Key Findings About U.S. Immigration

In the article “Key Findings About U.S. Immigration” by Abby Budiman we understand that the US has more immigrants than other nations. Based on research, we will learn about important facts about immigrants. approximately 50 million or 13.7% people in the US are immigrants, and the numbers are increasing from time to time. Most of these immigrants are here legally (70%).Additionally, not every lawful permanent resident chooses to pursue U.S citizenship because those who wish to do that would like to apply after meeting certain requirements.

At the same time big portion of immigrants in the U.S are American citizens while the minority is undocumented or permanent residents. There has been a drop in the number of undocumented people from Mexico and an increase in the number of outsiders from central America and Asia.Indeed over 1 million immigrants come to the US every year. Most of them are from China. It is predicted that Asian people will be the biggest immigrant group in the US by 2055. More than a million of outsiders had been coming to the U.S from different parts of the globe, but Asian had been at the top of the list. There has been a drop in the number of people from Mexico and an increase of people who are going back to Mexico. It is predicted that for 2055 those who name themself as Asian will be the biggest group.Therefore, the US has resettled the most refugees of any country since the creation of the federal Refugee Resettlement Program in 1980, with about 3 million refugees resettled. However, this number has dropped to 30.000 in 2019 with the largest origin group being from Democratic Republic of the Congo. Texas, Washington, New York, and California relocated more than a 25% of all the refugees accepted in 2018.

Therefore 45% of the nation’s immigrants live in three states: California (24%), Texas (11%) and Florida (10%).  In 2018, the largest immigrant populations were in New York, Los Angeles, and Miami metro areas. Also, most of the illegal immigrant population lived in these biggest American cities.However, immigrants in the U.S. have lower levels of education compared to the U.S.- born population. For example, in 2018, immigrants from Mexico and Central America were more likely to have not completed high school and have a bachelor’s or higher degree. On the other hand, immigrants from every region except Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America were just as likely or even more likely to have a bachelor’s degree. Between all those immigrants, those from South Asia have the biggest percentage of bachelor’s degrees.About 30 million immigrants are working or looking for a job 2007 to 2017 in the U.S.Additionally, 50 percent of the US population are English speakers and the rest of them speak other languages. The second most popular language is Spanish. Most of the deported people were not deported because of a convicted atrocity. But at the same time most immigrants from Central America have been caught trying to illegally enter the US. In general, Americans think well of immigrants, with some exceptions. Americans have different opinions about the future of immigrants: some think there should be more of them and others think there should be less.

In conclusion, The United States is the country that has the most immigrants then any other countries in world. A large part of them comes from Mexico, most of them are English speakers. Immigrants seem to be an integral part of the United States, it comes with its good and bad things and there are diverse opinions on that, but for example, most of the Americans have positive opinions about immigration.