more than half of the college students in the united states majoring in science or engineering were born in another country.

38% of american citizens with doctorates in science or engineering were born in another country.

in a majority of u.s. states, undocumented immigrants pay a higher tax rate than the 1% of people who have the highest incomes.

in 2022, undocumented immigrants contributed us$26 billion to social security. under current u.s. law, this is money that they cannot ever benefit from.

in 2022, undocumented immigrants in the u.s. paid us$97 billion in taxes.

according to a study by stanford university, first-generation male immigrants are more likely to have successful careers than u.s.-born males who do not finish high school.

the u.s. continues to have one of the lowest immigration rates of any country - a little more than 2% of the u.s. population.

even if we include all of the immigrants that currently live in the u.s.. and have not been naturalized, just 3.7% of u.s. residents in any given year are immigrants.

elvis presley's manager, 'colonel' tom parker, was an illegal alien from the netherlands who fled europe under suspicion of committing murder.

8 of the 41 fortune 500 companies created since 1985 had an immigrant founder.

4 of the 5 americans who won nobel prizes in 2016 were born outside the u.s.

34 of the 122 americans who won a nobel prize from 2000 to 2018 were immigrants.

in the u.s., we allow in less than 1% of our population as legal immigrants. how much less? 1/5 of 1%.

if you get a job in svarlbard, no matter what country you're from, you can work there until you die without a visa or becoming a citizen.

until the aftermath of world war one, the u.s. and most western countries had open borders, and allowed immigrants from any country to become citizens without restriction. the result? booming economies.

in 010, more than 40% of the fortune 500 companies were founded by an immigrant or the child of an immigrant.

according to polls, only 10% of americans say that they would not want an immigrant as a neighbor. by contrast, 61% would not want a heavy drinker as a neighbor.

if current trends continue, over the next 50 years, the ethnicity of u.s. immigrants will shift from hispanic to asian.

first generation immigrants currently account for 14% of the u.s. population. without them, our population would actually be shrinking.

number of americans who don't speak english at home: 61.8 million (that's 1 in 5)

percent of american population that are unauthorized mexican immigrants: 1.6%