Immigration & Migration

The U.S. Border Patrol reported more than 1.6 million encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year.

Latinos with darker skin color report more discrimination experiences than Latinos with lighter skin color.

Wide majorities in most of the 17 advanced economies surveyed say having people of many different backgrounds improves their society, but most also see conflicts between partisan, racial and ethnic groups.

Americans show more support than opposition for two infrastructure bills; majorities favor raising taxes on large businesses and high-income households.

All major religious groups in India have shown sharp declines in their fertility rates, limiting change in the country’s religious composition since 1951. Meanwhile, fertility differences between India’s religious groups are generally much smaller than they used to be.

The U.S. Muslim population has grown in the decades since 9/11, but views toward them have become increasingly polarized along political lines.

With the economic recovery gaining momentum, unemployment among immigrants is about equal with that of U.S.-born workers.

An estimated 870,000 Mexican migrants came to the U.S. between 2013-18, while an estimated 710,000 left the U.S. for Mexico during that time.

Republicans and Democrats continue to differ over the factors they see as important for being “truly American.”

Immigration was one of the five topics most covered by 25 major news outlets in the first 60 days of the Biden administration.