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Most say arrests of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally should be allowed at protests or in homes, but not at places of worship or schools.

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Form I-129 is used by employers to petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for a beneficiary's H-1B status. (hapabapa via Getty Images)

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reportFeb 18, 2009

A Rising Share: Hispanics and Federal Crime

Sharp growth in illegal immigration and increased enforcement of immigration laws have dramatically altered the ethnic composition of offenders sentenced in federal courts.
reportFeb 12, 2009

Unemployment Rose Sharply Among Latino Immigrants in 2008

The current recession is having an especially severe impact on employment prospects for immigrant Hispanics.
reportJan 29, 2009

For Nearly Half of America, Grass Is Greener Somewhere Else; Denver Tops List of Favorite Cities

Nearly half of the public would rather live in a different type of community from the one they’re living in now — a sentiment that is most prevalent among city dwellers.
reportJan 15, 2009

Hispanics and the New Administration

A year and a half after a lengthy, often rancorous debate over immigration reform filled the chambers of a stalemated Congress, the issue appears to have receded in importance among one of the groups most affected by it–Latinos.
reportJan 8, 2009

Hispanics and the Economic Downturn: Housing Woes and Remittance Cuts

Almost one-in-ten (9%) Latino homeowners say they missed a mortgage payment or were unable to make a full payment and 3% say they received a foreclosure notice in the past year.
reportDec 17, 2008

Who Moves? Who Stays Put? Where’s Home?

Most Americans have moved to a new community at least once in their lives, although a notable number — nearly four-in-ten — have never left the place in which they were born.
reportOct 22, 2008

Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000

Hispanics have accounted for more than half (50.5%) of the overall population growth in the United States in this decade, a significant new demographic milestone for the nation’s largest minority group.
reportOct 2, 2008

Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007

The current economic slowdown has taken a far greater toll on non-citizen immigrants than it has on the United States population as a whole.
reportOct 2, 2008

Trends in Unauthorized Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow

There were 11.9 million unauthorized immigrants living in the United States in March 2008. The size of the unauthorized population appears to have declined since 2007.
reportSep 25, 2008

Every Now and Again–A Study on News Coverage of Immigration

How do the news media cover the issue of immigration? A new PEJ study, produced in collaboration with the Brookings Institution and The University of Southern California Norman Lear Center, reveals the uneven, and episodic nature of the media’s approach, based on a close look at the year 2007.

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Americans’ Views of Deportations

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Trump’s executive order on birthright citizenship draws more disapproval than approval

What Americans think about Trump’s immigration actions early in his second term

Immigration & Migration

A Rising Share: Hispanics and Federal Crime

Unemployment Rose Sharply Among Latino Immigrants in 2008

Hispanics and the New Administration

Hispanics and the Economic Downturn: Housing Woes and Remittance Cuts

Latinos Account for Half of U.S. Population Growth Since 2000

Sharp Decline in Income for Non-Citizen Immigrant Households, 2006-2007

Trends in Unauthorized Immigration: Undocumented Inflow Now Trails Legal Inflow

Every Now and Again–A Study on News Coverage of Immigration

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