According to a report from the Pew Research Center published in August, the number of illegal immigrants in the United States surged from a low of 10.2 million in 2019 to 14 million by the end of 2023.
Of that total population, about 4.2 million had been in the country for less than five years , another 3.8 million had been in the country for 5 to 17 years, and another 4.3 million had been in the country for 18 or more years.
First, the newer set.
Many of the newer immigrants are people who fled socialist tyranny in Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela and were given work permits and temporary protection from deportation. Many others were from the perpetually devastated nation of Haiti, who were also given temporary protections and work permits.
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