These documents were created by a team of researchers led by Mark Hugo Lopez, director of global migration and demography research at Pew Research Center where they study immigrants and immigration trends in the United States and worldwide. From the Center’s large body of survey and demographic research, this Pew research team has crafted a mini-course on immigration in the U.S. The course is made up of six short, easy-to-read documents that we've paired together and added to this collection.

What’s on the syllabus? The U.S. has more immigrants than any other country, and immigration in this country is a complex issue with a long history. The Pew Center's goal is to share what you need to know about this important topic and show you how you can dig into their research if you want to find out more. The documents in this collection explore:

• who today’s immigrants are (Lesson 1, plus New Findings from June 12, 2019) 
• legal and unauthorized immigration (Lessons 2 & 3)
• the history of U.S. immigration, the future demographic impact of immigration and changes in public opinion about immigrants. (Lessons 4 & 5)

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank. As a neutral source of data and analysis, Pew Research Center does not take policy positions.

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  U.S. Immigration - Lesson 1 and Mexicans decline to less than half the U.S. unauthorized immigrant population for the first time

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  U.S. IMMIGRATION — LESSON 1

  Who are today's U.S. immigrants?

  NEW FINDINGS (June 12, 2019)

  The unauthorized immigrant population in the U.S. increasingly is made up of longer-term residents.

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  U.S. Immigration - Lessons 2 & 3

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  U.S. IMMIGRATION — LESSON 2

  Who are legal immigrants, and how do they come to the U.S.?

  U.S. IMMIGRATION — LESSON 3

  Who are unauthorized immigrants in the U.S.?

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  U.S. Immigration - Lessons 4 & 5

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  U.S. IMMIGRATION — LESSON 4

  What is immigration's impact on the U.S population?

  U.S. IMMIGRATION — LESSON 5

  What do Americans think about immigrants?

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