President-elect Trump is promising to slash both legal and illegal immigration during his second term in office. He also wants to deport millions of immigrants who have entered the country illegally, as well as those who have come legally in recent years (through a lawful process known as parole). In this post, I review the data on what we know about America's new immigrants. As of March 2024, the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC) records that 7.6 million immigrants who entered since January 2020 were living in the United States (excluding those in "group quarters"). Although it is not possible to exclude the 2020 cohort, this group primarily includes immigrants who entered during the Biden administration. Nearly half of these immigrants, 3.7 million, were already employed by that time, while 4 percent were unemployed. Another 21 percent were children or in high school, and 6 percent were in college. The rest were split between homemakers (8 percent), elderly (4 percent), and other groups (8 percent).
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- President-elect Trump is promising to slash both legal and illegal 1
- Americaʼs new immigrants. 1
- As of March 2024 the Current Population Survey Annual Social and 1
- Economic Supplement ASEC records that 7.6 million immigrants who 1
- Biden administration. Nearly half of these immigrants 3.7 million were 1
- 21 percent were children or in high school and 6 percent were in college. 1
- The rest were split between homemakers 8 percent elderly 4 percent 1
- Compared to US-born Americans immigrants were slightly more likely to 2
- The share of immigrants who find jobs grows over time. By March 2024 54 3
- 2024which was the same as the employment rate for the US-born 3
- New immigrants over the age of 25 are somewhat more likely to have 4
- Furthermore employed immigrants had about the same average wage and 4
- New immigrants tend to work in different jobs compared to the US-born 5
- Immigrants are also moving to states where jobs are being created so 8
- Americans. Of course a decline in US-born employment does not mean 8
- Americans are not being displaced by other Americans. 8
- Immigrants are working for the United States. According to the 8
- Congressional Budget Office CBO just the increase in immigration from 8
- 117 billion annually by the end of the period. Remember that this group is 8
- I recently extended the CBOʼs analysis in a paper published this week 8
- The United States would suffer if immigration were greatly restricted or if 8
- United States is about 35 million workers short of what the Social Security 8
- Administration says it will need to fund its liabilities in the 2030s. Labor 8
- The United States would benefit from more immigration not less. 8
