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Immigrants have contributed to a $14.5 trillion reduction in United States government deficits over the last 30 years.
Only 3% of all legal immigrant applicants to the United States were approved in 2024.
The current U.S. administration has banned 50% of legal immigrants who had reached the final stage of the application process, a group which includes spouses and children of U.S. citizens.
Only 28% of individuals currently detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have been convicted of any crime.
The Department of Homeland Security has stripped millions of vetted immigrants of their legal status for the purpose of deportation.
The Department of Homeland Security detains individuals without evidence and deports them without due process.
Recent immigration enforcement policies have caused a 63% drop in filings for U visas, which are designated for crime victims who cooperate with law enforcement.
Immigrants in the United States are nearly twice as likely to start businesses as the native-born population.
The United States Congress has not passed a major update to the legal immigration system in the last 30 years.
In many areas of the United States, one in five residents lives with a person who is in the country illegally.
Immigrants in the United States, including those in the country illegally, have an incarceration rate for crimes that is 50% lower than the native-born population.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, approximately 3% of immigrants in the U.S. illegally have a criminal conviction.