{"id":5233,"date":"2020-09-08T16:20:43","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T21:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=5233"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:29:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T21:29:06","slug":"unauthorized-immigration","status":"publish","type":"block_module","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/block-module\/unauthorized-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Unauthorized Immigration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"--grid-gutter: var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);--grid-row-gap: var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);--divider-color: var(--wp--preset--color--ui-gray-light)\" class=\"has-divider has-ui-gray-light-divider-color is-vertically-aligned-top wp-block-prc-block-grid-controller\">\n<div style=\"--desktop-span:6;--tablet-span:6;--mobile-span:4\" class=\"is-vertically-aligned-top wp-block-prc-block-grid-column is-layout-flow wp-block-prc-block-grid-column-is-layout-flow\" data-desktop-span=\"6\" data-tablet-span=\"6\" data-mobile-span=\"4\">\n<article class=\"bottom aligned wp-block-prc-block-story-item\" id=\"post-272599\" data-image-size=\"A1\"><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"label\">report<\/span><time class=\"date\" datetime=\"2025-08-21T00:00:00+00:00\">Aug 21, 2025<\/time><\/div> \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2025\/08\/21\/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023\/\" class=\"image jetpack-lazy-image A1\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RE_2025.08.21_unauthorized-immigrants_A1.png?w=564&#038;h=317&#038;crop=1 1x, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RE_2025.08.21_unauthorized-immigrants_A1.png?w=1128&#038;h=634&#038;crop=1 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" width=\"564\" height=\"317\">\t\t\t\t<source srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RE_2025.08.21_unauthorized-immigrants_A1.png?w=690&#038;h=388&#038;crop=1 1x, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RE_2025.08.21_unauthorized-immigrants_A1.png?w=1128&#038;h=636&#038;crop=1 2x\" media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" width=\"690\" height=\"388\">\t\t\t\t<img srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/08\/RE_2025.08.21_unauthorized-immigrants_A1.png?w=564&#038;h=317&#038;crop=1\" width=\"564\" height=\"317\" alt=\"\">\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t <h1 class=\"header large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/race-and-ethnicity\/2025\/08\/21\/u-s-unauthorized-immigrant-population-reached-a-record-14-million-in-2023\/\">U.S. Unauthorized Immigrant Population Reached a Record 14 Million in 2023<\/a><\/h1> \t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"description\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>The number of unauthorized immigrants in the U.S. reached an all-time high after two consecutive years of record growth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"--desktop-span:6;--tablet-span:6;--mobile-span:4\" class=\"is-vertically-aligned-top has-desktop-divider has-tablet-divider has-mobile-divider wp-block-prc-block-grid-column is-layout-flow wp-block-prc-block-grid-column-is-layout-flow\" data-desktop-span=\"6\" data-tablet-span=\"6\" data-mobile-span=\"4\">\n<article class=\"right aligned wp-block-prc-block-story-item\" id=\"post-282924\" data-image-size=\"A2\"><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"label\">short read<\/span><time class=\"date\" datetime=\"2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00\">Dec 15, 2025<\/time><\/div> \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/12\/15\/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally\/\" class=\"image 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srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/12\/SR_25.12.15_deportations_feature.jpg?w=268&#038;h=151&#038;crop=1\" width=\"268\" height=\"151\" alt=\"U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents stand guard near an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Broadview, Illinois, on Oct. 3, 2025. (Octavio Jones\/AFP via Getty Images)\">\t\t\t<\/picture>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t <h2 class=\"header medium light\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/12\/15\/growing-shares-say-the-trump-administration-is-doing-too-much-to-deport-immigrants-in-the-us-illegally\/\">Growing shares say the Trump administration is doing \u2018too much\u2019 to deport immigrants in the U.S. illegally<\/a><\/h2> \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\n<article class=\"right aligned wp-block-prc-block-story-item\" id=\"post-273045\" data-image-size=\"A4\"><div class=\"meta\"><span class=\"label\">report<\/span><time class=\"date\" datetime=\"2025-08-27T00:00:00+00:00\">Aug 27, 2025<\/time><\/div> \t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2025\/08\/27\/republicans-views-of-justice-department-fbi-rebound-as-democrats-views-shift-more-negative\/\" class=\"image jetpack-lazy-image A4\">\n\t\t\t<picture>\n\t\t\t\t<source 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