Washington: New estimates from the Pew Research Centre place the number of undocumented Indian immigrants in the US at roughly 725,000, making them the third largest group behind those from Mexico and El Salvador.
The think tank stated that as of 2021, 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the nation made up 22% of the people who were born outside of the US and approximately 3% of the US population as a whole. Between 2007 and 2021, there was a discernible growth in the number of undocumented immigrants entering the United States from almost every corner of the world; the biggest increases were from South and East Asia (180,000) and Central America (240,000).
While the number of unauthorised immigrants from Mexico - 4.1 million in 2021 - was the lowest since the 1990s, El Salvador - 800,000 - and India with 725,000 immigrants saw an increase in the numbers, the report said. The six states with the largest unauthorised immigrant populations in 2021 were: California (1.9 million), Texas (1.6 million), Florida (900,000), New York (600,000), New Jersey (450,000) and Illinois (400,000), the report said.
The number of undocumented immigrants from other countries was 6.4 million in 2021, an increase of 900,000 from the previous year, according to the data. Other nations that contributed for the majority of unlawful immigration were Honduras (525,000) and Guatemala (700,000). According to the research, there were rises from 2017 in Guatemala, Honduras, and India.