7,25,000 Indian illegal immigrants in the US
indians form third largest illegal immigrant population in US: Pew Research estimates
7,25,000 Indian illegal immigrants in the US
Washington: There were about 7,25,000 Indian illegal immigrants in the US—the third largest population of unauthorised immigrants after Mexico and El Salvador, according to new Pew Research Centre estimates.
As of 2021, the country’s 10.5 million unauthorised immigrants represented about three per cent of the total US population and 22 per cent of the foreign-born population, the Washington-based think tank said.
Almost every region in the world had a notable increase in the number of unauthorised immigrants in the US from 2007 to 2021, with the largest increase from Central America (2,40,000) and South and East Asia (1,80,000).
While the number of unauthorised immigrants from Mexico living in the US — 4.1 million in 2021 — was the lowest since the 1990s, El Salvador — 8,00,000 — and India with 7,25,000 immigrants saw an increase in the numbers, the report said.
Among countries with the largest numbers of US unauthorised immigrants, India, Brazil, Canada and former Soviet Union countries all experienced growth from 2017 to 2021, the report said.
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