This data chart is about the amount of legal permanent residents in United States and naturalization from 1980 to 2014. In 1988, there was a major spike in the the legal permanent residents. The number jumped from 600,000 to almost 1,800,000 million residents. A few years later they started to become citizens, and that number jumped from nearly 500,000 to double that amount. It consistently increases in the amount of people becoming legal citizens up to 2014.
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Immigrants make up a good portion in percentage of U.S. population. As one can see from the graph, the number of immigrants have increased at a steady rate of almost 2-4 million people every 5-10 years. Ranging from the years of 1970 to 2016, the number of immigrants have skyrocketed. Going from 10 million to nearly 45 million immigrants. In 2016 the number of immigrants in the U.S. is about 15%, which is about 17-18 million people.
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This bar graph shows the amount of immigrants that were removed from the United States, according to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement). From the years of 2008 to 2012, there was an increase in deportation of immigrants. According to the website, the cause was due to the combination of increased state and local cooperation to deport immigrants. Then, between the years of 2012-2015, there was a huge decrease in the amount of deportations by almost more than half of the amount in 2012. Based on current events with president Trump, it's possible the number of deportations will increase from the year of 2015 to the present.
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This bar graph is refugees that came to the United States from 2005 to 2015. In 2009, the highest number of migration to the United States was about 80,000. Between 2012-2014, the number of refugees to arrive to the United States was 65,000 - 72,000. Over the past 10 years, the average number of refugees entering the U.S. per year is around 40,000. The come seeking a better life or because they're forced to leave their home country.
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This line graph displays the percentage of workers that are immigrants out of the total population. Usually, immigrants that enter the U.S. are of working age. Therefore, they typically start working right after their arrival to prove for themselves or their families. Based on the line graph, from 1980 to 2015, the amount of immigrants that join the workforce increase at a steady rate. This increase can be connected to the rise of immigrants arriving in the U.S. during those years.
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This pie chart shows how the number of children of immigrant parents have changed between 1990 and 2015. In the year of 1990, there were 8,194,000 children with at least one immigrant parent. By 2015, that number turned into 17,866,000 children with at least one immigrant parent. It doubled in a time span of 25 years. The overwhelming majority of children in immigrant families (88% in 2015) are U.S born. These children are all under 18 years of age.
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