Record 51 million immigrants in America, make up nearly 20% of US workforce

[KARAH RUCKER]

THERE’S A RECORD NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS IN AMERICA — MORE THAN ANY OTHER TIME IN HISTORY –

SOME 51 MILLION – AND THAT NUMBER INCLUDES MIGRANTS HERE LEGALLY AND ILLEGALLY.

A NUMBER THAT IS LARGER “THAN THE INDIVIDUAL POPULATIONS OF **33 STATES.”

IMMIGRANTS NOW MAKE UP MORE THAN 15 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL U.S. POPULATION –

WHICH IS ALSO A RECORD SHARE.

AND AS FOR THE U.S. WORKFORCE – NEARLY 20 PERCENT ARE IMMIGRANTS.

ANOTHER RECORD.

AND SINCE THE PANDEMIC –

THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT WORKERS IS UP MORE THAN 3 MILLION.

WHILE THE NUMBER OF U.S.-BORN WORKERS IS **DOWN ONE MILLION SINCE 2020.

THIS GRAPH “BY THE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES” IS A GOOD DEPICTION OF HOW THE NUMBERS DRAMATICALLY INCREASED IN RECENT YEARS.

THE GREEN PORTION OF THIS LINE REPRESENTS THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION DURING THE TRUMP YEARS.

THE PURPLE PORTION OF THIS LINE REPRESENTS THE CONSISTENT INCREASE OF IMMIGRANTS COMING TO THE U.S. IN THE YEARS BIDEN HAS BEEN PRESIDENT.

PEAKING AT A RECORD 51 MILLION IN FEBRUARY.

THE WORD “RECORD” IS OFTEN PAIRED WITH NEWS STORIES ABOUT IMMIGRATION.

RECORD NUMBER OF CROSSINGS AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER.

RECORD NUMBER OF MIGRANTS ON NEW YORK CITY STREETS.

RECORD NUMBER OF ENCOUNTERS AT THE BORDER WITH PEOPLE ON THE TERROR WATCH LIST.

THE CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, WHICH FIRST PUBLISHED THESE LATEST STATISTICS, SAYS THERE IS A **FLAW IN THE DATA.

THE GROUP ALLEGES  THE MONTHLY SURVEYS CONDUCTED BY “THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU” TO COME UP WITH THE IMMIGRANT POPULATION ACTUALLY UNDERCOUNTS NON-CITIZENS IN ALL CENSUS BUREAU SURVEYS

THE ORGANIZATION BELIEVES THE 51 MILLION RECORD NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S. – IN REALITY – IS LIKELY A MUCH HIGHER FIGURE.