US Foreign-Born Population Reaches Record High of Nearly 50 Million: Study

The number of foreign-born individuals living in the United States topped nearly 50 million in October 2023, marking a new record high, according to a new report published Nov. 30. Approximately 49.5 million individuals who were originally born in another country—including both legal and illegal immigrants—were living in the United States as of last month, making up roughly 15 percent of the population, according to the Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). That figure is the highest ever recorded in American history and also marks a 4.5 million increase since President Joe Biden took office, according to the Center for Immigration Studies. “As the debate rages over the ongoing border crisis, this finding is important because administrative numbers such as border encounters or even legal immigrant arrivals do not measure the actual size of the immigrant population, which is what ultimately determines immigration’s impact on the country,” the American think tank said....