Coming to AmericaComing to America

Immigration is a hot topic in the news these days. There’s discussion of travel bans, security concerns and increased scrutiny on new immigrants. Immigration has always been a major source of population growth in the United States and, regardless of how the current issues are ultimately resolved, will continue to be in the future. According to American Community Survey data from 2015, the immigrant population in the United States is currently over 43.3 million people, which represents 13.5 percent of the total U.S. population.¹ In the year 2015 alone, 1.38 million foreign born individuals moved to the United States, a 2 percent increase from the prior year.² The consistent inflow of immigrants from all over the globe contributes to the c...