A fun little statistic to throw out to your MAGAt friends who go on a rant about “illegals” all over the country: the number of undocumented residents in the United States is now lower than it was in 2007–and not just a little bit: by 14%, according to a new Pew Research Center study reported by MSNBC. In fact, the number of undocumented residents in the US now stands at the same level as when Donald Trump took office in 2017: 10.7 million.
Per the report, the number of foreign-born residents in the US stands at 47 million, with just under half–23.1 million–now naturalized US citizens. Around 14 million people are here in the US with one of many legal statuses, from student visas to resident alien cards. In total, the number of legal migrants in the US increased by 29% over that period of time.