A report from the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) detailed the total immigrant population in the United States.
There are 51.4 million legal and illegal immigrants residing in the United States, an increase of 6.4 million since President Joe Biden took office. The migrant population consists of 15.5% of the entire U.S. population.
The Census Bureau previously projected that the immigrant population would not reach 15.5% until 2039.
According to CIS, an estimated 172,000 migrants enter the United States each month, an increase four times greater than the “42,000 average monthly increase under Trump before Covid-19 hit and double the 68,000 average under Obama.”
CIS further estimated that there are 13.7 million illegal immigrants in the United States as of February 2024.
Many of the newcomers have no education beyond high school. Beginning in 2020, the “education level of new immigrants began falling significantly, so that by 2024 the share of newly arrived, working-age immigrants with no education beyond high school in 2024 exceeded those with a bachelor’s degree.” The report explained this is due to the increase of immigrants from Latin America, where migrants tend to be “among the least educated.”
“Education level is a key factor that determines everything from the type of jobs immigrants are likely to hold to their income and likely impact on taxpayers,” CIS noted. “As is true of the U.S.-born, immigrants with higher levels of education tend to do much better economically than those with modest levels of education.”
Migrant populations have also surged across the U.K.
Data from Britain’s Home Office revealed that 62,336 migrants were granted refugee status in 2023, a 300% increase from 2022 and a 475% increase from 2021.
According to immigration statistics from the U.K., “there were 202,041 grants of British citizenship in 2023, 15% more than in 2022.”
