Key Takeaways
- 1.9 million lawful permanent residents were admitted to the United States in FY 2023, the largest annual total since FY 2016
- 3.3 million foreign nationals received immigration benefits (LPR and other major immigration pathways) in FY 2023 as reported by DHS/USCIS
- 7.6 million foreign nationals entered the U.S. in FY 2023 (CBP I-94 admissions), including nonimmigrant admissions
- Foreign-born workers were 18.0% of total U.S. employment in 2022, per Census Bureau ACS-based analysis summarized by DHS
- Immigrants made up 17.9% of the U.S. labor force in 2022, per OECD/ILO-aligned labor force estimates based on CPS microdata
- In 2022, immigrants contributed $2.0 trillion in wages and salaries (American Immigration Council estimate)
- In FY 2023, USCIS completed 3.5 million adjudications (benefit-related decisions across form types)
- $0.0: There was no discretionary statutory cap on asylum eligibility; however, asylum denial rates vary by adjudication cohort—USCIS reports asylum decisions and outcomes by year for affirmative asylum
- In FY 2023, ICE made about 113,000 arrests (excluding reinstatements) according to ICE enforcement statistics releases
- The U.S. spent $1.4 billion on the Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) program in FY 2023, per HHS budget justification
- Immigration enforcement costs for DHS were $10.8 billion in FY 2022 for CBP and ICE combined (DHS Budget in Brief)
- In FY 2023, DHS allocated $59.2 billion for components including CBP and ICE in its budget request (DHS Budget in Brief)
- In the H-1B cap lottery for FY 2024, USCIS received 470,000 registrations (first and second rounds)
- DHS reported that as of FY 2023, USCIS had a backlog of about 4.7 million pending immigration benefit cases
- USCIS reported a naturalization backlog of about 1.1 million pending N-400 cases as of early 2024
In FY 2023, the U.S. admitted 1.9 million lawful residents and authorized work for millions through major immigration pathways.
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