Immigration Facts Migrants, Walls, Refugees, And Enforcement

The Hoover Institution hosted a discussion on the "2015 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics" from the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, January 26, 2017 from 2:00pm - 3:30pm EST.

Marc R. Rosenblum, Deputy Assistant Secretary & Director of the Office of Immigration Statistics discussed the 2015 Yearbook with Tim Kane, JP Conte Fellow in Immigration Studies at the Hoover Institution. Rosenblum is in charge of the federal effort to account the comprehensive details on immigration to the United States, and his office is leading the DHS data integration initiative, playing a role as an internal DHS think tank, and working to make more kinds of data available to the public.

Immigration patterns are changing rapidly, in ways that often leave policymakers focused on yesterday's challenges. The updated OIS yearbook documents numbers collected from across the federal government and includes data on two centuries of immigration trends, shifting patterns in the geographic origins of migrants, destination states, demographics, and more. Rosenblum also discussed immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.

One surprising trend is the decline in migrants from Mexico, now overshadowed by Chinese immigration. Rosenblum will explain how legal migration is different from illegal migration, and how both numbers are calculated. He also discussed the surge of refugees from Central America as well as the Middle East. Finally, he highlighted the shifting nature of U.S. enforcement in the decades since the southern border fence has been partially built and enforcement funds have risen dramatically.

The full report can be viewed at the link below

[mdehaanb]

I'm curious how he knows they catch about 50% of illegal entries? It seems to me that this would be a number you couldn't possibly know, but have to attempt to estimate. If you know you missed someone then... why did you miss them? I would just love to know how they estimate this.

[APrintmaker]

A very thoughtful and informative conversation; posts by the Hoover Institution are always worth the viewing time.

[idacarrasquillo]

This is the info we all need to clearly understand the issues.

[gus]

Very glad to have seen this, very informative.

[quatokistouffer]

they win the Nobel Peace prize because we offer them education and a enviorment they would not get anywhere else in the world. Also people that tend to legaly come here are the more educated from their contries already.

[ghettocountry]

OK is there one that's up to date, I mean that was 3 years ago. What are they now. 2018.