The foreign-born population hit a record high in March, largely as a result of the flow of illegal immigrants into the United States in recent years.
The population of foreign-born people living in the US reached a new record of 51.6 million in March, raising the percentage of foreign-born residents to 15.6% of the total US population. , according to a study by the Center for Immigration Studies (CEI).
The CIS report found that between March 2022 and March 2024, the foreign-born population in the US increased by 5.1 million people, which the report said is the largest increase in two years in American history.
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“Although many think of immigrants only as workers, less than half of those who arrived since 2022 are employed,” the report adds.
The driver of the large increase is illegal immigration, according to the report, noting that 58% of the increase under President Biden is attributable to illegal migration. Since Biden took office in 2021, the foreign-born population has increased by a total of 6.6 million people.
The increase of 6.6 million people in just 39 months under the Biden administration is “unprecedented,” the report argues, noting that the figure is roughly equal to the increase seen during the nine years before the COVID-19 pandemic. .
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“If current trends continue, the foreign-born population will reach 62.5 million in 2030 and 82.2 million in 2040, larger than the combined current populations of 30 states plus the District of Columbia,” the report states. .
The report also notes that the figures represent a net change in the total population, which more than offsets any migrant departures or deaths.
A group of migrants cross the border on March 21, 2024, mowing down members of the Texas National Guard in the process before they were detained. (James Breeden for New York Post/Mega)
“New immigrants add to the total foreign-born population, but are offset by emigration and mortality among the existing immigrant population,” the report says. “All immigrant births in the United States add only to the native-born population by definition. This means that the number of newcomers must be even greater for the foreign-born population to grow that much.”
Additionally, the report found a stark difference between the growing total under Biden compared to his immediate predecessors: Biden added about 174,000 new foreign-born residents per month compared to 42,000 under former President Trump before COVID. Those 174,000 also far exceed the influx seen during the administration of former President Barack Obama, who averaged 76,000 per month in his second term and 59,000 in his first, or an average of 68,000 per month when both terms are combined.
President Biden, former President Trump, and former President Obama (AP/AP/Getty Images)
“The current scale of immigration (legal and illegal) to the United States is unprecedented in the nation's history,” the report concludes. “Perhaps the most fundamental question these numbers raise is whether the United States can successfully incorporate and assimilate all of the immigrants already here, let alone millions more in the future.”
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