Study: Half of newcomers now from Western Hemisphere,up from one-third a decade ago 

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Study: Half of newcomers now from Western Hemisphere,
up from one-third a decade ago
Washington D.C. (September 8, 2022) – Due in part to the ongoing border crisis, the share of new immigrants (legal and illegal together) from the Western Hemisphere, excluding Canada, has increased significantly.

A new analysis by the Center for Immigration Studies ([link removed]) of data collected by the U.S. government in the first half of 2022 shows that not only is immigration up from Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America, but immigration from the rest of the world has declined. As a result, 2022 is the first time since 2006 that the government’s Current Population Survey (CPS) shows more than half of new legal and illegal immigrants came from this part of the world.

The study counts immigrants (also referred to as the foreign-born) as newly arrived if they came during the year the CPS was taken and the two prior years. That means the new numbers include the fall-off in all immigration due to Covid-19 in 2020, as well as the surge of illegal immigration that began in 2021.

“The new data shows a real shift in sending countries from Asia to Latin America,” said Steven Camarota the lead author of the report and the Center’s Director of Research. He added, “This almost certainly reflects in part the recent surge in illegal immigration at the southern border.”

Among the findings:
* In 2022, 52 percent of all new immigrants (legal and illegal together) were from the Western Hemisphere, excluding Canada, compared to 33 percent of new arrivals in 2014. New arrivals are those who came in 2020, 2021 or the first part of 2022.
* The increase in the Western Hemisphere share was due to a numerical increase from the region — particularly from countries other than Mexico — but was also caused by a decline in newcomers from the rest of the world.
* The number and share of new immigrants from East Asia has declined significantly. In 2022, only 12 percent of newcomers came from the region, compared to 25 percent in 2014.
* The number and share of new immigrants from the Indian subcontinent also fell, declining from 16 percent of newcomers in 2018 to only 11 percent in 2022.
* The increasing share of immigrants from the Western Hemisphere reflects in part, the surge of illegal immigration since the start of 2021 as well as the fact that legal immigration has returned to pre-Covid levels somewhat more quickly from the Western Hemisphere than the rest of the world.
* Immigrants from the Western Hemisphere tend to be less educated than those from other regions. Their increasing share of new arrivals means that the education level of new immigrants overall has fallen somewhat, after steadily increasing for a number of years.
* In 2022, 18 percent of all new immigrants (ages 18 to 64) had not completed high school, compared to 12 percent of new arrivals in 2018. The share of new immigrants with at least a bachelor’s degree fell from 50 percent in 2018 to 44 percent in 2022.
* We do not have an estimate of new illegal immigrants based on the arrival data in the CPS at this time. But it is almost certain that more than half of all immigrants who have arrived since 2020 are illegal immigrants.

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