According to a report from the Center for Immigration Studies released on Thursday, immigration into the U.S. has risen so rapidly that it beat out federal projections "By decades."
The Daily Caller News Foundation explains of the report that the total number of immigrants in the U.S. rose to a record high of 51.4 million as of February 2024, representing 15.5% of the total population, according to CIS. The U.S. Census Bureau published projections in November which estimated that the share of foreign-born nationals in the U.S. would not reach 15.5% until at least 2039, making the projections "Obsolete," CIS authors Steven Camarota and Karen Zeigler wrote.
The 15.5% includes both immigrants who are in the U.S. legally and those who are undocumented or are in the country illegally, according to a CIS review of the Census Bureau's Current Population Survey.
Illegal migrants account for roughly 25% of the 51.4 million total number of foreign nationals currently living in the U.S., the other 75% being in the country legally.
The number of U.S.-based immigrants grew by 6.4 million under the Bidenadministration alone, according to CIS. It is estimated more than half of the 6.4 million are illegal immigrants, which is larger than the individual population sizes of 33 different states.
Roughly 2 million migrant encounters were recorded at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, compared to approximately 1.7 million in fiscal year 2021, according to Customs and Border Protection.
Migrant apprehensions at the southern border never crossed more than 1 million under the former Trump administration.
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