How high is current immigration to the United States in historical perspective?

xnx 26 points 13 comments September 21, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)

purplepatrick

The content of this article doesn’t show what the title says. Neither the foreign-born population nor the proportion of foreign-born individuals say anything about the “current immigration”. But I guess it works, because nowhere is “immigration” defined either…

vivzkestrel

- arent native americans the only real american? - isnt everyone else just an immigrant?

ncr100

Why is immigration high? I expect the answer has to do wit higher populations, easier transport, increased knowledge of emmigration opportunities via presence of the Internet, climate change, and globalization. ?

quaddoggy

Takeaway: >If we look at the number of foreign-born residents, the 2024 estimate was the highest in the Census Bureau’s series, which stretches back to 1850. So, on that measure, the 2024 figure was unprecedented. Inclusive of legal/illegal.

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