The administration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris has overseen a record increase in the foreign-born population, with roughly 2 in 13 U.S. residents born abroad.
analysis Published The Center for Immigration Studies reviewed data from the annual Socio-Economic Supplement to the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey and detailed the extent to which Biden and Harris have increased the foreign-born population in the United States to record levels.
According to the survey, the foreign-born population was about 51.3 million as of March this year, an increase of 2.5 million compared to March 2023. In effect, the survey indicates that at least 2 in 13 U.S. residents are foreign-born.
The foreign-born population is even larger, reaching 51.6 million as of March, according to the latest population survey conducted monthly by the Census Bureau and the Department of Labor.
While legal immigration continues to bring about 1 million new green card holders to the U.S. each year, Biden and Harris’ U.S.-Mexico border policies have allowed millions of immigrants to arrive in U.S. communities over the past three and a half years who would not otherwise be here.
This immigration surge is responsible for about 80 percent of the country's rapid population growth: if immigration levels are not reduced, the foreign-born population could reach 70 million by 2060.
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