Source: CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES, 11/1/16

A Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) analysis of newly released data from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) shows that 1.5 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) are settling in the country each year. The ACS is the Bureau's largest survey and the new findings confirm research published by the Center in June of this year based on a much smaller Bureau survey, which also showed a significant increase in new arrivals in 2014 and 2015.1 Newly arrived immigrants include new green card holders (permanent residents); long-term "temporary" visitors who often stay permanently, such as guest workers and foreign students; and new illegal immigrants. 

• The just-released public-use data from the American Community Survey shows 1.5 million new immigrants (legal and illegal) arrived in 2014, and another 914,000 arrived in just the first six months of 2015. 

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