Fusion
By John Walker
September 28, 2015
A
new study examines how sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy have
shaped the nation, and how immigrants will continue to play a central
role for years to come.
The
Pew Research Center reports that 59 million immigrants have come to the
United States since the passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality
Act. The vast majority
of people who immigrated to the U.S. before 1965 were European, but 51%
of those who came after have been Latin American; about a quarter have
come from Asia.
As
a result of these changes, the Hispanic-American population has risen
from 4% in 1965 to 18% in 2015. The Asian-American population has
experienced a similar increase,
up from fewer than 1% in 1965 to 6% in 2015.
One
hundred immigrants become American citizens during a naturalization
ceremony at Liberty State Park on Sept. 17, 2015 in Jersey City, N.J.
(Photo by John Moore/Getty
Images)
By
2065—a year when no group will constitute a racial or ethnic majority,
according to Pew—nearly one in four Americans will be of Hispanic
origin, and Asian-Americans
will make up a 14% share of the overall population.
The
year 2065 will also see a shift in the ethnic and racial makeup of
people immigrating to the U.S. Asian immigrants will make up the largest
share of the foreign-born
population at 38%, while the Hispanic foreign-born population is
predicted to drop to 31%.
One
hundred immigrants become American citizens during a naturalization
ceremony at Liberty State Park on Sept. 17, 2015 in Jersey City, N.J.
(Photo by John Moore/Getty
Images)
The
Center also found that Americans have a far more positive view of Asian
(47%) and European (44%) immigrants than they do of African (26%),
Latin American (26%), and
Middle Eastern (29%) immigrants.
Nearly
half of those polled felt that immigrants had positively impacted food,
music, and the arts in the U.S., but 50% said that the foreign-born
population had had a
negative effect on the country’s crime and economy.
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