Overview of Immigration Issues in the 112th Congress, Ruth Ellen Wasem, Specialist in Immigration Policy, March 21, 2011
“The number of foreign-born people residing in the United States is at the highest level in U.S. history and has reached a proportion of the U.S. population12.5%not seen since the early 20th century. Of the 38 million foreign-born residents in the United States, approximately 16.4 million are naturalized citizens. The remaining 21.6 million foreign-born residents are noncitizens. According to the latest estimates by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), about 10.8 million unauthorized aliens were living in the United States in January 2010, down from a peak of 11.8 million in January 2007. Some observers and policy experts maintain that the presence of millions of unauthorized residents is evidence of inadequacies in the legal immigration system as well as failures of immigration control policies and practices. This report synthesizes immigration issues as a multi-tiered debate.”
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