Report
Foreign-Born Number and Share of U.S. Population at All-Time Highs in January 2025
By Steven A. Camarota and Karen Zeigler, March 12, 2025
Summary: A new Center for Immigration Studies report, a part of a series examining the size and growth of the foreign-born population in the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS), shows the foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal together) hit 53.3 million and 15.8 percent of the total U.S. population in January 2025 — both new record highs.
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Parsing Immigration Policy Podcast
Foreign-Born Number and Share of U.S. Population at All-Time Highs
Guest: Steven A. Camarota, Director of Research, CIS
Host: Marguerite Telford, Director of Communications, CIS
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Commentary
Published in The American Conservative:
Published in The New York Post:
Foreign-Born Population Highest Since 1890 — Shock New Figures Show How Much Biden Changed America
By Steven Camarota, March 14, 2025
Excerpt: The government’s household survey in January of this year showed the foreign-born or immigrant population (legal and illegal together) hit 53.5 million, amounting to 15.8% of the total US population. Both numbers are record highs in American history.
Published in National Review:
New Data Reveal the Scale of Biden’s Immigration Surge
By Jason Richwine, March 14, 2025
Excerpt: The foreign-born share of the population now stands at 15.8 percent, which eclipses the highs of the Great Wave at the turn of the 20th century. As the report notes, the Census Bureau projected two years ago that the foreign-born share would not hit 15.8 percent until 2042. That trend has apparently accelerated by 17 years.
The Afghan Refugee Program Is an Unfixable Mess — and May Bring the Next Terrorist Attack
By Phillip Linderman, March 14, 2025
Excerpt: The State Department’s “Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts” (CARE) has largely managed Afghan resettlement, whistleblowers have credibly alleged that CARE officials have tolerated unacceptable security risks in resettling unknown Afghans. There is little doubt that CARE has prioritized resettling Afghans over protecting the American homeland.
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Featured Posts
Trump Must Assess Damage Done by Biden’s ‘CBP One’ Scheme on Security at Border Ports
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: With the Trump administration in control of DHS, it’s time for the American people to find out how the last administration’s abuse of the CBP One app, which allowed 1,450 illegal migrants per day to access to schedule “interviews” at the Southwest border ports, impacted the ability of CBP officers to prevent drugs, contraband, terrorists, and criminals from entering into the United States.
The Next Chapter in the Saga of Mahmoud Khalil
By Andrew R. Arthur
Excerpt: After reviewing public statements then swirling around the arrest and detention of Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, on March 11, I published my analysis concluding that DHS was charging Khalil under a rarely used section of the INA. My assumption has now been proven correct, so here’s how I expect the next chapter of this saga to play out.
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Trump Prepares to Use the Alien Enemies Act
By George Fishman
Excerpt: In January, I wrote that indications pointed to President Trump “seemingly … focus[ing] on using the AEA [Alien Enemies Act] to combat international cartels that have become entwined with ‘mafia states’”. Well, one February executive order (EO) and one March White House fact sheet later, indications point to Mexico as a “mafia state”.
Sorry Mahmoud Khalil, Aliens Do Not Have the Same First Amendment Rights as American Citizens
By George Fishman
Excerpt: Consider that while the Supreme Court has somewhat circumscribed Congress’s plenary power over immigration over the years, this has only been the case regarding procedural due process rights, not substantive rights such as freedom of speech. Consider that the Court has found campaign finance restrictions directed at aliens to be constitutional. Consider that the Court has made clear that deportation does not equate to punishment and has allowed the federal government to single out illegal aliens for deportation based on their support of terrorism.
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Andrew R. Arthur, the Center's Resident Fellow in Law & Policy, joins a discussion on the case of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia protester arrested by ICE and facing deportation. (Watch Here)
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