Overall growth slowed, but Middle Eastern, non-Mexico Latin American, Asian, and sub-Saharan African populations grew substantially

A new analysis of recently released U.S. Census data finds that the nation's immigrant population (legal and illegal) hit a record 43.7 million in 2016. The data also show more than 16.6 million U.S.-born minor children with an immigrant parent. Immigrants and their young children thus now account for nearly one in five U.S. residents.

A Tale of Two Counties

There are significant political differences between the two counties, however. Baltimore County has a Democratic county executive, and four of the seven members of the Baltimore County Council are also Democrats. Anne Arundel County has a Republican county executive, and four of the seven county council members are Republicans. And, Anne Arundel County has a 287(g) agreement, while Baltimore County does not.

CIS Director Testifies to U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee

Jessica Vaughan, the director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, testifies in front of the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, addressing the Administration’s decision to end Deferred Action of Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Vaughan’s testimony covers the impact of the DACA program and provides recommendations for Congress on the provisions that will be required to mitigate the costs of an amnesty for 700,000 individuals.

Trends in Chain Migration

This report examines the scale of chain migration and recent trends of family sponsorship over time and across different groups of immigrants. In addition, we examine how an amnesty for beneficiaries of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program is likely to increase chain migration in the future, as DACA beneficiaries eventually qualify for citizenship and the opportunity to sponsor their parents and siblings, many of whom also have been residing in the United States illegally.

A new book offers the most comprehensive and detailed account yet of three decades of failed workplace enforcement to weaken the magnet of jobs that pull illegal immigrants to the United States.

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Jerry Kammer, now at the Center for Immigration Studies, combines archival research with numerous interviews of key players to offer a readable, compact history of the 1986 act banning the employment of illegal immigrants, and the subsequent bipartisan failure to follow through.

This timely book comes just as Congress again takes up debate on the tools needed to control illegal immigration.

The 128-page book is available in both paperback and Kindle format at Amazon.