- "In absolute numbers, the United States has by far the highest number of immigrant population in the world, with 50,661,149 people as of 2019."
This topic covers the history of immigration and citizenship policies in the United States, as well as the experiences of immigrants and refugees. It also explores contemporary debates around immigration, including issues of border control, deportation, and citizenship.
Immigration policy: An understanding of the laws and regulations that govern immigration into a country.
Immigration history: A view of the key events and trends in the past related to immigration.
Citizenship process: Understanding the process of applying for citizenship or naturalization.
Refugee and asylum procedures: An insight into the legal framework and conditions for refugees and asylum seekers.
Family immigration: How immigration affects families, and the laws governing them.
Demographics and immigration: Statistics and trends related to immigrant populations, assimilation, and integration into society.
Economic impact of immigration: The social and economic effects of immigration on a host country, including GDP and job creation.
Cultural assimilation and preservation: How immigrants integrate their cultural heritage with the culture of the host country while still preserving their own national identity.
Citizenship and political engagement: The role of immigrants in the political system of a host country, including the right to vote, representation, and advocacy for policy changes.
Barriers to immigration: Issues such as racism, discrimination, language barriers, and xenophobia that can limit immigrant integration into a host country.
- "This represents 19.1% of the 244 million international migrants worldwide."
- "In 2018, there were almost 90 million immigrants and U.S.-born children of immigrants in the United States."
- "Of these, 48% were the immediate relatives of United States citizens, 20% were family-sponsored, 13% were refugees or asylum seekers, 12% were employment-based preferences, 4.2% were part of the Diversity Immigrant Visa program..."
- "Between 1921 and 1965, policies such as the national origins formula limited immigration and naturalization opportunities for people from areas outside Northwestern Europe."
- "The civil rights movement led to the replacement of these ethnic quotas with per-country limits for family-sponsored and employment-based preference visas."
- "Between 2018 and 2021, the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has quadrupled."
- "Census estimates show 45.3 million foreign born residents in the United States as of March 2018."
- "Some 45% (20.7 million) were naturalized citizens."
- "The United States led the world in refugee resettlement for decades, admitting more refugees than the rest of the world combined."
- "The evidence suggests that on average, immigration has positive economic effects on the native population."
- "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."
- "The economic, social, and political aspects of immigration have caused controversy regarding such issues as maintaining ethnic homogeneity, workers for employers versus jobs for non-immigrants, settlement patterns, impact on upward social mobility, crime, and voting behavior."
- "This represents 14.4% of the United States' population."
- "The United States admitted a total of 1.18 million legal immigrants (618k new arrivals, 565k status adjustments) in 2016."
- "Of these, 48% were the immediate relatives of United States citizens, 20% were family-sponsored, 13% were refugees or asylum seekers, 12% were employment-based preferences..."
- "Census estimates show 45.4 million in September 2021, the lowest three-year increase in decades."
- "Exclusion laws enacted as early as the 1880s generally prohibited or severely restricted immigration from Asia..."
- "Quota laws enacted in the 1920s curtailed Southern and Eastern European immigration."