Report: Immigration data ‘much lower’ than Trump administration claims

Report: Immigration data 'much lower' than Trump administration claims

(OSV News) — New data shows that the number of immigrants lacking permanent legal status in the U.S. “is much lower than the Trump administration claims,” and “talk of an invasion is overblown,” said J. Kevin Appleby, senior fellow for policy and communications at the Center for Migration Studies of New York. Appleby, who served as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ director of migration policy and public affairs from 1998-2016, shared his…

Report: Immigration data ‘much lower’ than Trump administration claims

Research published in the Journal on Migration and Human Security, found that the total number of what he called the "undocumented population" in the U.S. reached 12.2 million in 2023.