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Report: Undocumented Population Has Swelled to 15.8 Million, a 'New Peak'
MPI said the surge was driven by southern border arrivals and Biden-era parole programs that granted temporary legal status to roughly 1.4 million people.
- The Migration Policy Institute reported Wednesday that the unauthorized United States immigrant population reached a record 15.8 million by mid-2024, up from approximately 11 million since 2010.
- Historic migration levels since 2021 were driven by the strong United States economic recovery after COVID-19 and Biden administration policies, including the CBP One app and humanitarian parole programs.
- The Mexican share of the unauthorized population dropped from 62 percent in 2010 to 35 percent as of 2024, as recent arrivals increasingly originated from Venezuelans, Colombians, and Ecuadorians.
- Ending humanitarian parole protections, the Trump administration repurposed the CBP One app into a self-deportation tool and initiated efforts to end Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands.
- Should the administration succeed in ramping up deportations, the unauthorized immigrant population may begin to decrease into 2026, a shift from the net growth of approximately 5 million between 2019 and 2024.
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OKLAHOMA VOICE: Number of unauthorized immigrants hit new high of nearly 16 million in 2024, report says
WASHINGTON — The unauthorized U.S. immigrant population grew to its highest level ever by mid-2024, increasing to 15.8 million after hovering at about 11 million since 2010, according to data released Wednesday by a nonpartisan think tank that tracks migration.
New estimates put the population of undocumented immigrants in the United States in mid-2024 between 14.6 million and 15.8 million, a sharp increase from the approximately 11 million recorded during the 2010s. Since then, the population of non-citizens is likely to have decreased, but the exact figure is not [...]
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