undocumented immigration Archives

3 Things You Need to Know About Trump’s Unconstitutional Census Executive Order

by Aaron Reichlin-Melnick | Jul 22, 2020 | Demographics, Immigration 101 | 0

President Trump issued an executive order on June 21 that laid out a plan to violate the U.S....

Undocumented, Black, and Unseen

by Denea Joseph | Feb 27, 2020 | Changing Culture, Demographics, Diversity & Inclusion, Public Attitudes | 0

I am one of approximately 619,000 undocumented, Black immigrants living in the United States. My...

The Changing Face of Undocumented Immigration

by Walter Ewing | Jun 21, 2019 | Demographics | 0

Undocumented flows are declining, more people are coming from Central America and Asia, and more arrive on valid visas.

Number of Undocumented Immigrants in US at a 25-Year Low

by Walter Ewing | Mar 1, 2019 | Asylum, Border Enforcement, Demographics, Enforcement, Immigration 101, Interior Enforcement | 0

Contrary to President Trump’s claim that “large-scale unlawful migration” across the southern border constitutes a “national emergency” that requires building a wall, research suggests that undocumented immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border is actually the lowest it’s ever been in the past 25 years. The Center for Migration Studies (CMS) has issued a report with this […]

The United States Could Solve Undocumented Immigration With a Better System

by Walter Ewing | Dec 4, 2018 | Asylum, Demographics, Economics, Immigration 101 | 0

New estimates indicate that the number of undocumented immigrants in the United States continues a decade-long decline, standing at about 10.7 million as of 2016 (down from 12.2 million in 2007). Just as important as the numbers themselves, however, are the trends that underlie them: migrants are now primarily coming from Central America, not Mexico. […]