Frequently Requested United States Migration Statistics 2026

This video is based on the recently published paper by MPI "Frequenly Requested Statistice on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States". 0:00 Intro 1:19 Size And Share Of Immigrant Population In US 6:27 Original Countries of Immigrants 8:33 How Long Have Immigrants Lived In US? 8:58 Immigrants By Legal Status 9:57 Racial Makeup Of Immigrants 10:13 Education Levels Compared To US-Born 10:48 Immigrants In The Labor Force 11:50 Income Levels Compared To US-Born 12:22 Distribution Of Immigrants Within US 14:22 How Many Immigrants Have Obtained Lawful Residence? 15:38 Backlogs In The US Immigrant Visa System 18:00 How Many Refugees Are Resettled Every Year? 20:01 Asylum Applications And Backlogs 21:32 Unauthorized Immigration 25:25 Deportations And Border Encounters 27:28 Conclusion Learn more Jeanne Batalova – Migration Policy Institute, 12 March 2026. Frequently Requested Statistics on Immigrants and Immigration in the United States,1 https://www.migrationpolicy.org/artic... References Andrew Chung – Reuters, 26 February 2026. Trump asks US Supreme Court to end protections for Syrian immigrants, https://www.reuters.com/legal/governm... Ariana Figueroa – Florida Phoenix – WLRN Public Media, 29 December 2025. Trump canceled temporary legal status for more than 1.5 million immigrants in 2025, https://www.wlrn.org/immigration/2025... Josh Gerstein – Politico, 16 March 2026. Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump effort to end legal protections for Haitians, Syrians, https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03... Kaleah Haddock, Diana Roy – Council on Foreign Relations, 27 February 2026.ICE and Deportations: How Trump Is Reshaping Immigration Enforcement, https://www.cfr.org/articles/ice-and-... Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu – BBC News, 13 January 2026. Trump administration moves to end deportation protection for Somalis, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c... Mark Sherman – AP News, 3 October 2025. Supreme Court lets Trump strip protections from more than 300,000 Venezuelan migrants, https://apnews.com/article/supreme-co... Melissa Quinn – CBS News, 11 March 2026. Trump administration asks Supreme Court to let it end deportation protections for 350,000 Haitians, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-su... Nate Raymond – Reuters, 30 December 2025. US judge blocks Trump plans to end of deportation protections for South Sudanese migrants, https://www.reuters.com/world/us-judg... Stuart Anderson – Forbes, 7 October 2025. The Next Trump Immigration Rule Aiming To Restrict H-1B Visas, https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartan... MPI, 2023. Profile of the Unauthorized Population: United States, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/data/... MPI, 2024a. Largest U.S. Immigrant Groups over Time, 1960-Present, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/progr... MPI, 2024b. Immigrant Population by State, 1990-Present, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/progr... MPI, 2026. U.S. Annual Refugee Resettlement Ceilings and Number of Refugees Admitted, 1980-Present, https://www.migrationpolicy.org/progr... US Customs and Border Protection, 20 March 2026. CBP Enforcement Statistics, https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/cb... US Department of State, Travel.State.Gov, March 2026. Visa Bulletin for March 2026 – Number 12, Volume XI, https://travel.state.gov/content/trav... Image and Video References Great Depression - Unemployed men outside a soup kitchen in Chicago, 1931 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_D... President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 into law as Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy and others look on. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigra... WORLD WAR II [Video] National Archives 10 September 1944, https://archive.org/details/111-adc-1...