| <small>{{growth}}</small>'''27.3%'''
|}

*Before 2021, Americas included borth North (inc. Central and Caribbean region) and South America.

Source: US Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics<ref name=":1" /><ref name=2014-data>{{cite web |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/LPR%20Flow%20Report%202014_508.pdf |title=U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: 2014 |first=Nadwa |last=Mossaad |access-date=May 20, 2016|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160522235943/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/LPR%20Flow%20Report%202014_508.pdf |archive-date=May 22, 2016 }}</ref><ref name=2015data>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/profiles-lawful-permanent-residents-2015-country|title=Profiles on Lawful Permanent Residents 2015 Country – Homeland Security|date=January 31, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316205137/https://www.dhs.gov/profiles-lawful-permanent-residents-2015-country|archive-date=March 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name=update2016>{{cite web|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/fy16_lawful-permanent-residents.pdf|title=U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: 2016|access-date=November 9, 2020|archive-date=October 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020030215/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/fy16_lawful-permanent-residents.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="update2017">{{cite web|title=U.S. Lawful Permanent Residents: 2017|url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Lawful_Permanent_Residents_2017.pdf|access-date=June 5, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902144956/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/Lawful_Permanent_Residents_2017.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Immigration to the United States over time by region.svg|thumb|Immigration to the United States over time by region]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+'''Top 15 Countries of Origin of Permanent Residents, 2016–2023:'''<ref>{{cite web|title=Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR)|url=https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/lawful-permanent-residents|access-date=November 17, 2023|archive-date=September 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922091633/https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/lawful-permanent-residents|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" style="width:120px;"|Country
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2016
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2017
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2018
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2019
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2020
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2021
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2022
! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|2023
|-
|{{flagu|India}}
| 64,687
| 60,394
| 59,821
| 54,495
| 46,363
| 93,450
| 120,121
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Mexico}}
| 174,534
| 170,581
| 161,858
| 156,052
| 100,325
| 107,230
| 117,710
| 
|-
| {{flagu|China}}
| 81,772
| 71,565
| 65,214
| 62,248
| 41,483
| 49,847
| 62,022
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Dominican Republic}}
| 61,161
| 58,520
| 57,413
| 49,911
| 30,005
| 24,553
| 36,007
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Cuba}}
| 66,516
| 65,028
| 76,486
| 41,641
| 16,367
| 23,077
| 31,019
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Philippines}}
| 53,287
| 49,147
| 47,258
| 45,920
| 25,491
| 27,511
| 27,692
| 
|-
| {{flagu|El Salvador}}
| 23,449
| 25,109
| 28,326
| 27,656
| 17,907
| 18,668
| 25,609
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Vietnam}}
| 41,451
| 38,231
| 33,834
| 39,712
| 29,995
| 16,312
| 22,604
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Brazil}}
| 13,812
| 14,989
| 15,394
| 19,825
| 16,746
| 18,351
| 20,806
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Colombia}}
| 18,610
| 17,956
| 17,545
| 19,841
| 11,989
| 15,293
| 16,763
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Venezuela}}
| 10,772
| 11,809
| 11,762
| 15,720
| 12,136
| 14,412
| 16,604
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Guatemala}}
| 13,002<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/yearbook_immigration_statistics_2019.pdf |title=United States Department of Homeland Security: Office of Immigration Statistics |year=2019 |pages=13 }}</ref>
| 13,198<ref name=":2" />
| 15,638<ref name=":2" />
| 13,453<ref name=":2" />
| 7,369
| 8,199
| 15,328
| 
|-
| {{flagu|South Korea}}
| 21,801
| 19,194
| 17,676
| 18,479
| 16,244
| 12,351
| {{data missing|date=November 2023}}
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Honduras}}
| 13,302<ref name=":2" />
| 11,387<ref name=":2" />
| 13,794<ref name=":2" />
| 15,901<ref name=":2" />
| 7,843
| 9,425
| 14,762
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Canada}}
| 12,793<ref name=":3">{{Cite book |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2019/yearbook_immigration_statistics_2019.pdf |title=2019 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |publisher=United States Department of Homeland Security: Office of Immigration Statistics |year=2019 |pages=12 }}</ref>
| 11,484<ref name=":3" />
| 9,898<ref name=":3" />
| 11,388<ref name=":3" />
| 11,297
| 12,053
| 13,916
| 
|-
| {{flagu|Jamaica}}
| 23,350
| 21,905
| 20,347
| 21,689
| 12,826
| 13,357
| 13,603
| 
|-
| '''Total'''
| '''1,183,505'''
| '''1,127,167'''
| '''1,096,611'''
| '''1,031,765'''
| '''707,362'''
| '''740,002'''
| '''1,018,349'''
| '''1,172,910'''
|}

=== Charts ===
{{Pie chart
|caption = Inflow of New Legal Permanent Residents by continent in 2020:<ref name=2020data/>
|style=clear:none;
|thumb = left
|label1 = Americas
|value1 = 40.2
|color1 = orange
|label2 = Asia
|value2 = 38.5
|color2 = yellow
|label3 = Africa
|value3 = 10.8
|color3 = black
|label4 = Europe
|value4 = 9.8
|color4 = blue
|label5 = [[Australasia|Australia and Oceania]]
|value5 = 0.6
|color5 = green
|label6 = Unknown
|value6 = 0.1
|color6 = gray
}}
{{Pie chart
|caption = Languages spoken among U.S. immigrants, 2016:<ref name="pewhispanic.org"/>
|style=clear:none;
|thumb = left
|label1 = English only
|value1 = 16
|color1 = blue
|label2 = Spanish
|value2 = 43
|color2 = brown
|label3 = Chinese
|value3 = 6
|color3 = red
|label4 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]] and related languages
|value4 = 5
|color4 = yellow
|label5 = [[Tagalog language|Filipino/Tagalog]]
|value5 = 4
|color5 = pink
|label6 = French
|value6 = 3
|color6 = gray
|label7 = [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
|value7 = 3
|color7 = black
|label8 = Arabic
|value8 = 2
|color8 = green
|label9 = Other
|value9 = 18
|color9 = light blue
}}
<div style="clear:both;"></div>

== Demography ==
=== Extent and destinations ===
{{See also|List of U.S. states by net international migration}}[[File:Mulberry Street NYC c1900 LOC 3g04637u edit.jpg|thumb|[[Little Italy, Manhattan|Little Italy]] in New York City, c. 1900]]
[[File:Pinoydayparade2.JPG|thumb|A crowd at the [[Philippine Independence Day Parade]] in New York City]]
[[File:Galveston Immigration Stations.jpg|thumb|Galveston immigration stations]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
!Year<ref>Nativity of the Population and Place of Birth of the Native Population: 1850 to 2000 – [https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/tables/tab01.xls .xls] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020075708/http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/tables/tab01.xls |date=October 20, 2011 }}, [https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/tables/tab01.csv .csv] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723092147/https://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0081/tables/tab01.csv |date=July 23, 2017 }}</ref>
!Number of<br>foreign-born
!Percent<br />foreign-born
|-
|1850
|2,244,602
|9.7
|-
|1860
|4,138,697
|13.2
|-
|1870
|5,567,229
|14.4
|-
|1880
|6,679,943
|13.3
|-
|1890
|9,249,547
|14.8
|-
|1900
|10,341,276
|13.6
|-
|1910
|13,515,886
|14.7
|-
|1920
|13,920,692
|13.2
|-
|1930
|14,204,149
|11.6
|-
|1940
|11,594,896
|8.8
|-
|1950
|10,347,395
|6.9
|-
|1960
|9,738,091
|5.4
|-
|1970
|9,619,302
|4.7
|-
|1980
|14,079,906
|6.2
|-
|1990
|19,767,316
|7.9
|-
|2000
|31,107,889
|11.1
|-
|2010
|39,956,000
|12.9
|-
|2017
|44,525,500
|13.7
|-
|2018
|44,728,502
|13.5
|-
|2019
|44,932,799
|
|-
|2023
|47,831,053
|14.3
|}
* 2010,<ref>[https://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf Population by Nativity Status and Citizenship: 2010] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209224630/http://www.census.gov/prod/2012pubs/acs-19.pdf |date=February 9, 2015 }} (estimated to nearest thousand)</ref> 2017,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_15_1YR_B05006&prodType=table|title=Place of Birth for the Foreign-born in the United States|date=2016|access-date=March 16, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200214060704/https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_15_1YR_B05006&prodType=table|archive-date=February 14, 2020}}</ref> 2018<ref name=J>{{cite web| url = http://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Place%20of%20Birth&tid=ACSDT1Y2018.B05006&hidePreview=false&vintage=2018.| title = Explore Census Data| access-date = September 1, 2020| archive-date = December 17, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211217012420/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Place%20of%20Birth&tid=ACSDT1Y2018.B05006&hidePreview=false&vintage=2018.| url-status = live}} Retrieved September 1, 2020</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219.| title = U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: United States| access-date = September 1, 2020| archive-date = September 9, 2023| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20230909042445/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045219.| url-status = live}} Retrieved September 1, 2020</ref>
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The United States admitted more legal immigrants from 1991 to 2000, between ten and eleven million, than in any previous decade. In the most recent decade,{{When|date=July 2021}} the 10 million legal immigrants that settled in the U.S. represent roughly one third of the annual growth, as the U.S. population increased by 32&nbsp;million (from 249&nbsp;million to 281&nbsp;million). By comparison, the highest previous decade was the 1900s, when 8.8&nbsp;million people arrived, increasing the total U.S. population by one percent every year. Specifically, "nearly 15% of Americans were foreign-born in 1910, while in 1999, only about 10% were foreign-born".<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

By 1970, immigrants accounted for 4.7 percent of the US population and rising to 6.2 percent in 1980, with an estimated 12.5 percent in 2009.<ref name="migrationinformation14"/> {{As of|2010}}, 25% of US residents under age 18 were first- or second-generation immigrants.<ref name="nytimes"/> Eight percent of all babies born in the U.S. in 2008 belonged to illegal immigrant parents, according to a recent{{When|date=July 2021}} analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Hispanic Center.<ref name="wsj"/>

Legal immigration to the U.S. increased from 250,000 in the 1930s, to 2.5&nbsp;million in the 1950s, to 4.5&nbsp;million in the 1970s, and to 7.3&nbsp;million in the 1980s, before becoming stable at about 10 million in the 1990s.<ref name="findarticles"/> Since 2000, legal immigrants to the United States number approximately 1,000,000 per year, of whom about 600,000 are ''Change of Status'' who already are in the U.S. Legal immigrants to the United States now{{When|date=July 2021}} are at their highest level ever, at just over 37,000,000 legal immigrants. In reports in 2005–2006, estimates of illegal immigration ranged from 700,000 to 1,500,000 per year.<ref name="csmonitor"/><ref name="pewhispanic"/> Immigration led to a 57.4% increase in foreign-born population from 1990 to 2000.<ref name="migrationinformation15"/>

Foreign-born immigration has caused the U.S. population to continue its rapid increase with the foreign-born population doubling from almost 20 million in 1990 to over 47&nbsp;million in 2015.<ref name="immigrationun">{{Cite web|url=http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates15.shtml|title=United Nations Population Division {{!}} Department of Economic and Social Affairs|website=www.un.org|access-date=October 3, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201226192804/https://www.un.org/en/development/desa/population/migration/data/estimates2/estimates15.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2018, there were almost 90 million immigrants and U.S.-born children of immigrants ([[Second-generation immigrants in the United States|second-generation]] Americans) in the United States, accounting for 28% of the overall U.S. population.<ref>{{cite news |title=Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States |url=https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states |work=[[Migration Policy Institute]] |date=March 14, 2019 |access-date=June 21, 2019 |archive-date=February 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209224529/https://www.migrationpolicy.org/article/frequently-requested-statistics-immigrants-and-immigration-united-states |url-status=live }}</ref>

While immigration has increased drastically over the 20th century, the foreign-born share of the population is, at 13.4, only somewhat below what it was at its peak in 1910 at 14.7%. A number of factors may be attributed to the decrease in the representation of foreign-born residents in the United States. Most significant has been the change in the composition of immigrants; prior to 1890, 82% of immigrants came from North and Western Europe. From 1891 to 1920, that number decreased to 25%, with a rise in immigrants from East, Central, and South Europe, summing up to 64%. Animosity towards these ethnically different immigrants increased in the United States, resulting in much legislation to limit immigration in the 20th century.<ref name="Cohn 2020">{{cite web | last=Cohn | first=D’Vera | title=How U.S. immigration laws and rules have changed through history | website=Pew Research Center | date=May 30, 2020 | url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/ | access-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514151944/https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2015/09/30/how-u-s-immigration-laws-and-rules-have-changed-through-history/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Origin ===
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|-class="static-row-header" style=vertical-align:bottom
|+ '''Country of birth for foreign-born population in the United States (1960–2015)'''
!style="width: 15em;"|Country of birth
!data-sort-type=number style="width: 6em;"|2015{{refn|group=note|name=ACS2015|Refers to 2013–2017 [[American Community Survey]] data;<ref name="ACS2015ForeignBorn">{{cite web |title=B05006: Place of Birth for the ... – Census Bureau Table |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=B05006&g=010XX00US&tid=ACSDT5Y2017.B05006 |website=B05006 &#124; Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States  |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324200401/https://data.census.gov/table?q=B05006&g=010XX00US&tid=ACSDT5Y2017.B05006 |url-status=live }}</ref> the last Decennial Census where foreign-born population data was collected was in the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]]}}
!data-sort-type=number style="width: 6em;"|2010{{refn|group=note|name=ACS2010|Refers to 2008–2012 [[American Community Survey]] data;<ref name="ACS2010ForeignBorn">{{cite web |title=B05006: Place of Birth for the ... – Census Bureau Table |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=B05006&g=010XX00US&tid=ACSDT5Y2012.B05006 |website=B05006 &#124; Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in the United States |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324200354/https://data.census.gov/table?q=B05006&g=010XX00US&tid=ACSDT5Y2012.B05006 |url-status=live }}</ref> the last Decennial Census where foreign-born population data was collected was in the [[2000 United States census|2000 census]]}}
!data-sort-type=number style="width: 6em;"|2000<ref name="2000CensusForeignBorn">{{cite web |title=PCT019: Place of Birth for the ... – Census Bureau Table |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=PCT019&g=010XX00US&tid=DECENNIALSF32000.PCT019 |website=PCT019 &#124; Place of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population[126] |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324200402/https://data.census.gov/table?q=PCT019&g=010XX00US&tid=DECENNIALSF32000.PCT019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last1=Gibson |first1=Campbell |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2006/demo/POP-twps0081.pdf |title=Historical Census Statistics on the Foreign-Born Population of the United States : 1850 TO 2000 |last2=Jung |first2=Kay |date=February 2006 |access-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-date=November 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109192914/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-papers/2006/demo/POP-twps0081.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
!data-sort-type=number style="width: 6em;"|1990<ref name="1990Census">{{cite web |title=1990 Census of Population Social and Economic Characteristics United States |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-2/cp-2-1.pdf |website=Social and Economic Characteristics: United States |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119215250/http://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1990/cp-2/cp-2-1.pdf |archive-date=January 19, 2022 |date=October 1993 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
!data-sort-type=number style="width: 6em;"|1980<ref name="1980Census">{{cite web |title=General Social and Economic Characteristics United States Summary 1980 Census of Population |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/united-states-summary/1980a_usc-01.pdf |website=untitled |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006193528/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1980/volume-1/united-states-summary/1980a_usc-01.pdf |archive-date=October 6, 2022 |date=December 1983 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":0" />
!data-sort-type=number style="width: 6em;"|1970<ref name="1980Census" />
!1960<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-2/41927938v2p1a-1ech02.pdf |title=1960 Census: Subject Reports, Nativity and Parentage: Social and Economic Characteristics of the Foreign Stock by Country of Origin |publisher=United States Census Bureau |year=1965 |pages= |access-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-date=May 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512143946/https://www2.census.gov/library/publications/decennial/1960/population-volume-2/41927938v2p1a-1ech02.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0" />
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Mexico
|{{decrease|11513528}} 11,513,528
|{{increase|11599653}} 11,599,653
|{{increase|9177487}} 9,177,487
|{{increase|4298014}} 4,298,014
|{{increase|2199221}} 2,199,221
|{{increase|2199221}} 759,711
|575,902
|-
|style="text-align:left"|India
|{{increase|2348867}} 2,348,687
|{{increase|1837838}} 1,837,838
|{{increase|1022552}} 1,022,552
|{{increase|450406}} 450,406
|{{increase|206087}} 206,087
|51,000
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|China{{efn|Excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan}}
|{{increase|2034383}} 2,034,383
|{{increase|1583634}} 1,583,634
|{{increase|988857}} 988,857
|{{increase|529837}} 529,837
|{{increase|286120}} 286,120
|172,132
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Philippines
|{{increase|1945345}} 1,945,345
|{{increase|1810537}} 1,810,537
|{{increase|1369070}} 1,369,070
|{{increase|912674}} 912,674
|{{increase|501440}} 501,440
|{{increase|169147}} 184,842
|104,843{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|El Salvador
|{{increase|1323592}} 1,323,592
|{{increase|1201972}} 1,201,972
|{{increase|817336}} 817,336
|{{increase|817336}} 465,433
|94,447{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|6,310{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Vietnam
|{{increase|1314927}} 1,314,927
|{{increase|1231716}} 1,231,716
|{{increase|988174}} 988,174
|{{increase|543262}} 543,262
|231,120
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Cuba
|{{increase|1227031}} 1,227,031
|{{increase|1057346}} 1,057,346
|{{increase|872716}} 872,716
|{{increase|736971}} 736,971
|{{increase|607184}} 607,184
|{{increase|169147}} 439,048
|79,150{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|South Korea{{efn|As well as North Korea}}
|{{decrease|1064960}} 1,064,960
|{{increase|1085151}} 1,085,151
|{{increase|864125}} 864,125
|{{increase|568397}} 568,397
|{{increase|289885}} 289,885
|38,711
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Dominican Republic
|{{increase|1057439}} 1,057,439
|{{increase|866618}} 866,618
|{{increase|687677}} 687,677
|{{increase|347858}} 347,858
|{{increase|169147}} 169,147
|{{increase|169147}} 61,228
|11,883{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Guatemala
|{{increase|923562}} 923,562
|{{increase|822947}} 822,947
|{{increase|480665}} 480,665
|{{increase|480665}} 225,739
|63,073{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|5,381{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Canada
|{{increase|818,441}} 818,441
|{{decrease|808772}} 808,772
|{{increase|820771}} 820,771
|{{decrease|744830}} 744,830
|{{increase|842859}} 842,859
|{{decrease|744830}} 812,421
|952,506
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Jamaica
|{{increase|727634}} 727,634
|{{increase|671197}} 671,197
|{{increase|553827}} 553,827
|{{increase|334140}} 334,140
|{{increase|196811}} 196,811
|68,576
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Colombia
|{{increase|723561}} 723,561
|{{increase|648594}} 648,594
|{{increase|509872}} 509,872
|{{increase|334140}} 286,124
|143,508{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|United Kingdom{{efn|Including [[Crown Dependencies]]}}
|{{increase|696048}} 696,048
|{{increase|685938}} 685,938
|{{increase|677751}} 677,751
|{{decrease|640145}} 640,145
|{{decrease|669149}} 669,149
|{{decrease|669149}} 686,099
|833,058
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Haiti
|{{increase|643341}} 643,341
|{{increase|572896}} 572,896
|{{increase|419317}} 419,317
|{{increase|282852}} 225,393
|92,395{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|4,816{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Honduras
|{{increase|603179}} 603,179
|{{increase|502827}} 502,827
|{{increase|282852}} 282,852
|{{increase|282852}} 108,923
|39,154{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|6,503{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Germany
|{{decrease|577282}} 577,282
|{{decrease|617070}} 617,070
|{{decrease|706704}} 706,704
|{{decrease|711929}} 711,929
|{{increase|849384}} 849,384
|{{decrease|711929}} 832,965
|989,810
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Peru
|{{increase|447223}} 447,223
|{{increase|419363}} 419,363
|{{increase|278186}} 278,186
|{{increase|849384}} 144,199
|55,496{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ecuador
|{{increase|437581}} 437,581
|{{increase|428747}} 428,747
|{{increase|298626}} 298,626
|{{increase|849384}} 143,314
|86,128{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Poland
|{{decrease|422208}} 422,208
|{{decrease|450537}} 450,537
|{{increase|466742}} 466,742
|{{decrease|388328}} 388,328
|{{decrease|418128}} 418,128
|{{decrease|418128}} 548,107
|747,750
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Russia
|{{increase|391974}} 391,974
|{{increase|391101}} 391,101
|{{increase|340177}} 340,177
|{{decrease|333725}} 333,725
|{{decrease|406022}} 406,022
|{{decrease|831922}} 463,462
|690,598{{Efn|Russia was not a country at the time. The number of people counted are for those from the Soviet Union.|name=Russia1960}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Iran (Incl. [[Kurdistan]])
|{{increase|377741}} 377,741
|{{increase|353169}} 353,169
|{{increase|283226}} 283,226
|210,941
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Taiwan
|{{increase|376666}} 376,666
|{{increase|365981}} 365,981
|{{increase|326215}} 326,215
|{{increase|326215}} 244,102
|75,353{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Brazil
|{{increase|373058}} 373,058
|{{increase|332250}} 332,250
|{{increase|212428}} 212,428
|{{increase|212428}} 82,489
|40,919{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|13,988{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Pakistan
|{{increase|371400}} 371,400
|{{increase|301280}} 301,280
|{{increase|223477}} 223,477
|{{increase|212428}} 91,889
|30,774{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Italy
|{{decrease|348216}} 348,216
|{{decrease|368699}} 368,699
|{{decrease|473338}} 473,338
|{{decrease|580592}} 580,592
|{{decrease|831922}} 831,922
|{{decrease|831922}} 1,008,533
|1,256,999
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Japan
|{{increase|346887}} 346,887
|{{decrease|334449}} 334,449
|{{increase|347539}} 347,539
|{{increase|290128}} 290,128
|{{increase|221794}} 221,794
|{{increase|221794}} 120,235
|109,175{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ukraine
|{{increase|344565}} 344,565
|{{increase|324216}} 324,216
|275,153
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Nigeria
|{{increase|298532}} 298,532
|{{increase|221077}} 221,077
|{{increase|134940}} 134,940
|{{increase|134940}} 55,350
|25,528{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Guyana
|{{increase|274118}} 274,118
|{{increase|257272}} 257,272
|{{increase|211189}} 211,189
|{{increase|134940}} 120,698
|48,608{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Venezuela
|{{increase|265282}} 265,282
|{{increase|182342}} 182,342
|{{increase|107031}} 107,031
|{{increase|134940}} 42,119
|33,281{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|6,851{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Nicaragua
|{{increase|252196}} 252,196
|{{increase|250186}} 250,186
|{{increase|220335}} 220,335
|{{increase|134940}} 168,659
|44,166{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|9,474{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Thailand
|{{increase|247614}} 247,614
|{{increase|224576}} 224,576
|{{increase|169801}} 169,801
|{{increase|134940}} 106,919
|54,803{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Trinidad and Tobago
|{{increase|234483}} 234,483
|{{increase|231678}} 231,678
|{{increase|197398}} 197,398
|115,710
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Hong Kong
|{{increase|228316}} 228,316
|{{increase|216948}} 216,948
|{{increase|203580}} 203,580
|147,131
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ethiopia
|{{increase|226159}} 226,159
|{{increase|164046}} 164,046
|{{increase|69531}} 69,531
|{{increase|69531}} 34,805
|7,516{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bangladesh
|{{increase|221275}} 221,275
|{{increase|166513}} 166,513
|95,294
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Iraq
|{{increase|212608}} 212,608
|{{increase|148673}} 148,673
|{{increase|89892}} 89,892
|{{increase|89892}} 44,916
|32,121{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Laos
|{{decrease|188385}} 188,385
|{{decrease|192469}} 192,469
|{{increase|204284}} 204,284
|{{increase|204284}} 171,577
|54,881{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Argentina
|{{increase|187052}} 187,052
|{{increase|170120}} 170,120
|{{increase|125218}} 125,218
|{{increase|204284}} 92,563
|68,887{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Egypt{{efn|As well as the [[Gaza Strip]]}}
|{{increase|179157}} 179,157
|{{increase|143086}} 143,086
|{{increase|113396}} 113,396
|66,313
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Portugal
|{{decrease|175555}} 175,555
|{{decrease|186142}} 186,142
|{{decrease|203119}} 203,119
|{{increase|210122}} 210,122
|{{increase|177437}} 177,437
|91,034
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|France{{efn|Only [[Metropolitan France]]}}
|{{increase|175198}} 175,198
|{{increase|157577}} 157,577
|{{increase|151154}} 151,154
|{{decrease|119233}} 119,233
|{{increase|120215}} 120,215
|105,385
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Cambodia
|{{increase|159827}} 159,827
|{{increase|156508}} 156,508
|{{increase|136978}} 136,978
|{{increase|136978}} 118,833
|20,175{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ghana
|{{increase|158999}} 158,999
|{{increase|120785}} 120,785
|{{increase|65572}} 65,572
|{{increase|136978}} 20,889
|7,564{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Romania
|{{decrease|158033}} 158,033
|{{increase|163431}} 163,431
|{{increase|135966}} 135,966
|{{increase|136978}} 91,106
|66,994{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|84,575{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Myanmar
|{{increase|137190}} 137,190
|{{increase|137190}} 89,553
|{{increase|137190}} 32,588{{Efn|Myanmar was previously known as Burma. Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=MyanmarNameChange2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|137190}} 19,835{{Efn|Myanmar was previously known as Burma. Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=MyanmarNameChange2006CensusPaper}}
|11,236{{Efn|Myanmar was previously known as Burma. Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=MyanmarNameChange2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Greece
|{{decrease|134654}} 134,654
|{{decrease|136914}} 136,914
|{{decrease|165750}} 165,750
|{{decrease|177398}} 177,398
|{{increase|210998}} 210,998
|{{increase|210998}} 177,275
|159,167{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Israel{{efn|Does not include the [[Palestinian Territories]] or the [[Golan Heights]]}}
|{{increase|134172}} 134,172
|{{increase|133074}} 133,074
|{{increase|109719}} 109,719
|86,048
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Kenya
|{{increase|126209}} 126,209
|{{increase|210998}} 95,126
|{{increase|109719}} 40,682{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|210998}} 14,371{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|6,250{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Ireland
|{{decrease|124411}} 124,411
|{{decrease|128496}} 128,496
|{{decrease|156474}} 156,474
|{{decrease|169827}} 169,827
|{{decrease|197817}} 197,817
|{{decrease|197817}} 251,375
|338,722
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Lebanon
|{{increase|120620}} 120,620
|{{increase|119523}} 119,523
|{{increase|105910}} 105,910
|{{increase|86369}} 86,369
|52,674{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|22,217{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Nepal
|{{increase|119640}} 119,640
|{{increase|133074}} 63,948
|{{increase|109719}} 11,715{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|2,262{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|844{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Turkey
|{{increase|113937}} 113,937
|{{increase|102242}} 102,242
|{{increase|78378}} 78,378
|{{increase|86369}} 55,087
|51,915{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|52,228{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Spain
|{{increase|109712}} 109,712
|{{increase|86683}} 86,683
|{{increase|82858}} 82,858
|{{increase|82858}} 76,415
|73,735{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bosnia and Herzegovina
|{{increase|105657}} 105,657
|{{increase|115600}} 115,600
|98,766
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Panama
|{{decrease|103715}} 103,715
|{{decrease|104080}} 104,080
|{{increase|105177}} 105,177
|{{increase|105177}} 85,737
|60,740{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|South Africa
|{{increase|99323}} 99,323
|{{increase|83298}} 83,298
|{{increase|63558}} 63,558
|{{increase|105177}} 34,707
|16,103{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Chile
|{{increase|97391}} 97,391
|{{increase|92948}} 92,948
|{{increase|80804}} 80,804
|{{increase|105177}} 55,681
|35,127{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Indonesia
|{{increase|96158}} 96,158
|{{increase|92555}} 92,555
|{{increase|72552}} 72,552
|{{increase|72552}} 48,387
|29,920{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Somalia
|92,807
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|{{increase|210998}} 35,760{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|2,437{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Saudi Arabia
|{{increase|90836}} 90,836
|{{increase|90836}} 48,916
|{{increase|90836}} 21,083{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|96198}} 12,632
|17,317{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Syria{{efn|Including the [[Golan Heights]]}}
|{{increase|88226}} 88,226
|{{increase|64240}} 64,240
|{{increase|54561}} 54,561
|36,782
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|16,717{{Efn|The 2006 Census document does not mention whether this includes the Golan Heights.|name=2006CensusdocumentforIsrael1960}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Armenia
|{{increase|86727}} 86,727
|{{increase|80972}} 80,972
|65,280
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Australia
|{{increase|86447}} 86,447
|{{increase|74478}} 74,478
|{{increase|60965}} 60,965
|{{increase|60965}} 42,267
|36,120{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|22,209{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Costa Rica
|{{increase|86186}} 86,186
|{{increase|83034}} 83,034
|{{increase|71870}} 71,870
|{{increase|60965}} 43,350
|29,639{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Albania
|{{increase|85406}} 85,406
|{{increase|45195}} 77,091
|{{increase|71870}}38,663{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|85096}} 5,627{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|{{decrease|103136}} 7,381{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|{{decrease|103136}} 9,180{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|9,618{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Netherlands{{efn|Only European Netherlands}}
|{{decrease|84579}} 84,579
|{{decrease|85096}} 85,096
|{{decrease|94570}} 94,570
|{{decrease|96198}} 96,198
|{{decrease|103136}} 103,136
|{{decrease|103136}} 110,570
|118,415{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Liberia
|{{increase|83221}} 83,221
|{{increase|45195}} 71,062
|{{increase|71870}} 39,029{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|11,455{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Afghanistan
|{{increase|79298}} 79,298
|{{increase|60314}} 60,314
|{{increase|45195}} 45,195
|28,444
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Morocco{{efn|Does not include the [[Western Sahara]]}}
|{{increase|74009}} 74,009
|{{increase|45195}} 58,728
|{{increase|45195}} 34,682{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|15,541
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Malaysia
|{{increase|72878}} 72,878
|{{increase|58095}} 58,095
|{{increase|49459}} 49,459
|{{increase|49459}} 33,834
|10,473{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Jordan{{efn|As well as the [[West Bank]]}}
|{{increase|72662}} 72,662
|{{increase|60912}} 60,912
|{{increase|46794}} 46,794
|31,871
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bulgaria
|{{increase|68658}} 68,658
|{{increase|46794}} 61,931
|{{increase|46794}} 35,090{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|46794}} 8,579{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|8,463{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|8,223{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Hungary
|{{decrease|67594}} 67,594
|{{decrease|75479}} 75,479
|{{decrease|92017}} 92,017
|{{decrease|110337}} 110,337
|{{decrease|144368}} 144,368
|{{decrease|144368}} 183,236
|245,252
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Former [[Czechoslovakia]]
|{{decrease|67241}} 67,241
|{{decrease|70283}} 70,283
|{{decrease|83031}} 83,031
|{{decrease|87020}} 87,020
|{{decrease|112707}} 112,707
|{{decrease|112707}} 160,899
|227,622
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Belarus
|{{increase|59501}} 59,501
|{{increase|54575}} 54,575
|38,503
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Uzbekistan
|{{increase|56275}} 56,275
|{{increase|54575}} 47,664
|{{increase|54575}} 23,029{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Barbados
|{{increase|54,131}} 54,131
|{{decrease|51764}} 51,764
|{{increase|52172}} 52,172
|43,015
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sri Lanka
|{{increase|50819}} 50,819
|{{increase|46794}} 43,568
|{{increase|52172}} 25,263{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Cameroon
|50,646
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|11,765{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Belize
|{{increase|49432}} 49,432
|{{increase|49432}} 46,717
|{{increase|49432}} 40,151{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|29,957
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|2,780{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census document. Belize was not an independent country at the time and known as British Honduras.|name=2006CensusdocumentBelize}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Uruguay
|{{increase|47933}} 47,933
|{{increase|47933}} 47,254
|{{increase|47933}} 25,038{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|47933}} 20,766
|13,278{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|1,170{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Yemen
|{{increase|47664}} 47,664
|{{increase|54575}} 38,627
|{{increase|54575}} 19,210{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|3,093{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sweden
|{{increase|47190}} 47,190
|{{decrease|45856}} 45,856
|{{decrease|49724}} 49,724
|{{decrease|53676}} 53,676
|{{decrease|77157}} 77,157
|{{decrease|83031}} 127,070
|214,491
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Austria
|{{decrease|46167}} 46,167
|{{decrease|49465}} 49,465
|{{decrease|63648}} 63,648
|{{decrease|87673}} 87,673
|{{decrease|145607}} 145,607
|{{decrease|83031}} 214,014
|304,507
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Fiji
|{{increase|45354}} 45,354
|{{increase|54575}} 39,921
|{{increase|54575}} 30,890{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Moldova
|{{increase|42388}} 42,388
|{{increase|54575}} 34,081
|{{increase|54575}} 19,507{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sudan
|{{increase|41081}} 41,081
|{{increase|54575}} 40,740
|{{increase|54575}} 19,790{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Cape Verde
|{{increase|39836}} 39,836
|{{increase|54575}} 34,678
|{{increase|54575}} 26,606{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|54575}} 14,368
|10,457{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Switzerland
|{{increase|39203}} 39,203
|{{decrease|38854}} 38,872
|{{increase|54575}} 43,106{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|87673}} 39,130
|42,804{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|61,568{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Croatia
|{{decrease|38854}} 38,854
|{{increase|54575}} 44,002
|40,908{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Eritrea
|{{increase|38657}} 38,657
|{{increase|24529}} 27,148
|{{increase|24529}} 17,518{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Sierra Leone
|{{increase|38257}} 38,257
|{{increase|34588}} 34,588
|20,831
|7,217{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Serbia
|{{increase|36244}} 36,244
|{{increase|34588}} 30,509
|10,284{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Belgium
|{{increase|35077}} 35,077
|{{decrease|38854}} 31,938
|{{decrease|38854}} 33,895{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|38854}} 34,366
|36,487{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|50,294{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Lithuania
|{{decrease|34334}} 34,334
|{{increase|34041}} 36,317
|{{increase|34041}} 28,490{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|29,745
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|121,475
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Grenada
|{{increase|34041}} 34,041
|{{increase|34041}} 30,291
|{{increase|34041}} 29,272{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|17,730
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Bahamas
|{{increase|32962}} 32,962
|{{increase|34041}} 31,095
|{{increase|34041}} 28,076{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|34041}} 21,633
|13,993{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Singapore
|{{increase|32748}} 32,748
|{{increase|34041}} 29,173
|{{increase|34041}} 20,762{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|12,889{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Dominica
|{{increase|31007}} 31,007
|{{increase|34041}} 29,883
|15,639{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Kuwait
|{{increase|30522}} 30,522
|{{increase|34041}} 24,373
|{{increase|34041}} 20,367{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|8,889{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Denmark
|{{decrease|29045}} 29,045
|{{decrease|29045}} 29,964
|{{decrease|29045}} 31,422{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|29045}} 34,999
|42,732{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|85,060{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 US Census Bureau document which is cited. Numbers from this country are not listed in Census Bureau document from 1965.|name=2006CensusdataNOT1965doc}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Kazakhstan
|{{increase|28512}} 28,512
|{{increase|28512}} 24,169
|9,154{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[Azores]]
|26,022
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Norway
|{{decrease|24583}} 24,583
|{{decrease|24583}} 26,207
|{{decrease|24583}} 32,207{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|24583}} 42,240
|63,316{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|152,698
|-
|style="text-align:left"|[[North Macedonia]]
|{{increase|24529}} 24,529
|{{increase|24529}} 23,645
|{{increase|24529}} 18,680{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Latvia
|{{decrease|22983}} 22,983
|{{increase|24529}} 23,763
|27,232{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparatelyRussia|Country was not independent; counted under "Russia"}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|St. Vincent and the Grenadines
|{{increase|22898}} 22,898
|{{increase|24529}} 21,478
|19,984{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|N/A{{efn|name=NotCountedSeparately|Not counted separately; aggregated into "Other" category}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Finland
|N/A
|N/A
|{{decrease|24583}} 21,408{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|24583}} 22,313{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|29,172{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|N/A
|67,624
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Luxembourg
|N/A
|N/A
|{{increase|24529}} 2,150{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{decrease|24583}} 2,053{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|{{decrease|24583}} 3,125{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|{{decrease|24583}} 3,531{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|4,360{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Iceland
|N/A
|N/A
|{{increase|24529}} 5,553{{Efn|Data comes from 2006 United States Census Bureau paper.|name=2006CensusPaper}}
|{{increase|24529}} 5,071{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|{{increase|24529}} 4,156{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|{{increase|24529}} 2,895{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|2,780{{Efn|Information comes from 2006 US Census paper.|name=2006Censusdata}}
|-
! style="text-align:left" |Foreign-Born Population
! style="text-align:right" |{{increase|43027453}} 43,027,453
! style="text-align:right" |{{increase|39784145}} 39,784,145
! style="text-align:right" |{{increase|31107889}} 31,107,889
! style="text-align:right" |{{increase|19767316}} 19,767,316
! style="text-align:right" |{{increase|14079906}} 14,079,906
! style="text-align:right" |{{decrease|145607}} 9,619,302
!9,738,155
|}

[[File:US foreign-born 2017.png|right|thumb|Foreign-born population of the United States in 2017 by country of birth
{|
|style="width:200px"|
{{legend|#880015|>10,000,000}}
{{legend|#ED1C24|1,000,000–3,000,000}}
{{legend|#FFA41E|300,000–1,000,000}}
{{legend|#C8C800|100,000–300,000}}
{{legend|#22B14C|30,000–100,000}}
{{legend|#004080|<30,000}}
{{legend|#C0C0C0|United States and its territories}}
|}]]
[[File:US immigration rate 2012-16.png|thumb|Immigrants to the United States between 2012 and 2016 per thousand inhabitants of each country of origin
{|
|style="width:100px"|
{{legend|#880015|>10.0}}
{{legend|#ED1C24|3.0–10.0}}
{{legend|#FFA41E|1.0–3.0}}
{{legend|#C8C800|0.3–1.0}}
|valign=top|
{{legend|#22B14C|0.1–0.3}}
{{legend|#004080|<0.1}}
{{legend|#C0C0C0|United States and its territories}}
|}]]

'''Foreign-born population in the United States in 2019 by country of birth'''<ref name=J/><ref name="data.census.gov">{{cite web| url = https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Place%20of%20Birth&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B05006&hidePreview=false| title = Place of Birth for The Foreign-Born Population In The United States {{!}} 2019: ACS 1-Year Estimates Detailed Tables| access-date = November 3, 2020| archive-date = January 26, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210126062350/https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?t=Place%20of%20Birth&tid=ACSDT1Y2019.B05006&hidePreview=false| url-status = live}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! style="text-align:center"|Country of birth
! style="text-align:center"|Change (2019)
! style="text-align:center"|Population (2019)
! style="text-align:center"|<small>2018–2019<br>change</small>
|-
| style="text-align:left"|'''Total foreign-born''' || {{growth}}||'''44,932,799''' ||  +204,297
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Mexico || {{decrease}}||10,931,939 || −239,954
|-
| style="text-align:left" |India||{{increase}}||2,688,075 || +35,222
|-
| style="text-align:left" |China{{efn|Excluding Hong Kong, and, also Taiwan (Republic of China).}}||{{increase}}||2,250,230 || +28,287
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Philippines || {{increase}}||2,045,248 || +31,492
|-
| style="text-align:left"|El Salvador || {{decrease}}||1,412,101 || −7,229
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Vietnam || {{increase}}||1,383,779 || +38,026
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Cuba || {{increase}}||1,359,990 || +16,030
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Dominican Republic || {{decrease}}||1,169,420 || −8,444
|-
| style="text-align:left"|South Korea{{efn|Including North Korea.}} || {{decrease}}||1,038,885 || −214
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Guatemala || {{increase}}||1,111,495 || +104,508
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Colombia || {{increase}}||808,148 || +18,587
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Canada || {{decrease}}||797,158 || −16,506
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Jamaica || {{increase}}||772,215 || +38,786
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Honduras || {{increase}}||745,838 || +99,585
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Haiti || {{increase}}||701,688 || +14,502
|-
| style="text-align:left" |United Kingdom{{efn|Including [[Crown Dependencies]].}} || {{decrease}}||687,186 || −12,007
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Germany || {{decrease}}||537,691 || −21,411
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Brazil || {{increase}}||502,104 || +29,467
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Venezuela|| {{increase}}||465,235 || +71,394
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Peru || {{decrease}}||446,063 || −21,109
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ecuador || {{decrease}}||431,150 || −11,955
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Poland || {{increase}}||404,107 || +5,321
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Pakistan|| {{increase}}||398,399 || +19,296
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Nigeria|| {{increase}}||392,811 || +18,100
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Russia|| {{increase}}||392,422 || +8,917
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Iran|| {{increase}}||385,473 || +3,522
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Taiwan || {{decrease}}||371,851 || −18,299
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Ukraine|| {{increase}}||354,832 || +28,947
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Japan|| {{decrease}}||333,273 || −28,292
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Italy|| {{decrease}}||314,867 || −10,036
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Bangladesh || {{increase}}||261,348 || +296
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Thailand||{{decrease}}||260,820 || −8,561
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Nicaragua||{{decrease}}||257,343 || −4,734
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Ethiopia||{{decrease}}||256,032 || −22,051
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Guyana|| {{decrease}}||253,847 || −26,450
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Iraq|| {{increase}}||249,670 || +12,248
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Hong Kong|| {{decrease}}||231,469 || −1,779
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Trinidad and Tobago|| {{decrease}}||212,798 || −9,770
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Argentina|| {{increase}}||210,767 || +16,346
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Egypt{{efn|Including the [[Gaza Strip]].}}|| {{decrease}}||205,852 || −1,727
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Ghana || {{increase}}||199,163 || +3,792
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Laos|| {{decrease}}||176,904 || −7,486
|-
| style="text-align:left" |France{{efn|[[Metropolitan France]] only.}}|| {{decrease}}||171,452 || −19,727
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Romania|| {{increase}}||167,751 || +5,308
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Nepal|| {{increase}}||166,651 || +18,017
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Portugal|| {{decrease}}||161,500 || −8,390
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Kenya || {{increase}}||153,414 || +6,854
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Burma|| {{increase}}||150,877 || +10,486
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Cambodia|| {{increase}}||149,326 || +10,792
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Israel{{efn|Excluding the [[Golan Heights]] and the [[Palestinian territories]].}}|| {{increase}}||132,477 || +2,551
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Afghanistan|| {{increase}}||132,160 || +18,491
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lebanon || {{decrease}}||120,065 || −1,861
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Greece|| {{decrease}}||119,571 || −6,128
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Turkey|| {{decrease}}||117,291 || −9,203
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Spain|| {{decrease}}||116,077 || −1,713
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Somalia|| {{increase}}||114,607 || +11,230
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Ireland|| {{decrease}}||111,886 || −13,104
|-
| style="text-align:left" |South Africa|| {{increase}}||111,116 || +11,444
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Bosnia and Herzegovina|| {{decrease}}||104,612 || −957
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Indonesia|| {{increase}}||101,622 || +7,543
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Panama|| {{decrease}}||101,076 || −2,674
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Australia|| {{increase}}||98,969 || +8,382
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Liberia|| {{increase}}||98,116 || +12,824
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Albania || {{increase}}||94,856 || +4,617
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Chile||{{decrease}}||93,950 || −9,080
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Costa Rica|| {{increase}}||93,620 || +6,237
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Syria{{efn|Including the [[Golan Heights]].}}|| {{decrease}}||92,514 || −19,252
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Jordan{{efn|Including the [[West Bank]].}} || {{increase}}||90,018 || +2,335
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Armenia|| {{increase}}||87,419 || +151
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Netherlands{{efn|European Netherlands only.}}|| {{decrease}}||82,603 || −5,632
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Bolivia|| {{increase}}||79,804 || +447
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Morocco{{efn|Excluding [[Western Sahara]].}}|| {{decrease}}||77,434 || −1,978
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Saudi Arabia|| {{increase}}||76,840 || +2,166
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Malaysia|| {{decrease}}||76,712 || −5,844
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Cameroon || {{decrease}}||72,634 || −5,374
|-
| style="text-align:left" |former [[Czechoslovakia]]|| {{increase}}||68,312 || +3,960
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Bulgaria|| {{decrease}}||66,950 || −5,239
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Uzbekistan|| {{decrease}}||65,216 || −3,296
|-
| style="text-align:left" |Hungary|| {{decrease}}||64,852 || −2,413
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Democratic Republic of the Congo || ||60,512 || +/−
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Yemen || {{decrease}}||58,627 || −3,795
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belarus || {{decrease}}||57,315 || −13,654
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Barbados || {{decrease}}||52,279 || −1,097
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sri Lanka || {{decrease}}||51,695 || −305
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sudan || {{decrease}}||51,351 || −1,300
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Eritrea || {{increase}}||49,355 || +4,245
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Uruguay || {{increase}}||48,900 || +2,638
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Fiji || {{increase}}||48,710 || +5,195
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Moldova || {{decrease}}||46,388 || −1,379
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sierra Leone || {{decrease}}||45,506 || −2,328
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belize || {{decrease}}||44,364 || −2,923
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Uganda || ||44,150 || +/−
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Sweden || {{decrease}}||43,506 || −6,236
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Switzerland || {{increase}}||42,958 ||+8,536
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Bahamas || {{increase}}||40,067 || +10,851
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Austria || {{increase}}||39,083 || +100
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Serbia || {{increase}}||39,020 || +1,585
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Republic of the Congo || ||38,932 || +/−
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Croatia || {{decrease}}||37,044 || −1,941
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Cape Verde || {{decrease}}||36,410 || −663
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Dominica || {{decrease}}||36,372 || −721
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Singapore || {{decrease}}||33,736 || −466
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Kazakhstan || {{increase}}||33,438 || +5,148
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Lithuania || {{decrease}}||32,655 || −445
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Belgium || {{decrease}}||32,323 || −3,431
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Denmark || {{increase}}||31,872 || +2,541
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Kuwait || {{decrease}}||31,113 || −4,494
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Senegal || ||30,828 || +/−
|-
| style="text-align:left"|[[North Macedonia]] || {{increase}}||30,359 || +4,456
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Micronesia || ||30,136 || +/−
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Grenada || {{decrease}}||29,722 || −11,288
|-
|style="text-align:left"|Paraguay || ||25,022 || +/-
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Latvia || {{decrease}}||23,300 || −2,039
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Zimbabwe || ||20,519 || +/−
|-
| style="text-align:left"|Norway || {{decrease}}||20,143 || −4,928
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

== Effects of immigration ==
{{Main|Effects of immigration to the United States}}
[[File:San Jose May Day 01.jpg|thumb|Mexican immigrants march for more rights in [[San Jose, California]] in 2006|alt=Mexican immigrants are seen protesting for more rights in San Jose.]]Immigration to the United States significantly increases the population. The Census Bureau estimates that the US population will increase from 317 million in 2014 to 417&nbsp;million in 2060 with immigration, when nearly 20% will be foreign-born.<ref name="Census2015">{{Cite report |url=https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p25-1143.pdf |title=Projections of the Size and Composition of the U.S. Population: 2014 to 2060 |last1=Colby |first1=Sandra L. |last2=Ortman |first2=Jennifer M. |date=March 2015 |publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce Economics and Statistics Administration U.S. Census Bureau |pages=8–9 |access-date=May 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322211558/https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p25-1143.pdf |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> In particular, the population of [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]] and Asian Americans is significantly increased by immigration, with both populations expected to see major growth.<ref name="Pew2015">{{Cite report|date=September 28, 2015|title=Modern Immigration Wave Brings 59 Million to U.S., Driving Population Growth and Change Through 2065|url=http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/|publisher=Pew Research Center|page=1|access-date=May 17, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160511115421/http://www.pewhispanic.org/2015/09/28/modern-immigration-wave-brings-59-million-to-u-s-driving-population-growth-and-change-through-2065/|archive-date=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref name="usatoday" /> Overall, the Pew Report predicts the population of the United States will rise from 296 million in 2005 to 441&nbsp;million in 2065, but only to 338&nbsp;million with no immigration.<ref name="Pew2015" /> The prevalence of immigrant segregation has brought into question the accuracy of describing the United States as a [[melting pot]].<ref name="segregation" /><ref name="WhiteFlight" /> Immigration to the United States has also increased religious diversity, with [[Islam in the United States|Islam]], [[Hinduism in the United States|Hinduism]], [[Buddhism in the United States|Buddhism]], and [[Sikhism in the United States|Sikhism]] growing in the United States due to immigration.<ref>Charles H. Lippy, ''Faith in America: Organized religion today'' (2006) ch 6 pp. 107–27</ref> Changing demographics as a result of immigration have affected political affiliations. Immigrants are more likely than natives to support the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]].<ref name="globe obama" /><ref name="usatoday32" /><ref name="aaldef" /> Interest groups that lobby for and against immigration play a role in immigration policy, with religious, ethnic, and business groups most likely to lobby on issues of immigration.<ref name="prachimishra" /><ref name="FacchiniSteinhardt2011">{{cite journal |last1=Facchini |first1=Giovanni |last2=Steinhardt |first2=Max Friedrich |year=2011 |title=What drives U.S. immigration policy? Evidence from congressional roll call votes |url=http://www.dagliano.unimi.it/media/WP2010_294.pdf |journal=Journal of Public Economics |volume=95 |issue=7–8 |pages=734–43 |doi=10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.02.008 |issn=0047-2727 |s2cid=6940099 |access-date=December 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809084449/http://www.dagliano.unimi.it/media/WP2010_294.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Immigrants have not been found to increase crime in the United States, and immigrants overall are associated with lower crime rates than natives.<ref name="NASEM-2015" /><ref name="doleac" /><ref name="crimearticles" /><ref name="USAtod18">{{cite news |last1=Gomez |first1=Alan |date=January 31, 2018 |title=Trump painted a dark picture of immigrants, despite the facts |language=en |work=[[USA Today]] |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/31/trump-painted-dark-picture-immigrants-despite-facts/1081208001/ |access-date=February 1, 2018 |quote=All available national crime statistics show immigrants commit fewer crimes, not more, than those born in the U.S. |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201005934/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/31/trump-painted-dark-picture-immigrants-despite-facts/1081208001/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some research even suggests that increases in immigration may partly explain the reduction in the U.S. crime rate.<ref name="Wadsworth-2010">{{Cite journal |last=Wadsworth |first=Tim |date=June 1, 2010 |title=Is Immigration Responsible for the Crime Drop? An Assessment of the Influence of Immigration on Changes in Violent Crime Between 1990 and 2000 |journal=Social Science Quarterly |volume=91 |issue=2 |pages=531–53 |doi=10.1111/j.1540-6237.2010.00706.x |issn=1540-6237}}</ref><ref>{{multiref2
|1={{Cite journal |last1=Stowell |first1=Jacob I. |last2=Messner |first2=Steven F. |last3=Mcgeever |first3=Kelly F. |last4=Raffalovich |first4=Lawrence E. |date=August 1, 2009 |title=Immigration and the Recent Violent Crime Drop in the United States: A Pooled, Cross-Sectional Time-Series Analysis of Metropolitan Areas |journal=Criminology |language=en |volume=47 |issue=3 |pages=889–928 |doi=10.1111/j.1745-9125.2009.00162.x |issn=1745-9125}}
|2={{Cite journal |last=Sampson |first=Robert J. |date=February 1, 2008 |title=Rethinking Crime and Immigration |journal=Contexts |language=en |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=28–33 |doi=10.1525/ctx.2008.7.1.28 |issn=1536-5042 |doi-access=free}}
|3={{Cite journal |last=Ferraro |first=Vincent |date=February 14, 2015 |title=Immigration and Crime in the New Destinations, 2000–2007: A Test of the Disorganizing Effect of Migration |journal=Journal of Quantitative Criminology |language=en |volume=32 |issue=1 |pages=23–45 |doi=10.1007/s10940-015-9252-y |issn=0748-4518 |s2cid=144058620}}
|4={{cite journal |last1=Stansfield |first1=Richard |date=August 2014 |title=Safer Cities: A Macro-level analysis of Recent Immigration, Hispanic-owned Businesses, and Crime Rates in the United States |journal=Journal of Urban Affairs |volume=36 |issue=3 |pages=503–18 |doi=10.1111/juaf.12051 |s2cid=154982825}}
}}</ref> According to one study, [[Sanctuary city|sanctuary cities]]—which adopt policies designed to not prosecute people solely for being an illegal immigrant—have no statistically meaningful effect on crime.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sanctuary cities do not experience an increase in crime |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/03/sanctuary-cities-do-not-experience-an-increase-in-crime/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161003200516/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/03/sanctuary-cities-do-not-experience-an-increase-in-crime/ |archive-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> Research suggests that police practices, such as [[racial profiling]], over-policing in areas populated by minorities and in-group bias may result in disproportionately high numbers of immigrants among crime suspects.<ref name="Warren 343–69">{{Cite journal |last1=Warren |first1=Patricia Y. |last2=Tomaskovic-Devey |first2=Donald |date=May 1, 2009 |title=Racial profiling and searches: Did the politics of racial profiling change police behavior? |journal=Criminology & Public Policy |language=en |volume=8 |issue=2 |pages=343–69 |doi=10.1111/j.1745-9133.2009.00556.x |issn=1745-9133}}</ref><ref name="MoJ p. 82">''[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/217822/stats-race-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2008-09c1.pdf Statistics on Race and the Criminal Justice System 2008/09] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022140821/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/217822/stats-race-and-the-criminal-justice-system-2008-09c1.pdf|date=October 22, 2016}}'', p.p&nbsp;8, 22</ref><ref name="West-2016">{{Cite web |last=West |first=Jeremy |title=Racial Bias in Police Investigations |url=https://www.mit.edu/~westj/articles/JeremyWest_RacialBiasPolice.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307202800/http://www.mit.edu/~westj/articles/JeremyWest_RacialBiasPolice.pdf |archive-date=March 7, 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite journal |last1=Donohue III |first1=John J. |last2=Levitt |first2=Steven D. |date=January 1, 2001 |title=The Impact of Race on Policing and Arrests |url=http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=fss_papers |journal=The Journal of Law & Economics |volume=44 |issue=2 |pages=367–94 |doi=10.1086/322810 |jstor=10.1086/322810 |s2cid=1547854 |access-date=February 16, 2019 |archive-date=October 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030075530/https://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=fss_papers |url-status=live }}</ref> Research also suggests that there may be possible discrimination by the judicial system, which contributes to a higher number of convictions for immigrants.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite journal |last1=Abrams |first1=David S. |last2=Bertrand |first2=Marianne |last3=Mullainathan |first3=Sendhil |date=June 1, 2012 |title=Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race? |url=https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1354&context=faculty_scholarship |journal=The Journal of Legal Studies |volume=41 |issue=2 |pages=347–83 |doi=10.1086/666006 |issn=0047-2530 |s2cid=2338687 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113123439/http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1354&context=faculty_scholarship |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto3">{{Cite journal |last=Mustard |first=David B. |date=April 1, 2001 |title=Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Disparities in Sentencing: Evidence from the U.S. Federal Courts |journal=The Journal of Law and Economics |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=285–314 |doi=10.1086/320276 |issn=0022-2186 |s2cid=154533225}}</ref><ref name="Anwar-2012">{{Cite journal |last1=Anwar |first1=Shamena |last2=Bayer |first2=Patrick |last3=Hjalmarsson |first3=Randi |date=May 1, 2012 |title=The Impact of Jury Race in Criminal Trials |journal=The Quarterly Journal of Economics |language=en |volume=127 |issue=2 |pages=1017–55 |doi=10.1093/qje/qjs014 |issn=0033-5533 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite journal |last1=Daudistel |first1=Howard C. |last2=Hosch |first2=Harmon M. |last3=Holmes |first3=Malcolm D. |last4=Graves |first4=Joseph B. |date=February 1, 1999 |title=Effects of Defendant Ethnicity on Juries' Dispositions of Felony Cases1 |journal=Journal of Applied Social Psychology |language=en |volume=29 |issue=2 |pages=317–36 |doi=10.1111/j.1559-1816.1999.tb01389.x |issn=1559-1816}}</ref><ref name="Depew-2017">{{Cite journal |last1=Depew |first1=Briggs |last2=Eren |first2=Ozkan |last3=Mocan |first3=Naci |year=2017 |title=Judges, Juveniles, and In-Group Bias |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w22003.pdf |journal=[[Journal of Law and Economics]] |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=209–39 |doi=10.1086/693822 |s2cid=147631237 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212041005/https://www.nber.org/papers/w22003.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Crimmigration]] has emerged as a field in which critical immigration scholars conceptualize the current immigration law enforcement system.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Armenta |first=Amanda |date=2016 |title=Radicalizing Crimmigration: Structural Racism, Colorblindness, and the Institutional Production of Immigrant Criminality |journal=Sociology of Race and Ethnicity |volume=3}}</ref>

Increased immigration to the United States has historically caused discrimination and racial unrest.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} Areas with higher minority populations may be subject to increased policing<ref name="Warren 343–69" /><ref name="MoJ p. 82" /><ref name="West-2018">{{Cite journal |last=West |first=Jeremy |date=February 2018 |title=Racial Bias in Police Investigations |url=https://people.ucsc.edu/~jwest1/articles/West_RacialBiasPolice.pdf |journal=Working Paper |access-date=March 14, 2018 |archive-date=March 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323090110/https://people.ucsc.edu/~jwest1/articles/West_RacialBiasPolice.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto1" />  and harsher sentencing.<ref name="auto2" /><ref name="auto3" /><ref name="Anwar-2012" /><ref name="auto4" /><ref name="Depew-2017" /> Faculty in educational facilities have been found to be more responsive toward white students,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Milkman |first1=Katherine L. |last2=Akinola |first2=Modupe |last3=Chugh |first3=Dolly |date=November 1, 2015 |title=What happens before? A field experiment exploring how pay and representation differentially shape bias on the pathway into organizations |url=https://repository.upenn.edu/fnce_papers/61 |journal=The Journal of Applied Psychology |volume=100 |issue=6 |pages=1678–1712 |doi=10.1037/apl0000022 |issn=1939-1854 |pmid=25867167 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522054951/https://repository.upenn.edu/fnce_papers/61/ |url-status=live }}</ref> though [[affirmative action]] policies may cause colleges to favor minority applicants.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Espenshade |first1=Thomas J. |url=http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9072.html |title=Espenshade, T.J. and Radford, A.W.: No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal: Race and Class in Elite College Admission and Campus Life|last2=Radford |first2=Alexandria Walton |date= 2009 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-0691141602 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421134953/http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9072.html |archive-date=April 21, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> Evidence also shows the existence of racial discrimination in the housing market<ref name="IZA-2016">{{Cite web |title=IZA – Institute for the Study of Labor |url=http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=8584 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917092948/http://www.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=8584 |archive-date=September 17, 2016 |access-date=April 24, 2016 |website=www.iza.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ondrich |first1=Jan |last2=Ross |first2=Stephen |last3=Yinger |first3=John |date=November 1, 2003 |title=Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why Do Real Estate Agents Withhold Available Houses from Black Customers? |url=https://media.economics.uconn.edu/working/2001-01.pdf |journal=Review of Economics and Statistics |volume=85 |issue=4 |pages=854–73 |doi=10.1162/003465303772815772 |issn=0034-6535 |s2cid=8524510 |access-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-date=September 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924160642/https://media.economics.uconn.edu/working/2001-01.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Housing Discrimination against Racial and Ethnic Minorities 2012: Full Report |url=http://www.urban.org/research/publication/housing-discrimination-against-racial-and-ethnic-minorities-2012-full-report |access-date=April 23, 2016 |website=www.urban.org |date=June 11, 2013 |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506072813/http://www.urban.org/research/publication/housing-discrimination-against-racial-and-ethnic-minorities-2012-full-report |url-status=live }}</ref> and the labor market.<ref name="IZA-2016" /><ref name="Riach-2002">{{Cite journal |last1=Riach |first1=P. A. |last2=Rich |first2=J. |date=November 1, 2002 |title=Field Experiments of Discrimination in the Market Place |journal=The Economic Journal |language=en |volume=112 |issue=483 |pages=F480–F518 |citeseerx=<!--10.1.1.417.9100--> |doi=10.1111/1468-0297.00080 |issn=1468-0297 |s2cid=19024888}}</ref><ref name="Zschirnt-2016">{{Cite journal |last1=Zschirnt |first1=Eva |last2=Ruedin |first2=Didier |date=May 27, 2016 |title=Ethnic discrimination in hiring decisions: a meta-analysis of correspondence tests 1990–2015 |journal=Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies |volume=42 |issue=7 |pages=1115–34 |doi=10.1080/1369183X.2015.1133279 |issn=1369-183X |s2cid=10261744 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/3559839 |access-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317231253/https://zenodo.org/records/3559839 |url-status=live }}</ref> Discrimination also exists between different immigrant groups.<ref name="latimes" /><ref name="latimes30" /> According to a 2018 study of longitudinal earnings, most immigrants economically assimilate into the United States within a span of 20 years, matching the economic situations of non-immigrants of similar race and ethnicity.<ref name="Villarreal-2018">{{Cite journal |last1=Villarreal |first1=Andrés |last2=Tamborini |first2=Christopher R. |year=2018 |title=Immigrants' Economic Assimilation: Evidence from Longitudinal Earnings Records |journal=American Sociological Review |volume=83 |issue=4 |pages=686–715 |doi=10.1177/0003122418780366 |pmc=6290669 |pmid=30555169}}</ref>

Immigration has been found to have little impact on the health of natives.<ref name="Gunadi-2020">{{Cite journal |last=Gunadi |first=Christian |year=2020 |title=Immigration and the Health of U.S. Natives |journal=Southern Economic Journal |language=en |volume=86 |issue=4 |pages=1278–1306 |doi=10.1002/soej.12425 |issn=2325-8012 |s2cid=214313284}}</ref> Researchers have also found what is known as the "healthy immigrant effect", in which immigrants in general tend to be healthier than individuals born in the U.S.<ref name="princeton" /><ref name="nap43" /> However, some illnesses are believed to have been introduced to the United States or caused to increase by immigration.<ref name="nih" /> Immigrants are more likely than native-born Americans to have a medical visit labeled [[uncompensated care]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Stimpson |first1=Jim P. |last2=Wilson |first2=Fernando A. |last3=Eschbach |first3=Karl |date=March 2010 |title=Trends in health care spending for immigrants in the United States |journal=Health Affairs |volume=29 |issue=3 |pages=544–50 |doi=10.1377/hlthaff.2009.0400 |issn=1544-5208 |pmid=20150234 |s2cid=2757401}}</ref>

A significant proportion of American scientists and engineers are immigrants. Graduate students are more likely to be immigrants than undergraduate students, as immigrants often complete undergraduate training in their native country before immigrating.<ref name="osep">'Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States: Infusing Talent, Raising Issues', Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, 1988.
[http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=POD292 online text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111111112409/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?isbn=POD292 |date=November 11, 2011 }}</ref> 33% of all U.S. PhDs in science and engineering were awarded to foreign-born graduate students as of 2004.<ref name="wulf">William A. Wulf, President, National Academy of Engineering, Speaking before the 109th US Congress, September 15, 2005</ref>

=== Economic impact===
{{Further|Economic impact of illegal immigrants in the United States|Immigration policies of American labor unions}}
[[File:Chinatown manhattan 2009.JPG|thumb|Garment factories in [[Chinatown, Manhattan|Manhattan's Chinatown]]]]
High-skilled immigration and low-skilled immigration have both been found to make economic conditions better for the average immigrant<ref name="Kerr-2011">{{Cite journal |first1=Sari Pekkala |last1=Kerr |first2=William R. |last2=Kerr |year=2011 |title=Economic Impacts of Immigration: A Survey |journal=Finnish Economic Papers |volume=24 |issue=1 |pages=1–32 |url=https://www.taloustieteellinenyhdistys.fi/images/stories/fep/fep12011/fep12011_kerr_and_kerr.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2018 |archive-date=November 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113083130/https://www.taloustieteellinenyhdistys.fi/images/stories/fep/fep12011/fep12011_kerr_and_kerr.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and the average American.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_0JtSLKwzqNSfrAF|title=Poll Results {{!}} IGM Forum|website=www.igmchicago.org|access-date=September 19, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905120022/http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel/poll-results?SurveyID=SV_0JtSLKwzqNSfrAF|archive-date=September 5, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=The economics of immigration: theory and policy|last1=Bodvarsson|first1=Örn B|last2=Van den Berg|first2=Hendrik|date=2013|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1461421153|location=New York; Heidelberg [u.a.]|page=157|oclc = 852632755}}</ref> The overall impact of immigration on the economy tends to be minimal.<ref>{{multiref2
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|6={{Cite book|title=The Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration|last1=Immigration|first1=Panel on the Economic and Fiscal Consequences of|last2=Statistics|first2=Committee on National|last3=Education|first3=Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and|last4=Sciences|first4=National Academies of|last5=Engineering|last6=Medicine|first6=and|year=2016|isbn=978-0309444422|language=en|doi=10.17226/23550|hdl=10919/83151|url=http://www.ncsl.org/documents/taskforces/NAS_EconomicImpactsStates_chapter9.pdf|access-date=December 1, 2021|archive-date=June 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609211558/https://www.ncsl.org/documents/taskforces/NAS_EconomicImpactsStates_chapter9.pdf|url-status=dead}}}}</ref> Research suggests that diversity has a net positive effect on productivity<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Ottaviano |first1=Gianmarco I. P. |last2=Peri |first2=Giovanni |date=January 1, 2006 |title=The economic value of cultural diversity: evidence from US cities |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w10904.pdf |journal=Journal of Economic Geography |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=9–44 |doi=10.1093/jeg/lbi002 |issn=1468-2702 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10.1093/jeg/lbi002 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212040849/https://www.nber.org/papers/w10904.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Peri |first=Giovanni |date=October 7, 2010 |title=The Effect Of Immigration On Productivity: Evidence From U.S. States |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w15507.pdf |journal=Review of Economics and Statistics |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=348–58 |doi=10.1162/REST_a_00137 |issn=0034-6535 |s2cid=17957545 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212040903/https://www.nber.org/papers/w15507.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> and economic prosperity.<ref name="auto">{{Cite journal |last1=Alesina |first1=Alberto |last2=Harnoss |first2=Johann |last3=Rapoport |first3=Hillel |author3-link=Hillel Rapoport |date=February 17, 2016 |title=Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w18699.pdf |journal=Journal of Economic Growth |language=en |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=101–38 |doi=10.1007/s10887-016-9127-6 |issn=1381-4338 |s2cid=34712861 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212173400/https://www.nber.org/papers/w18699.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{multiref2|{{Cite web|url=http://sites.uclouvain.be/econ/DP/IRES/2016028.pdf|title=Multiculturalism and Growth: Skill-Specific Evidence from the Post-World War II Period|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220100752/http://sites.uclouvain.be/econ/DP/IRES/2016028.pdf|archive-date=December 20, 2016}}|{{Cite journal|last1=Bove|first1=Vincenzo|last2=Elia|first2=Leandro|date=January 1, 2017|title=Migration, Diversity, and Economic Growth |journal=World Development|volume=89|pages=227–39|doi=10.1016/j.worlddev.2016.08.012|doi-access=free}}|{{Cite web|url=http://voxeu.org/article/diversity-and-economic-development|title=Cultural heterogeneity and economic development|last1=Bove|first1=Vincenzo|last2=Elia|first2=Leandro|date=November 16, 2016|website=VoxEU.org|access-date=November 16, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117064627/http://voxeu.org/article/diversity-and-economic-development|archive-date=November 17, 2016}}
}}</ref><ref name="Qian-2020">{{Cite journal |last1=Qian |first1=Nancy |last2=Nunn |first2=Nathan |last3=Sequeira |first3=Sandra |year=2020 |title=Immigrants and the Making of America |journal=The Review of Economic Studies |language=en |volume=87 |pages=382–419 |doi=10.1093/restud/rdz003 |s2cid=53597318}}</ref> Contributions by immigrants through taxation and the economy have been found to exceed the cost of services they use.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=23550|title=New Report Assesses the Economic and Fiscal Consequences of Immigration|access-date=April 3, 2017|archive-date=April 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404130354/http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=23550|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/3/14624918/the-case-for-immigration|title=The case for immigration|work=[[Vox (website)|Vox]]|access-date=April 3, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403155151/http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/4/3/14624918/the-case-for-immigration|archive-date=April 3, 2017}}</ref><ref name="CBO-2007">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41645|title=The Impact of Unauthorized Immigrants on the Budgets of State and Local Governments|date=December 6, 2007|access-date=June 28, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160722162216/https://www.cbo.gov/publication/41645|archive-date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> Overall immigration has not had much effect on native wage inequality<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Card |first=David |date=April 1, 2009 |title=Immigration and Inequality |journal=American Economic Review |volume=99 |issue=2 |pages=1–21 |citeseerx=10.1.1.412.9244 |doi=10.1257/aer.99.2.1 |issn=0002-8282 |s2cid=154716407}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Green |first1=Alan G. |last2=Green |first2=David A. |date=June 1, 2016 |title=Immigration and the Canadian Earnings Distribution in the First Half of the Twentieth Century |url=https://zenodo.org/record/895711 |journal=The Journal of Economic History |volume=76 |issue=2 |pages=387–426 |doi=10.1017/S0022050716000541 |issn=1471-6372 |s2cid=156620314 |access-date=December 17, 2019 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522063444/https://zenodo.org/record/895711 |url-status=live }}</ref> but low-skill immigration has been linked to greater [[income inequality in the United States|income inequality]] in the native population.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Xu |first1=Ping |last2=Garand |first2=James C. |last3=Zhu |first3=Ling |date=September 23, 2015 |title=Imported Inequality? Immigration and Income Inequality in the American States |url=https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/psc_facpubs/5 |journal=State Politics & Policy Quarterly |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=147–71 |doi=10.1177/1532440015603814 |issn=1532-4400 |s2cid=155197472 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=May 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522054950/https://digitalcommons.uri.edu/psc_facpubs/5/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Labor unions have historically opposed immigration over economic concerns.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Collomp |first=Catherine |date=October 1988 |title=Unions, civics, and National identity: organized Labor's reaction to immigration, 1881–1897 |journal=[[Labor History (journal)|Labor History]] |volume=29 |issue=4 |pages=450–74 |doi=10.1080/00236568800890311}}</ref>

Immigrants have also been found to raise economic productivity, as they are more likely to take jobs that natives are unwilling to do.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IZA – Institute for the Study of Labor |url=http://legacy.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=10492 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170207031610/http://legacy.iza.org/en/webcontent/publications/papers/viewAbstract?dp_id=10492 |archive-date=February 7, 2017 |access-date=February 6, 2017 |website=legacy.iza.org}}</ref> Research indicates that immigrants are more likely to work in risky jobs than U.S.-born workers, partly due to differences in average characteristics, such as immigrants' lower English language ability and educational attainment.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pia m. Orrenius |first1=P. M. |last2=Zavodny |first2=M. |year=2009 |title=Do Immigrants Work in Riskier Jobs? |journal=Demography |volume=46 |issue=3 |pages=535–51 |doi=10.1353/dem.0.0064 |pmc=2831347 |pmid=19771943}}</ref> Refugees have been found to integrate more slowly into the labor market than other immigrants, but they have also been found to increase government revenue overall.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Bevelander|first1=Pieter|last2=Malmö|first2=University of|date=May 1, 2016|title=Integrating refugees into labor markets|url=http://wol.iza.org/articles/integrating-refugees-into-labor-markets/long|journal=IZA World of Labor|doi=10.15185/izawol.269|doi-access=free|access-date=February 7, 2017|archive-date=November 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115141432/http://wol.iza.org/articles/integrating-refugees-into-labor-markets/long|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Evans-2017">{{Cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=William N. |last2=Fitzgerald |first2=Daniel |date=June 2017 |title=The Economic and Social Outcomes of Refugees in the United States: Evidence from the ACS |journal=NBER Working Paper No. 23498 |doi=10.3386/w23498 |doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Davis-2017">{{Cite news |last1=Davis |first1=Julie Hirschfeld |last2=Sengupta |first2=Somini |date=September 18, 2017 |title=Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/politics/refugees-revenue-cost-report-trump.html |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=September 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220103/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/politics/refugees-revenue-cost-report-trump.html |archive-date=2022-01-03 |issn=0362-4331}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Immigration has also been correlated with increased innovation and entrepreneurship, and immigrants are more likely to start businesses than Native Americans.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Fairlie |first1=Robert W. |last2=Lofstrom |first2=Magnus |date=January 1, 2013 |title=Immigration and Entrepreneurship |journal=IZA Discussion Papers |url=https://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp7669.html |url-status=live |publisher=Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816151426/https://ideas.repec.org/p/iza/izadps/dp7669.html |archive-date=August 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Akcigit |first1=Ufuk |last2=Grigsby |first2=John |last3=Nicholas |first3=Tom |date=2017 |title=Immigration and the Rise of American Ingenuity |url=http://www.nber.org/papers/w23137.pdf |journal=[[American Economic Review]] |volume=107 |issue=5 |pages=327–31 |doi=10.1257/aer.p20171021 |s2cid=35552861 |access-date=December 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212040917/https://www.nber.org/papers/w23137.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Kerr |first1=Sari Pekkala |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:27864359 |title=Measuring Entrepreneurial Businesses: Current Knowledge and Challenges |last2=Kerr |first2=William R. |year=2017 |editor-last=Haltiwanger |chapter=Immigrant Entrepreneurship |doi=10.3386/w22385 |s2cid=244385964 |editor2-last=Hurst |editor3-last=Miranda |editor4-last=Schoar |access-date=December 19, 2020 |archive-date=March 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317223744/https://dash.harvard.edu/handle/1/27864359 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Undocumented immigrants have also been found to have a positive effect on economic conditions in the United States.<ref name="CBO-2007" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Palivos|first=Theodore|date=June 4, 2008|title=Welfare effects of illegal immigration|journal=Journal of Population Economics|language=en|volume=22|issue=1|pages=131–44|doi=10.1007/s00148-007-0182-3|s2cid=154625546|issn=0933-1433|url=http://aphrodite.uom.gr/econwp/pdf/immigration1.pdf|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212040457/http://aphrodite.uom.gr/econwp/pdf/immigration1.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Liu|first=Xiangbo|date=December 1, 2010|title=On the macroeconomic and welfare effects of illegal immigration|journal=Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control|volume=34|issue=12|pages=2547–67|doi=10.1016/j.jedc.2010.06.030|url=https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/15469/1/MPRA_paper_15469.pdf|access-date=December 1, 2019|archive-date=December 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212040455/https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/15469/1/MPRA_paper_15469.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> According to NPR in 2005, about 3% of illegal immigrants were working in [[Agriculture in the United States|agriculture]],<ref>"[https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703307 Study Details Lives of Illegal Immigrants in U.S.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111226223541/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4703307|date=December 26, 2011}}". [[NPR]]. June 14, 2005.</ref> and the [[H-2A visa]] allows U.S. employers to bring foreign nationals to the United States to fill [[Guest worker program|temporary]] agricultural jobs.<ref>"[http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=889f0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=889f0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD H-2A Temporary Agricultural Workers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117082310/http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=889f0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=889f0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD |date=January 17, 2013 }}". U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.</ref> States that imposed harsher immigration laws were found to suffer significant economic losses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb87.htm|title=Georgia General Assembly: HB 87 – Illegal Immigration Reform and Enforcement Act of 2011|publisher=.legis.ga.gov|access-date=April 25, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502025309/http://www1.legis.ga.gov/legis/2011_12/sum/hb87.htm|archive-date=May 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/02/kansas-prepares-clash-unauthorised-migrants Guardian newspaper: Kansas prepares for clash of wills over future of unauthorised immigrants] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208035816/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/02/kansas-prepares-clash-unauthorised-migrants |date=February 8, 2017 }} – Coalition of top [Kansas] businesses launch new legislation that would help undocumented Hispanics gain federal work permission. February 2, 2012</ref>

In May 2024, research conducted at [[Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City]] suggested that immigration to the United States surged during 2022–2023 and the inflow of migrants to the country acted as a powerful catalyst in cooling [[Overheating (economics)|overheated]] [[labor markets]] and tempering wage growth across industries and states. The study showed that from Dec 2021 to Dec 2023 there existed a negative correlation between an industry's migrant employment growth and wage growth: an increase in migrant employment growth of 1 percentage point lead to a 0.7 percentage point reduction in wage growth. It was found that an increase in employment growth, stemming from migrant workers, of 1 percentage point lead to a 0.5 percentage point reduction in job vacancy rates.<ref>[https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/economic-bulletin/rising-immigration-has-helped-cool-an-overheated-labor-market/ Rising Immigration Has Helped Cool an Overheated Labor Market] Elior Cohen, Economic Bulletin, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, May 22, 2024</ref>

== Public opinion ==
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| image1= 1892- Immigration Enforcement Actions - Department of Homeland Security.svg |caption1= History of immigration enforcement actions, raw numbers as reported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security<ref name=DHS_202311>{{cite web |date=November 2023 |title=2022 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_0818_plcy_yearbook_immigration_statistics_fy2022.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110173616/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_0818_plcy_yearbook_immigration_statistics_fy2022.pdf |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security |pages=103–104 (Table 39)}}</ref>
| image2= 1892- Immigration returns removals expulsions - per US population.svg |caption2= As a percent of US population, recent figures for enforcement actions are similar to those in several past decades.<ref name=DHS_enforcement_1892>● Data source for enforcement actions: {{cite web |title=2022 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics |url=https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_0818_plcy_yearbook_immigration_statistics_fy2022.pdf |publisher=U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240110173616/https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_0818_plcy_yearbook_immigration_statistics_fy2022.pdf |archive-date=January 10, 2024 |pages=103–104 (Table 39) |date=November 2023 |url-status=live }} ● Data source for U.S. population history: {{cite web |title=Historical Population Change Data (1910–2020) / Population Change |url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241202100939/https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/dec/popchange-data-text.html |archive-date=December 2, 2024 |date=April 26, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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[[File:2000- Border apprehensions at southwest border.svg |thumb|Apprehensions between ports of entry, annually by federal fiscal year since 2020<ref name=NYTimes_20231029>{{cite news |last1=Wu |first1=Ashley |title=Why Illegal Border Crossings Are at Sustained Highs |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/29/us/illegal-border-crossings-data.html |work=The New York Times |date=October 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222212043/https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/10/29/us/illegal-border-crossings-data.html |archive-date=December 22, 2023 |url-status=live }} The ''Times'' quotes data source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and notes: "Only encounters between ports of entry are shown."</ref>]]
The largely ambivalent feeling of Americans toward immigrants is shown by a positive attitude toward groups that have been visible for a century or more, and much more negative attitude toward recent arrivals. For example, a 1982 national poll by the Roper Center at the University of Connecticut showed respondents a card listing a number of groups and asked, "Thinking both of what they have contributed to this country and have gotten from this country, for each one tell me whether you think, on balance, they've been a good or a bad thing for this country", which produced the results shown in the table. "By high margins, Americans are telling pollsters it was a very good thing that Poles, Italians, and Jews immigrated to America. Once again, it's the newcomers who are viewed with suspicion. This time, it's the Mexicans, the Filipinos, and the people from the Caribbean who make Americans nervous."<ref name="immigration48"/><ref name="religion"/>

In a 2002 study, which took place soon after the September 11 attacks, 55% of Americans favored decreasing legal immigration, 27% favored keeping it at the same level, and 15% favored increasing it.<ref name="worldviews"/>

In 2006, the [[immigration reduction in the United States|immigration-reduction]] advocacy think tank the Center for Immigration Studies released a poll that found that 68% of Americans think U.S. immigration levels are too high, and just 2% said they are too low. They also found that 70% said they are less likely to vote for candidates that favor increasing legal immigration.<ref name="immigration49"/> In 2004, 55% of Americans believed legal immigration should remain at the current level or increased and 41% said it should be decreased.<ref name="autogenerated3"/> The less contact a native-born American has with immigrants, the more likely they would have a negative view of immigrants.<ref name="autogenerated3" />

One of the most important factors regarding public opinion about immigration is the level of [[List of U.S. states by unemployment rate|unemployment]]; anti-immigrant sentiment is where unemployment is highest, and vice versa.<ref name="interdisciplinary50"/>

Surveys indicate that the U.S. public consistently makes a sharp distinction between legal and illegal immigrants, and generally views those perceived as "playing by the rules" with more sympathy than immigrants who have entered the country illegally.<ref name="publicagenda51"/>

According to a [[Gallup, Inc.|Gallup]] poll in July 2015, immigration is the fourth-most important problem facing the United States and seven percent of Americans said it was the most important problem facing America today.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Riffkin|first1=Rebecca|title=Racism Edges Up Again as Most Important U.S. Problem|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/184193/racism-edges-again-important-problem.aspx|website=Gallup.com|date=July 16, 2015|publisher=Gallup Inc|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171105223546/http://news.gallup.com/poll/184193/racism-edges-again-important-problem.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2015, another Gallup poll provided insight into American public opinion on immigration; the poll revealed that 39% of people worried about immigration "a great deal".<ref>{{cite web|last1=McCarthy|first1=Justin|title=In U.S., Worries About Terrorism, Race Relations Up Sharply|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/182018/worries-terrorism-race-relations-sharply.aspx|website=Gallup.com|date=March 17, 2015|publisher=Gallup Inc|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119060838/http://news.gallup.com/poll/182018/worries-terrorism-race-relations-sharply.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> A January poll showed that only 33% of Americans were satisfied with the current state of immigration in America.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Saad|first1=Lydia|title=U.S. Mood on Economy Up, Race Relations Sharply Down|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/181187/mood-economy-race-relations-sharply-down.aspx|website=Gallup.com|date=January 19, 2015|publisher=Gallup Inc|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171104215843/http://news.gallup.com/poll/181187/mood-economy-race-relations-sharply-down.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before 2012, a majority of Americans supported securing United States borders compared to dealing with illegal immigrants in the United States. In 2013, that trend has reversed and 55% of people polled by Gallup revealed that they would choose "developing a plan to deal with immigrants who are currently in the U.S. illegally". Changes regarding border control are consistent across party lines, with the percentage of Republicans saying that "securing U.S. borders to halt flow of illegal immigrants" is extremely important decreasing from 68% in 2011 to 56% in 2014. Meanwhile, Democrats who chose extremely important shifted from 42% in 2011 to 31% in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Jeffrey M.|title=In U.S., Border Security, Immigrant Status Equally Important|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/167432/border-security-immigrant-status-equally-important.aspx|website=Gallup.com|date=February 17, 2014|publisher=Gallup Inc.|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206160916/http://news.gallup.com/poll/167432/border-security-immigrant-status-equally-important.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> In July 2013, 87% of Americans said they would vote in support of a law that would "allow immigrants already in the country to become U.S. citizens if they meet certain requirements including paying taxes, having a criminal background check and learning English". However, in the same survey, 83% also said they would support the tightening of [[United States border security concerns|U.S. border security]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Newport|first1=Frank|last2=Wilke|first2=Joy|title=Immigration Reform Proposals Garner Broad Support in U.S.|url=http://news.gallup.com/poll/163169/immigration-reform-proposals-garner-broad-support.aspx|website=Gallup.com|date=June 19, 2013|publisher=Gallup Inc|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=December 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206141656/http://news.gallup.com/poll/163169/immigration-reform-proposals-garner-broad-support.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref>

Donald Trump's campaign for presidency focused on a rhetoric of reducing illegal immigration and toughening border security. In July 2015, 48% of Americans thought that Donald Trump would do a poor job of handling immigration problems. In November 2016, 55% of Trump's voters thought that he would do the right thing regarding illegal immigration. In general, Trump supporters are not united upon how to handle immigration. In December 2016, Trump voters were polled and 60% said that "undocumented immigrants in the U.S. who meet certain requirements should be allowed to stay legally".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gramlich|first1=John|title=Trump voters want to build the wall, but are more divided on other immigration questions|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/29/trump-voters-want-to-build-the-wall-but-are-more-divided-on-other-immigration-questions/|website=PewResearch.org|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=November 17, 2017|date=November 29, 2016|archive-date=November 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171112065916/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/29/trump-voters-want-to-build-the-wall-but-are-more-divided-on-other-immigration-questions/|url-status=live}}</ref> After Trump claimed during his 2024 presidential campaign that immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country", a [[Public Religion Research Institute]] survey showed that 34% of Americans agreed, and 35% agreed that "immigrants are invading our country and replacing our cultural and ethnic background".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teixeira |first=Michelly |date=October 18, 2024 |title=1 in 3 Americans Believe Immigrants Are 'Poisoning the Blood' Of The Country Like Trump Says |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/poll-immigrants-rhetoric-poisoning-blood-3747277 |access-date=2024-10-22 |website=International Business Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

American opinion regarding how immigrants affect the country and how the government should respond to illegal immigration have changed over time. In 2006, out of all U.S. adults surveyed, 28% declared that they believed the growing number of immigrants helped American workers and 55% believed that it hurt American workers. In 2016, those views had changed, with 42% believing that they helped and 45% believing that they hurt.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rainie|first1=Lee|last2=Brown|first2=Anna|title=Americans less concerned than a decade ago over immigrants' impact on workforce|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/07/americans-less-concerned-than-a-decade-ago-over-immigrants-impact-on-workforce/|website=PewResearch.org|publisher=Pew Research Center|access-date=November 17, 2017|date=October 7, 2016|archive-date=November 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119165021/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/10/07/americans-less-concerned-than-a-decade-ago-over-immigrants-impact-on-workforce/|url-status=live}}</ref> The PRRI 2015 American Values Atlas showed that between 46% and 53% of Americans believed that "the growing number of newcomers from other countries&nbsp;... strengthens American society". In the same year, between 57% and 66% of Americans chose that the U.S. should "allow [immigrants living in the U.S. illegally] a way to become citizens provided they meet certain requirements".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Cooper|first1=Betsy|last2=Cox|first2=Daniel|last3=Lienesch|first3=Rachel|last4=Jones|first4=Robert P.|title=How Americans View Immigrants, and What They ... {{!}} PRRI|url=https://www.prri.org/research/poll-immigration-reform-views-on-immigrants/|website=PRRI.org|date=March 29, 2016|publisher=Public Religion Research Institute|access-date=November 17, 2017|archive-date=November 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117233138/https://www.prri.org/research/poll-immigration-reform-views-on-immigrants/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In February 2017, the [[American Enterprise Institute]] released a report on recent surveys about immigration issues. In July 2016, 63% of Americans favored the temporary bans of immigrants from areas with high levels of terrorism and 53% said the U.S. should allow fewer refugees to enter the country. In November 2016, 55% of Americans were opposed to building a border wall with Mexico. Since 1994, Pew Research center has tracked a change from 63% of Americans saying that immigrants are a burden on the country to 27%.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bowman|first1=Karlyn|last2=O'Neil|first2=Eleanor|last3=Sims|first3=Heather|title=Welcome to America? Public Opinion on Immigration Issues|url=http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Political-Report-February-2017.pdf|website=AEI Political Report|publisher=AEI|access-date=November 24, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915215742/http://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Political-Report-February-2017.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Trump administration's zero-tolerance policy <!-- "in [YEAR]" or "between [YEAR] and [YEAR]" depending on context. --> was reacted to negatively by the public. One of the main concerns was how detained children of illegal immigrants were treated. Due to very poor conditions, a campaign was begun called "Close the Camps".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewish Youth Say "Never Again" As They Protest Trump's Concentration Camps |url=https://inthesetimes.com/article/immigration-protests-jewish-youth-activism |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=In These Times |date=July 9, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=May 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220505072509/https://inthesetimes.com/article/immigration-protests-jewish-youth-activism |url-status=live }}</ref> Detainment facilities were compared to concentration and internment camps.<ref name="Levitz 2019">{{cite web | last=Levitz | first=Eric | title=With Trump's Migrant Camps, the History We Should Fear Repeating Is Our Own | website=[[New York (magazine)|New York Intelligencer]] | date=June 20, 2019 | url=https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/aoc-holocaust-why-migrant-detention-centers-are-concentration-camps-explained.html | access-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-date=November 11, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111212440/https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/aoc-holocaust-why-migrant-detention-centers-are-concentration-camps-explained.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 2019">{{cite web | title=Opinion – Why Detention Centers Remind Us of One of the Worst Periods in History | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=June 29, 2019 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/sunday/migrant-kids-concentration-camps.html | access-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514153004/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/sunday/migrant-kids-concentration-camps.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

After the [[2021 evacuation from Afghanistan]] in August 2021, an NPR/Ipsos poll (±4.6%) found 69% of Americans supported resettling in the United States Afghans who had worked with the U.S., with 65% support for Afghans who "fear repression or persecution from the Taliban".<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-09/Topline%20NPR%20Afghanistan%20Regufees%2009%2008%202021.pdf| title = Public Poll Findings and Methodology| access-date = September 9, 2021| archive-date = September 9, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210909210414/https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2021-09/Topline%20NPR%20Afghanistan%20Regufees%2009%2008%202021.pdf| url-status = live}}</ref> There was lower support for other refugees: 59% for those "fleeing from civil strife and violence in Africa", 56% for those "fleeing from violence in Syria and Libya", and 56% for "Central Americans fleeing violence and poverty". 57% supported the Trump-era [[Remain in Mexico]] policy, and 55% supported legalizing the status of those illegally brought to the U.S. as children (as proposed in the [[DREAM Act]]).

=== Religious responses ===
Religious figures in the United States have stated their views on the topic of immigration as informed by their religious traditions.
* Catholicism – Due to persecution abroad, Catholics comprised the largest group of migrants to the U.S. during the mid-19th and early-20th centuries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roman Catholics and Immigration in Nineteenth-Century America, The Nineteenth Century, Divining America: Religion in American History, TeacherServe, National Humanities Center |url=https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nineteen/nkeyinfo/nromcath.htm |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=nationalhumanitiescenter.org}}</ref> As a result of the large immigrant population within the Church, as well as [[Anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic sentiment]] within the U.S., the Catholic church organized resources to support recently arrived immigrants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Shane |title=Guides: The Catholic People in American History: The Immigrant Church |url=https://guides.lib.cua.edu/c.php?g=1414334&p=10477547 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=guides.lib.cua.edu |language=en}}</ref> While the rate of Catholic migration has slowed, the Church has largely remained supportive of humanitarian migration due to biblical principals.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Catholic Social Teaching on Immigration and the Movement of Peoples {{!}} USCCB |url=https://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/immigration/catholic-teaching-on-immigration-and-the-movement-of-peoples |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.usccb.org |language=en}}</ref> In 1988, the [[United States Conference of Catholic Bishops|U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops]] established the [[Catholic Legal Immigration Network]] (CLINIC) to help meet the increased demand for legal assistance following [[Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986|major immigration reform]]. CLINIC is now the largest nonprofit immigration law organization in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Scanlon |first=Kate |date=August 21, 2023 |title=CLINIC marks 35 years of giving legal help to migrants, representing asylum-seekers at border – OSV News |url=https://www.osvnews.com/clinic-marks-35-years-of-giving-legal-help-to-migrants-representing-asylum-seekers-at-border/ |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=www.osvnews.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2018, Catholic leaders stated that asylum-limiting laws proposed by the Trump administration were immoral. Some bishops considered imposing sanctions (known as "canonical penalties") on church members who have participated in enforcing such policies.<ref>{{cite news
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* Judaism – American Jewish rabbis from various denominations have stated that their understanding of Judaism is that immigrants and refugees should be welcomed, and even assisted. The exception would be if there is significant economic hardship or security issues faced by the host country or community, in which case immigration may be limited, discouraged or even prohibited altogether.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ou.org/torah/machshava/jewish-ethicist/immigration/|title=Immigration – OU Torah|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141407/https://www.ou.org/torah/machshava/jewish-ethicist/immigration/|url-status=live}}</ref> Some liberal denominations place more emphasis on the welcoming of immigrants, while Conservative, Orthodox and Independent rabbis also consider economic and security concerns.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.momentmag.com/ask-the-rabbis-what-does-judaism-say-about-immigration/|title=Ask the Rabbis – What Does Judaism Say about Immigration?|date=January 14, 2013|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141432/https://www.momentmag.com/ask-the-rabbis-what-does-judaism-say-about-immigration/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Some provide moral arguments for both the right of country to enforce immigration standards as well as for providing some sort of amnesty for illegal migrants.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1898474/jewish/A-Torah-Perspective-on-National-Borders-and-Illegal-Immigration.htm|title=A Torah Perspective on National Borders and Illegal Immigration|website=www.chabad.org|access-date=June 23, 2018|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623141520/https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1898474/jewish/A-Torah-Perspective-on-National-Borders-and-Illegal-Immigration.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Legal issues ==
{{Main|Immigration policy of the United States}}
[[File:US Permanent Resident Card 2010-05-11.JPG|thumb|A U.S. [[Permanent residence (United States)|green card]], a document confirming permanent resident status for eligible immigrants, including refugees, political asylum seekers, family-sponsored migrants, employment-based workers, and diversity immigrants]]
Laws concerning immigration and naturalization include the [[Immigration Act of 1990]] (IMMACT), the [[Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996|Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act]] (AEDPA), the [[Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act]] (IIRIRA), the [[Naturalization Act of 1790]], the [[Alien and Sedition Acts]] of 1798, the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, and the Johnson-Reed Act of 1924. AEDPA and IIRARA exemplify many categories of criminal activity for which immigrants, including [[United States Permanent Resident Card|green card]] holders, can be deported and have imposed [[mandatory detention]] for certain types of cases. The Johnson-Reed Act limited the number of immigrants and the Chinese Exclusion Act banned immigration from China altogether.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chinese Exclusion Act|url=https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882|website=History.com|date=August 9, 2022|access-date=June 15, 2021|archive-date=October 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181011013711/https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/chinese-exclusion-act-1882|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Immigration Act of 1924 (The Johnson-Reed Act)|url=https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act|access-date=June 15, 2021|archive-date=November 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116004715/https://history.state.gov/milestones/1921-1936/immigration-act|url-status=live}}</ref>

Refugees are able to gain legal status in the United States through [[Asylum in the United States|asylum]], and a specified number of [[refugee law|legally defined]] refugees, who either apply for asylum overseas or after arriving in the U.S., are admitted annually.{{Quantify|date=July 2010}}{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}} In 2014, the number of asylum seekers accepted into the U.S. was about 120,000. By comparison, about 31,000 were accepted in the UK and 13,500 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=Asylum Trends 2014 |url=http://www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/members/Asylum%20Levels%20and%20Trends%20in%20Industrialized%20Countries,%202014,%20UNHCR,%202015.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622201314/http://www.rcusa.org/uploads/pdfs/members/Asylum%20Levels%20and%20Trends%20in%20Industrialized%20Countries%2C%202014%2C%20UNHCR%2C%202015.pdf |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |access-date=June 17, 2015 |work=UNHCR }}</ref> Asylum offices in the United States receive more applications for asylum than they can process every month and every year, and these continuous applications cause a significant backlog.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rupp |first=Kelsey |date=February 6, 2018 |title=New immigration policy leaves asylum seekers in the lurch |language=en |work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/372577-new-immigration-policy-leaves-asylum-seekers-in-the-lurch/ |access-date=May 5, 2018 |archive-date=May 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505071913/http://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/372577-new-immigration-policy-leaves-asylum-seekers-in-the-lurch |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Removal proceedings]] are considered [[administrative proceeding]]s under the authority of the [[United States Attorney General]], and thus part of the [[executive branch]] rather than the [[judicial branch]] of government.<ref name="cnnGrievance" /> in [[removal proceedings]] in front of an [[immigration judge]], [[cancellation of removal]] is a form of relief that is available for some long-time residents of the United States.<ref>{{cite book |first=Edwin T. |last=Gania |title=U.S. Immigration Step by Step |publisher=Sphinx |year=2004 |page=65 |isbn=978-1-57248-387-3 }}</ref> Eligibility may depend on time spent in the United States, criminal record, or family in the country.<ref>Immigration and Nationality Act, Section 240A [http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-6337.html online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131124114233/http://www.uscis.gov/ilink/docView/SLB/HTML/SLB/0-0-0-1/0-0-0-29/0-0-0-6337.html |date=November 24, 2013 }}</ref><ref>Ivan Vasic, ''The Immigration Handbook'' (2008) p. 140</ref> Members of Congress may submit [[private bill]]s granting residency to specific named individuals.<ref name="Cordes 2011 i181">{{cite web | last=Cordes | first=Nancy | title=Little-known bills can grant residency | website=CBS News | date=September 29, 2011 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/little-known-bills-can-grant-residency-for-one/ | access-date=January 26, 2024 | archive-date=January 26, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240126192417/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/little-known-bills-can-grant-residency-for-one/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The United States allows immigrant relatives of active duty military personnel to reside in the United States through a green card.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 15, 2013 |title=Policy Memorandum |url=http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2013/2013-1115_Parole_in_Place_Memo_.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219060835/http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/USCIS/Laws/Memoranda/2013/2013-1115_Parole_in_Place_Memo_.pdf |archive-date=February 19, 2015 |access-date=June 2, 2015 }}</ref><ref name="YorkParoleInPlace">{{cite web |last=York |first=Harlan |date=November 15, 2013 |title='Parole in Place' for Immigrant Relatives of Military – What To Know |url=https://immigrationlawnj.com/new-rule-legalize-immigrant-relatives-military/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614105236/https://immigrationlawnj.com/new-rule-legalize-immigrant-relatives-military/ |archive-date=June 14, 2015 |access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref>

As of 2015, there are estimated to be [[Undocumented immigrant population of the United States|11 to 12 million unauthorized immigrants]] in the United States, making up about 5% of the civilian labor force.<ref name="Sherman">{{Cite news|last=Sherman|first=Amy|url=http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/jul/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-number-illegal-immigrants-30-mil/|title=Donald Trump wrongly says the number of illegal immigrants is 30 million or higher|newspaper=[[PolitiFact]]|date=July 28, 2015|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117020559/http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2015/jul/28/donald-trump/donald-trump-says-number-illegal-immigrants-30-mil/|archive-date=November 17, 2016}}</ref><ref name="KrogstafFiveFacts2017">Jens Manuel Krogstaf, Jeffrey S. PAssel & D'Vera Cohn, [http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/ 5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170428135213/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/04/27/5-facts-about-illegal-immigration-in-the-u-s/|date=April 28, 2017}}, Pew Research Center (April 27, 2017).</ref> Under the [[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals]] (DACA) program, unauthorized immigrants that arrived as children were granted exemptions to immigration law.<ref name="Hipsman2016">Faye Hipsman, Bárbara Gómez-Aguiñaga, & Randy Capps, [http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/DACAatFour-FINAL.pdf Policy Brief: DACA at Four: Participation in the Deferred Action Program and Impacts on Recipients] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525112538/http://www.migrationpolicy.org/sites/default/files/publications/DACAatFour-FINAL.pdf |date=May 25, 2017 }}, Migration Policy Institute (August 2016).</ref>

Most immigration proceedings are [[Civil law (common law)|civil matters]], though criminal charges are applicable when evading border enforcement, committing fraud to gain entry, or committing [[identity theft]] to gain employment. Due process protections under the [[Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] have been found to apply to immigration proceedings, but those of the [[Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution]] have not due to their nature as civil matters.<ref>{{cite web |title=Aliens' Right to Counsel in Removal Proceedings: In Brief |url=http://trac.syr.edu/immigration/library/P11612.pdf |publisher=Congressional Research Service |author=Kate M. Manuel |date=March 17, 2016 |access-date=September 24, 2018 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412050952/https://trac.syr.edu/immigration/library/P11612.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="cnnGrievance">{{cite web| url = https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/08/politics/immigration-judges-justice-department-grievance/index.html| title = Immigration judge removed from cases after perceived criticism of Sessions| website = [[CNN]]| date = August 8, 2018| access-date = September 24, 2018| archive-date = September 25, 2018| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180925065110/https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/08/politics/immigration-judges-justice-department-grievance/index.html| url-status = live}}</ref>

In 2021 a new system establishes by The U.S. Citizenship Act, for responsibly manage and secure U.S. border's, for safety of families and communities, and better manage migration across the Hemisphere, sent by President Biden to U.S. Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=January 20, 2021 |title=Fact Sheet: President Biden Sends Immigration Bill to Congress as Part of His Commitment to Modernize our ImmigrationSystem |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-sends-immigration-bill-to-congress-as-part-of-his-commitment-to-modernize-our-immigration-system/ |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=The White House |language=en-US |archive-date=May 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520222338/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/01/20/fact-sheet-president-biden-sends-immigration-bill-to-congress-as-part-of-his-commitment-to-modernize-our-immigration-system/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In [[Department of State v. Muñoz]], U.S. Supreme court decided that U.S. citizens do not have a fundamental liberty to admit their foreign spouses<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/spouses-of-us-citizens-lose-supreme-court-visa-denial-dispute|title=Spouses of US Citizens Lose Supreme Court Visa Denial Case (1)|website=news.bloomberglaw.com}}</ref>

== Immigration in popular culture ==
[[File:Immigrants1888.jpg|thumb|This 1888 cartoon in [[Puck (magazine)|''Puck'']] magazine criticized businessmen for welcoming large numbers of low-paid immigrants, leaving the American men unemployed.<ref name="amerikastudien"/>]]
The history of immigration to the United States is the history of the country itself, and the journey from beyond the sea is an element found in [[American folklore]], appearing in many works, such as ''[[The Godfather]]'', ''[[Gangs of New York]]'', "[[Song of Myself|The Song of Myself]]", [[Neil Diamond]]'s "America", and the animated feature ''[[An American Tail]]''.<ref name="introduction"/>

From the 1880s to the 1910s, vaudeville dominated the popular image of immigrants, with very popular caricature portrayals of ethnic groups. The specific features of these caricatures became widely accepted as accurate portrayals.<ref name="amerikastudien54"/>

In ''The Melting Pot'' (1908), playwright [[Israel Zangwill]] (1864–1926) explored issues that dominated [[Progressive Era]] debates about immigration policies. Zangwill's theme of the positive benefits of the American [[melting pot]] resonated widely in popular culture and literary and academic circles in the 20th century; his cultural symbolism{{Snd}}in which he situated immigration issues{{Snd}}likewise informed American cultural imagining of immigrants for decades, as exemplified by Hollywood films.<ref name="interdisciplinary55"/><ref name="immigrants"/>

The popular culture's image of ethnic celebrities often includes stereotypes about immigrant groups. For example, Frank Sinatra's public image as a superstar contained important elements of the ''[[American Dream]]'' while simultaneously incorporating stereotypes about Italian Americans that were based in nativist and Progressive responses to immigration.<ref name="frontani" />

The process of assimilation has been a common theme of popular culture. For example, "lace-curtain Irish" refers to middle-class Irish Americans desiring assimilation into mainstream society in counterpoint to the older, more raffish "shanty Irish". The occasional malapropisms and social blunders of these upward mobiles were lampooned in vaudeville, popular song, and the comic strips of the day such as ''[[Bringing Up Father]]'', starring Maggie and Jiggs, which ran in daily newspapers for 87 years (1913 to 2000).<ref name="williams" /><ref name="assimilation56" /> In ''[[The Departed]]'' (2006), Staff Sergeant Dignam regularly points out the dichotomy between the lace-curtain Irish lifestyle Billy Costigan enjoyed with his mother, and the shanty Irish lifestyle of Costigan's father. Since the late 20th century popular culture has paid special attention to Mexican immigration;<ref name="immigration57" /> the film ''[[Spanglish (film)|Spanglish]]'' (2004) tells of a friendship of a Mexican housemaid (played by [[Paz Vega]]) and her boss (played by [[Adam Sandler]]).

=== Immigration in literature ===
[[File:Jiggsslum1740.jpg|right|Maggie and Jiggs from ''[[Bringing Up Father]]'', January 7, 1940]]
Novelists and writers have captured much of the color and challenge in their immigrant lives through their writings.<ref>Thomas J. Ferraro, ''Ethnic Passages: Literary Immigrants in Twentieth-Century America'' (1993)</ref>

Regarding Irish women in the 19th century, there were numerous novels and short stories by Harvey O'Higgins, Peter McCorry, Bernard O'Reilly and [[Sarah Orne Jewett]] that emphasize emancipation from Old World controls, new opportunities and expansiveness of the immigrant experience.<ref>Eva Roa White, "Emigration as Emancipation: Portrayals of the Immigrant Irish Girl in Nineteenth-Century Fiction," ''New Hibernia Review,'' Spring 2005, Vol. 9 Issue 1, pp. 95–108</ref>

Fears of [[population decline]] have at times fueled anti-emigration sentiment in foreign countries. Hladnik studies three popular novels of the late 19th century that warned Slovenes not to migrate to the dangerous new world of the United States.<ref>Miran Hladnik, "Slovene Popular Novels about Emigration in the Nineteenth Century", ''Slovene Studies,'' 1985, Vol. 7 Issue 1/2, pp. 57–62</ref> In India some politicians oppose emigration to the United States because of a supposed [[brain drain]] of highly qualified and educated Indian nationals.<ref name="Aiyar 2012">{{cite web | last=Aiyar | first=Swaminathan S Anklesaria | title=Brain drain or not, the right to emigrate is fundamental | website=The Economic Times | date=May 6, 2012 | url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/swaminathan-s-a-aiyar/brain-drain-or-not-the-right-to-emigrate-is-fundamental/articleshow/13016129.cms | access-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230514155031/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/swaminathan-s-a-aiyar/brain-drain-or-not-the-right-to-emigrate-is-fundamental/articleshow/13016129.cms | url-status=live }}</ref>

Jewish American writer [[Anzia Yezierska]] wrote her novel ''Bread Givers'' (1925) to explore such themes as Russian-Jewish immigration in the early 20th century, the tension between Old and New World Yiddish culture, and women's experience of immigration. A well established author Yezierska focused on the Jewish struggle to escape the ghetto and enter middle- and upper-class America. In the novel, the heroine, Sara Smolinsky, escapes from New York City's "down-town ghetto" by breaking tradition. She quits her job at the family store and soon becomes engaged to a rich real-estate magnate. She graduates college and takes a high-prestige job teaching public school. Finally Sara restores her broken links to family and religion.<ref>Thomas J. Ferraro, "'Working ourselves up' in America: Anzia Yezierska's ''Bread Givers''", ''South Atlantic Quarterly,'' Summer 19 90, Vol. 89 Issue 3, pp. 547–91. reprinted in Ferraro, ''Ethnic Passages,'' pp. 53–86</ref>

The Swedish author [[Vilhelm Moberg]], in the mid-20th century, wrote a series of four novels describing one Swedish family's migration from [[Småland]] to Minnesota in the late 19th century, a destiny shared by almost one million people. The author emphasizes the authenticity of the experiences as depicted (although he did change names).<ref>Helmer Lång, and Michael Brook, "Moberg, the Emigrant Saga and Reality," ''Swedish Pioneer Historical Quarterly,'' 1972, Vol. 23 Issue 1, pp. 3–24</ref> These novels have been translated into English (''[[The Emigrants (Swedish novel)|The Emigrants]]'', 1951, ''[[Unto a Good Land]]'', 1954, ''[[The Settlers (novel)|The Settlers]]'', 1961, ''[[The Last Letter Home]]'', 1961). The musical ''[[Kristina från Duvemåla]]'' by ex-[[ABBA]] members [[Björn Ulvaeus]] and [[Benny Andersson]] is based on this story.<ref name="introduction58"/><ref name="historical"/>

''[[The Immigrant (musical)|The Immigrant]]'' is a musical by [[Steven Alper]], [[Sarah Knapp]], and [[Mark Harelik]]. The show is based on the story of Harelik's grandparents, Matleh and Haskell Harelik, who traveled to [[Galveston, Texas]] in 1909.<ref name="colonytheatre"/>

== Documentary films ==
[[File:Immigrant to America.ogv|thumbtime=3:24|thumb|A 1970 video about the history of immigration to the United States]]
In their documentary ''[[How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories]]'', filmmakers [[Shari Robertson]] and [[Michael Camerini]] examine the American political system through the lens of [[immigration reform]] from 2001 to 2007. Since the debut of the first five films, the series has become an important resource for advocates, policy-makers and educators.<ref name="typepad"/>

That film series premiered nearly a decade after the filmmakers' landmark documentary film ''[[Well-Founded Fear]]'' which provided a behind-the-scenes look at the [[Asylum in the United States|process for seeking asylum in the United States]]. That film still marks the only time that a film crew was privy to the private proceedings at the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service]] (INS), where individual asylum officers ponder the often life-or-death fate of immigrants seeking asylum.

The documentary ''Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller'' argued that [[weapons smuggling]] from the United States contributed to insecurity in Latin America, itself triggering more migration to the United States.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.natgeotv.com/za/shows/natgeo/trafficked-with-mariana-van-zeller| title = Trafficked with Mariana van Zeller (episode:guns)| access-date = April 11, 2021| archive-date = April 11, 2021| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210411071752/https://www.natgeotv.com/za/shows/natgeo/trafficked-with-mariana-van-zeller| url-status = live}}</ref>

== Overall approach to regulation ==
[[File:Statue-de-la-liberte-new-york.jpg|thumb|The [[Statue of Liberty]] was a common sight to many immigrants who entered the United States through [[Ellis Island]].]]

[[University of North Carolina School of Law]] professor Hiroshi Motomura has identified three approaches the United States has taken to the legal status of immigrants in his book ''Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States''. The first, dominant in the 19th century, treated immigrants as in transition; in other words, as prospective citizens. As soon as people declared their intention to become citizens, they received multiple low-cost benefits, including the eligibility for free homesteads in the [[Homestead Act of 1862]],<ref name="National Archives 2016">{{cite web | title=The Homestead Act of 1862 | website=National Archives | date=August 15, 2016 | url=https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act | access-date=May 14, 2023 | archive-date=October 12, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012084634/https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/homestead-act | url-status=live }}</ref> and in many states, the right to vote. The goal was to make the country more attractive, so large numbers of farmers and skilled craftsmen would settle new lands.

By the 1880s, a second approach took over, treating newcomers as "immigrants by contract". An implicit deal existed where immigrants who were literate and could earn their own living were permitted in restricted numbers. Once in the United States, they would have limited legal rights, but were not allowed to vote until they became citizens, and would not be eligible for the New Deal government benefits available in the 1930s.

The third policy is "immigration by affiliation", originating in the later half of the 20th century, which Motomura argues is the treatment which depends on how deeply rooted people have become in the country. An immigrant who applies for citizenship as soon as permitted, has a long history of working in the United States, and has significant family ties, is more deeply affiliated and can expect better treatment.<ref name="immigration59"/>

The [[American Dream]] is the belief that through hard work and determination, any American can achieve a better life, usually in terms of financial prosperity and enhanced personal freedom of choice.<ref name="economics"/> According to historians, the rapid economic and industrial expansion of the U.S. is not simply a function of being a resource rich, hard working, and inventive country, but the belief that anybody could get a share of the country's wealth if he or she was willing to work hard.<ref name="pennsylvania"/> This dream has been a major factor in attracting immigrants to the United States.<ref name="american"/>

== See also ==
* [[Demographics of the United States]]
* [[Emigration from the United States]]
* [[European colonization of the Americas]]
* [[History of laws concerning immigration and naturalization in the United States]]
* ''[[How Democracy Works Now: Twelve Stories]]''
* [[Illegal immigration to the United States]]
* [[Immigration policies of American labor unions]]
* [[Inequality within immigrant families (United States)]]
* [[Nativism (politics)]], opposition to immigration
* [[Opposition to immigration]]
* [[United States immigration statistics]]
* [[Immigrant benefits urban legend]], a hoax regarding benefits comparison
* {{section link | Yellow peril | United States}}

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<!--ref name="demographic">James p. Smith, Chair. ''The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration (1997)'' Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (CBASSE), National Academy of Sciences. p. 5</ref-->

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<ref name="historical">Roger McKnight, "Vilhelm Moberg, the Emigrant Novels, and their Changing Readers," ''Swedish-American Historical Quarterly,'' July 1998, Vol. 49 Issue 3, pp. 245–56</ref>

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<ref name="immigrants">Michael Rogin, ''Blackface White Noise: Jewish Immigrants in the Hollywood Melting Pot'' (1996)</ref>

<ref name="immigration">Mary E. Williams, ''Immigration''. 2004. p. 69.</ref>

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<ref name="immigration48">Mary E. Williams, ''Immigration''. (San Diego: GreenHaven Press, 2004). p. 85.</ref>

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<ref name="immigration57">David R. Maciel and María Herrera-Sobek, ''Culture across Borders: Mexican Immigration and Popular Culture'' (1998)</ref>

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<ref name="introduction">Rachel Rupin and Jeffrey Melnick, ''Immigration and American Popular Culture: An Introduction'' (2006)</ref>

<ref name="introduction58">Philip J. Anderson, "Introduction to Vilhelm Moberg's 'Why I Wrote the Novel about Swedish Emigrants'", ''Swedish-American Historical Quarterly,'' July 2008, Vol. 59#3 pp. 137–44</ref>

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<ref name="latimes30">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-firestone18oct18,0,6500817.story?coll=la-home-local |title=Gang rivalry grows into race war |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 18, 2007 |access-date=April 25, 2012 |first=Sam |last=Quinones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626072329/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-firestone18oct18%2C0%2C6500817.story?coll=la-home-local |archive-date=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

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<ref name="migrationinformation">"[http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?id=723 Immigrants in the United States and the Current Economic Crisis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100408062826/http://www.migrationinformation.org/Feature/display.cfm?ID=723 |date=April 8, 2010}}", Demetrios G. Papademetriou and Aaron Terrazas, ''Migration Policy Institute'', April 2009.</ref>

<ref name="migrationinformation14">"[http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=649 Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants in the United States] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317231508/http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=649 |date=March 17, 2008}}", Aaron Terrazas and Jeanne Batalova, ''Migration Policy Institute'', October 2009.</ref>

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<!--<ref name="migrationinformation2">"[http://www.migrationinformation.org/usfocus/display.cfm?id=122 Family Reunification]", Ramah McKay, Migration Policy Institute.</ref> -->

<ref name="mit">[http://simile.mit.edu/timeplot/examples/immigration/immigration.txt Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status in the United States of America] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217061929/http://simile.mit.edu/timeplot/examples/immigration/immigration.txt |date=February 17, 2009}}, Source: US Department of Homeland Security</ref>

<ref name="nap">[http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=52 The New Americans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103753/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=52 |date=December 20, 2008 }}, Smith and Edmonston, The Academy Press. p. 5253.</ref>

<ref name="nap10">[http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=56 The New Americans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103804/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=56 |date=December 20, 2008 }}, Smith and Edmonston, The Academy Press. p. 56.</ref>

<ref name="nap11">[http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=58 The New Americans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103940/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=58 |date=December 20, 2008 }}, Smith and Edmonston, The Academy Press. p. 58 ("Immigrants have always moved to relatively few places, settling where they have family or friends, or where there are people from their ancestral country or community.").</ref>

<ref name="nap43">notably, National Research Council. (1997) "From Generation to Generation: The Health and Well-Being of Children in Immigrant Families". Washington D.C.: National Academy Press (Available here [http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6164] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071222044555/http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=6164 |date=December 22, 2007 }})</ref>

<ref name="nap9">[http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=54 The New Americans] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220103758/http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5779&page=54 |date=December 20, 2008 }}, Smith and Edmonston, The Academy Press. p. 54.</ref>

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== Further reading ==
{{Library resources box}}

=== Surveys ===
* Anbinder, Tyler. ''City of Dreams: The 400-Year Epic History of Immigrant New York'' (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016). 766 pp. {{ISBN|978-0544104655}}
* [[Thomas J. Archdeacon|Archdeacon, Thomas J.]] ''Becoming American: An Ethnic History'' (1984)
* Bankston, Carl L. III and Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, eds. ''Immigration in U.S. History'' Salem Press, (2006) {{ISBN|1587652684}}
* {{cite book|editor=Barkan, Elliott Robert |title=Making it in America: A Sourcebook on Eminent Ethnic Americans|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WwwY_eJnodgC&pg=PR35|year=2001|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-1576070987}} short scholarly biographies With bibliographies; 448 pp.
* Bodnar, John. ''The Transplanted: A History of Immigrants in Urban America'' Indiana University Press, (1985) {{ISBN|0253313473}}
* Daniels, Roger. ''Asian America: Chinese and Japanese in the United States since 1850'' University of Washington Press, (1988) {{ISBN|0295970189}}
* Daniels, Roger.  ''Coming to America'' 2nd ed. (2005) {{ISBN|006050577X}}
* Daniels, Roger. ''Guarding the Golden Door : American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882'' (2005) {{ISBN|0809053446}}
* [[Hasia Diner|Diner, Hasia]]. ''The Jews of the United States, 1654 to 2000'' (2004) {{ISBN|0520939921}}
* [[Leonard Dinnerstein|Dinnerstein, Leonard]], and David M. Reimers. ''Ethnic Americans: a history of immigration''  (1999) [https://archive.org/details/ethnicamericansh00dinn online]
* Gerber, David A. ''American Immigration: A Very Short Introduction'' (2011). {{ISBN|0195331788}}
* [[Jon Gjerde|Gjerde, Jon]], ed. ''Major Problems in American Immigration and Ethnic History'' (1998).
* Glazier, Michael, ed. ''The Encyclopedia of the Irish in America'' (1999). {{ISBN|0268027552}}
* Jones, Maldwyn A. ''American immigration'' (1960) [https://archive.org/details/americanimmigrat00jone online]
*  Joselit, Jenna Weissman. ''Immigration and American religion'' (2001)  [https://archive.org/details/immigrationameri00jenn_0 online]
* Parker, Kunal M. ''Making Foreigners: Immigration and Citizenship Law in America, 1600–2000.'' New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. {{ISBN|1107698510}}
* {{cite book |last1=Seller |first1=Maxine |title=Immigrant Women |date=1984 |publisher=State University of New York Press |location=Albany, NY |isbn=978-0791419038 |edition=2nd}}
* Sowell, Thomas. ''Ethnic America: A History'' (1981). {{ISBN|0465020755}}
* Thernstrom, Stephan, ed. ''Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups'' (1980). {{ISBN|0674375122}}

=== Before 1920 ===
* Alexander, June Granatir. ''Daily Life in Immigrant America, 1870–1920: How the Second Great Wave of Immigrants Made Their Way in America'' (Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, 2007. xvi, 332 pp.)
* [[Rowland Berthoff|Berthoff, Rowland Tappan]]. ''British Immigrants in Industrial America, 1790–1950'' (1953). {{ISBN|0846210444}}
* Briggs, John. ''An Italian Passage: Immigrants to Three American Cities, 1890–1930'' Yale University Press, (1978).  {{ISBN|0300020953}}
* [[Hasia Diner|Diner, Hasia]]. ''Hungering for America: Italian, Irish, and Jewish Foodways in the Age of Migration'' (2003).  {{ISBN|0674034252}}
* Dudley, William, ed. ''Illegal immigration: opposing viewpoints'' (2002) [https://archive.org/details/illegalimmigrati00dudl online]
* Eltis, David; ''Coerced and Free Migration: Global Perspectives'' (2002) emphasis on migration to Americas before 1800.  {{ISBN|0804770360}}
* Greene, Victor R. ''A Singing Ambivalence: American Immigrants Between Old World and New, 1830–1930'' (2004), covering musical traditions.  {{ISBN|0873387945}}
* [https://archive.org/details/immigrationandl01hourgoog Isaac Aaronovich Hourwich. ''Immigration and Labor: The Economic Aspects of European Immigration to the United States'' (1912)] (full text online)
* Joseph, Samuel; ''Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230515225739/https://www.gutenberg.org/files/35415/35415-h/35415-h.htm |date=May 15, 2023 }}'' Columbia University Press, (1914).  
* Kulikoff, Allan; ''From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers'' (2000), details on colonial immigration.  {{ISBN|0807848824}}
* {{cite book |author1-link=Stanley Lieberson |last1=Lieberson |first1=Stanley |title=A Piece of the Pie: Blacks and White Immigrants Since 1880 |date=2020 |orig-date=1980 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley|isbn=978-0520352865}}
* Meagher, Timothy J. ''The Columbia Guide to Irish American History''. (2005).  {{ISBN|0231510705}}
* Miller, Kerby M. ''Emigrants and Exiles'' (1985), influential scholarly interpretation of Irish immigration
* Motomura, Hiroshi. ''Americans in Waiting: The Lost Story of Immigration and Citizenship in the United States'' (2006), legal history.  {{ISBN|0199887438}}.
* Pochmann, Henry A. and Arthur R. Schultz; German culture in America; philosophical and literary influences, 1600–1900 (1957) 
* Waters, Tony. ''Crime and Immigrant Youth'' Sage Publications (1999), a sociological analysis.  {{ISBN|145226337X}}
* U.S. Immigration Commission, ''Abstracts of Reports,'' 2 vols. (1911); the full 42-volume report is summarized (with additional information) in [[Jeremiah W. Jenks]] and W. Jett Lauck, ''The Immigrant Problem'' (1912; 6th ed. 1926)
* Wittke, Carl. ''We Who Built America: The Saga of the Immigrant'' (1939), covers all major groups
* Yans-McLaughlin, Virginia ed. ''Immigration Reconsidered: History, Sociology, and Politics'' Oxford University Press. (1990)  {{ISBN|019536368X}}.

=== Recent: post 1965 ===
* Beasley, Vanessa B. ed. ''Who Belongs in America?: Presidents, Rhetoric, And Immigration'' (2006) {{ISBN|1585445053}}
* Bogen, Elizabeth. ''Immigration in New York'' (1987) {{ISBN|0275921999}}
* Bommes, Michael and [[Andrew Geddes (political scientist)|Andrew Geddes]]. ''Immigration and Welfare: Challenging the Borders of the Welfare State'' (2000) {{ISBN|0415223725}}.
* [[Borjas, George J.]] ''Heaven's Door: Immigration Policy and the American Economy''. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1999. xvii, 263 pp. {{ISBN|0-691-05966-7}}.
* [[Borjas, George J.]], ed. ''Issues in the Economics of Immigration'' (National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report) (2000). {{ISBN|0-226-06631-2}}.
* Borjas, George. ''Friends or Strangers'' (1990) {{ISBN|0465025676}}.
* {{cite journal | last1 = Borjas | first1 = George J | year = 2002 | title = Welfare Reform and Immigrant Participation in Welfare Programs | journal = International Migration Review | volume = 36 | issue = 4| pages = 1093–1123 | doi = 10.1111/j.1747-7379.2002.tb00119.x | s2cid = 153858736 }}
* [[Briggs, Vernon M.]] Jr. ''Immigration Policy and the America Labor Force.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984. {{ISBN|0801831687}}.
* Briggs, Vernon M. Jr. ''Mass Immigration and the National Interest'' (1992) {{ISBN|1563241714}}.
* Cafaro, Philip. ''How Many Is Too Many? The Progressive Argument for Reducing Immigration into the United States''. [[University of Chicago Press]], 2015. {{ISBN|978-0226190655}}.
* {{cite book | last=Chavez | first=Leo | title=The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Citizens, and the Nation| publisher=Stanford University Press | publication-place=Stanford, California | date=April 17, 2013 | isbn=978-0-8047-8351-4|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=-CTlKu6In3cC|oclc= 846994039}}
* Cooper, Mark A. ''Moving to the United States of America and Immigration.'' 2008. {{ISBN|0741446251}}
* Egendorf, Laura K., ed. ''Illegal immigration: An OpposingViewpoints guide'' (2007) [https://archive.org/details/illegalimmigrati00laur online]
* [[Fawcett, James T.]], and [[Benjamin V. Carino]]. ''Pacific Bridges: The New Immigration from Asia and the Pacific Islands''. New York: Center for Migration Studies, 1987. {{ISBN|0934733104}}
* [[Foner, Nancy]]. ''In A New Land: A Comparative View Of Immigration'' (2005) {{ISBN|0814727468}}
* Garland, Libby. ''After They Closed the Gate: Jewish Illegal Immigration to the United States, 1921–1965.'' Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2014. {{ISBN|022612259X}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hidalgo |first1=Javier |editor1-last=Brennan |editor1-first=Jason|editor-link1=Jason Brennan |editor2-last=van der Vossen |editor2-first=Bas |editor3-last=Scmidtz |editor3-first=David |editor-link3=David Schmidtz|title=The Routledge Handbook of Libertarianism |chapter=26. The Libertarian Case for Open Borders |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |location=New York |isbn=978-0367870591 |oclc=978902248|pages=377–389}}
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=== History ===
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090620035713/http://www.immigrantservants.com/ Immigrant Servants Database]
* [http://www.asian-nation.org/first.shtml Asian-Nation: Early Asian Immigration to the U.S.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050712080734/http://www.asian-nation.org/first.shtml |date=July 12, 2005 }}
* [http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish2.html Irish Catholic Immigration to America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818003108/http://memory.loc.gov/learn//features/immig/irish2.html |date=August 18, 2011 }}
* [http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html Scotch-Irish Immigration to Colonial America] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208171250/http://memory.loc.gov/learn/features/immig/irish.html |date=February 8, 2006 }}
* [http://www.ggarchives.com/Immigration/ GG Archives Immigration Historical Documents, Articles, and Immigrants] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221227201331/https://www.ggarchives.com/Immigration/ |date=December 27, 2022 }}
* Maurer, Elizabeth. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20180423045554/http://www.nwhm.org/exhibits/new-beginnings New Beginnings: Immigrant Women and the American Experience]". National Women's History Museum. 2014.

=== Immigration policy ===
* [https://www.brookings.edu/topic/immigration/ Immigration policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231051621/https://www.brookings.edu/topic/immigration/ |date=December 31, 2017 }} reports from the [[Brookings Institution]]
* [http://www.urban.org/toolkit/issues/immigration.cfm/ Immigration policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403125420/http://urban.org/toolkit/issues/immigration.cfm |date=April 3, 2015 }} reports from the [[Urban Institute]]
* [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42866.pdf Permanent Legal Immigration to the United States: Policy Overview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605215819/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42866.pdf |date=June 5, 2018 }} [[Congressional Research Service]] (May 2018)
* [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R45020.pdf A Primer on U.S. Immigration Policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171205194612/https://fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R45020.pdf |date=December 5, 2017 }} [[Congressional Research Service]] (November 2017)

=== Current immigration ===
* [http://www.uscis.gov U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917122213/http://www.uscis.gov/ |date=September 17, 2020 }}
* [http://www.ICE.gov U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101110063037/http://www.ice.gov/ |date=November 10, 2010 }}
* [https://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/immigration.html Cornell University's Legal Information Institute: Immigration] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051102030052/http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/immigration.html |date=November 2, 2005 }}
* [http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/yearbook/ Yearbook of Immigration Statistics] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060323011748/http://uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/yearbook/ |date=March 23, 2006 }} – [[United States Department of Homeland Security]], [[Office of Immigration Statistics]] 2004, 2005 editions available.
* [https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ILL_PE_2005.pdf "Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2005"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611165430/https://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ILL_PE_2005.pdf |date=June 11, 2016 }} M. Hoefer, N. Rytina, C. Campbell (2006) "Population Estimates (August). U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics.

=== Economic impact ===
* {{cite journal |first1=Ran |last1=Abramitzky |first2=Leah |last2=Boustan |year=2017 |title=Immigration in American Economic History |journal=[[Journal of Economic Literature]] |volume=55 |issue=4 |pages=1311–45 |doi=10.1257/jel.20151189 |pmid=29398723 |pmc=5794227 }}

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