The foreign-born population present in the United States has surged to a new record high of more than 53 million people, with mass illegal immigration driving much of the increase, new government data from the Current Population Study found.
The record-breaking figure accounts for 15.8 percent of the entire United States population, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) pointed out, adding that “America has entered uncharted territory on immigration.”
“The foreign-born share is higher now than at the prior peaks reached in 1890 and 1910. No U.S. government survey or census has ever shown such a large foreign-born population,” CIS reported.
The foreign-born population increased by a whopping 8.3 million over the last four years under the Biden administration to the new total of 53.3 million, an increase that CIS says was primarily driven by mass illegal immigration. “We…
