Immigrants and their children are prone to make up 88% of America’s population growth over the next 50 years.
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“Pew found that 45% say immigrants are making society better, while 37% say they’re making it worse”, CNN said. Instead, it was replaced with a policy that sought skilled immigrants and family reunification. The survey included a poll among Americans regarding their view on people coming to the U.S.
Half of immigrants, 51 percent, who arrived since 1965 are from Latin America and a quarter are from Asia. By 1965, that number fell to 5%.
Mainland-born population with mainland-born parents plus people born in foreign countries to U.S. citizen parents (i.e., the population born overseas of American parents). That figure went up to 6% in 2015 and expected to be 14% by 2065.
Hispanics now account for 47 percent of foreign-born residents living in the United States, the country that has the world’s largest immigrant population by far.
The findings come at a critical time in the presidential campaign as candidates from both parties debate the proper role of immigration in the country. Even so, they still make up the majority of unauthorized immigrants. “Asians, on the other hand, will outnumber Hispanics and make up 38% of immigrants”.
“There are relatively fewer people who would choose to migrate from Mexico, so demographic changes in Mexico have led to a somewhat smaller pool of potential migrants”, López said. In 2010, only 31 percent of registered Asian-American voted, below the turnout of other demographic groups such as Hispanics, whites, and African-Americans.
The Pew study was created to look at how immigration has changed the racial and ethnic makeup of the US since Congress passed the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act. The new immigration law focused on people moving in for employment or those who want to be reunited with their loved ones. Sixteen percent say they do not have much effect.
However, when looking at culture, food, music, and arts, about half of Americans believe immigrants have had a positive effect. Only 11 percent see Asians negatively, and just 9 percent see Europeans that way.
The timely survey seems to remind American politicians that immigrants are already a significant part of their constituents.
According to the news outlet, Asians are made of various ethnic and language groups, including Japanese, Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Indians, and Pakistanis. Meanwhile, the Hispanic share of the US population rose from 4 percent in 1965 to 18 percent in 2015. By 2015, that share had declined to 62%.
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This would mark a major shift in immigration patterns, with the main driver of United States population growth coming from China, India, Korea and the Philippines. However, 28 percent of recent arrivals two years ago were poor, up from 18 percent in 1970.
