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ASIAN AMERICANS WANT IMMIGRATION REFORM Prepared by: Korean Churches for Community Development

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Page 1: KCCD AAPI Immigration Reform Data

ASIAN AMERICANS WANT IMMIGRATION REFORM Prepared by: Korean Churches for Community Development

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President/CEO of KCCD Hyepin Im :

“With President Obama’s Executive Order, many individuals including 400,000 Asian American and Pacific Islanders who are living in the shadows of our society will now be able to breathe free and take steps to join as full members of our society and pursue the life they dreamed for themselves and their family. We look forward to Congress taking next steps to create a commonsense immigration reform that will address our broken immigration system. For now • 1.3 million of the 11 million undocumented are AAPI’s. • 40% of the 4.2 million individuals who are currently on the family visa backlog are AAPI – that means 1.8 million AAPI individuals are waiting to be reunited with their family. Their average wait has been 12 to 23 years. • AAPI’s make up 84% of the employer-based visa backlog. • In California, 40% of the Dreamers are AAPI. Nationally, they make up 6%. • To date, 250,000 AAPI have been deported.

Asian Americans Want Immigration Reform

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California AAPI DREAMers also make up 40 percent of those in the University of California system.

40%

AAPI DREAMers in the University of California System

All Others

AAPI

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"Asia has surpassed Latin America as the dominant source of new immigrants to the U.S. Asia accounted for 45 percent of all new immigrants in 2012, compared to 34 percent for Latin America.“

Source: http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/immigration-is-changing-much-more-than-the-immigration-debate/? http://aapidata.com/undocumented-2014/

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Ben Casselman, FiveThirtyEight.com

0 200000 400000 600000

California New York

New Jersey Texas Illinois

Virginia Georgia

Washington

Undocumented Asian American Population by State

Undocumented Asian American Population by State

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Five of the Top Ten Source Countries for Undocumented Immigrants are Asian

Source: Hoefer, Michael, Nancy Rytina, and Bryan Baker. “Estimates of the Unauthorized Immigrant Population Residing in the United States: January 2011” <https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/ois_ill_pe_2011.pdf>

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Country of birth Estimated population in January Percent of total

All countries Mexico El Salvador Guatemala Honduras China Philippines India Korea Ecuador Vietnam Other countries

11,510,000 6,800,000 660,000 520,000 380,000 280,000 270,000 240,000 230,000 210,000 170,000

1,750,000

100 59 6 5 3 2 2 2 2 2 2

15

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Asian Americans Want Immigration Reform

65% of AAPI voters supported commonsense immigration reform.*

65%

AAPI Supporting Commonsense Immigration Reform

Support Not Support

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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* Poll by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (2012)

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Of the 11 million undocumented people in the United States, 1.3 million are Asian, many of whom are youth who have lived most of their lives in the United States.

12%

AAPI Undocumented Immigrants

All Others (11 million) AAPI (1.3 million)

Sources: http://www.advancingequality.org/sites/aajc/files/NCAPA_CIR_Principles_1.pdf

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/asian-americans-immigration-reform http://missionassetfund.org/california-dreaming-making-american-dream/&sa=D&usg=ALhdy29NYwgCJKKh5kwc1yOiFtHAZ-rh7w

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Even though Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) make up only 6 percent of the total U.S. population, AAPI account for over 40% of the 4.2 million individuals caught in the current family immigration visa backlog.

40% (1.8 million)

AAPI Family Immigration Visa Backlog 40% of the Total or 1.8 Million AAPI’s

All Others

AAPI

Source http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sahra-vang-nguyen/5-terrifying-facts-about-_b_5670005.html

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One out of seven Korean immigrants are undocumented. Asians are now the largest group of new immigrants in this country.

0 7

Korean Immigrants Undocumented Documented

Source: https://www.google.com/url?q=http://missionassetfund.org/california-dreaming-making-american-dream/&sa=D&usg=ALhdy29NYwgCJKKh5kwc1yOiFtHAZ-rh7w

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84% (94,080

applications)

Employer-Based Visa Backlog

All others

AAPI

Source: http://chu.house.gov/sites/chu.house.gov/files/documents/8_8_14%20CAPAC_Immigration_DHS_Recommendations_FINAL.pdf

Among individuals waiting for employer-based visas, AAPI account for 84 percent of the backlog of 112,000 applications.

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The Department of Homeland Security estimates than 1.3 million Asian Americans are undocumented. More than 250,000 Asian Americans have been deported under the Obama Administration.

Sources: http://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/2014/04/05/obama-exceeds-million-mark-deportations/ http://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/news-media/publications/column-5-reasons-why-asian-americans-must-support-executive-action 7340419/

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• China, India, and Korea are in the top ten sending countries of immigrant entrepreneurs. The Senate bill would create a new visa program for foreign entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses in the United States.

The Senate bill would create new visa pathways for immigrant entrepreneurs and investors and make key improvements to the H-1B program.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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Most Asian Americans are immigrants or the children of immigrants. Sixty percent of Asian Americans are immigrants.

60%

AAPI Immigrants in the U.S.

Non-Immigrants Immigrants

Source: http://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/news-media/publications/column-5-reasons-why-asian-americans-must-support-executive-action

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Of the 13.5 million AAPI currently living the U.S., 8.7 million immigrated to the U.S. • 31% U.S. citizen • 34% Naturalized U.S. citizen • 35% Non-citizens

34%

35%

AAPI Immigrant Status

Asian American US Citizen

Naturalized US Citizen

Noncitizen

Sources: http://www.advancingequality.org/sites/aajc/files/NCAPA_CIR_Principles_1.pdf MSNBC- Asian Americans want immigration reform, too 12/24/13 http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/asian-americans-immigration-reform https://www.google.com/url?q=http://missionassetfund.org/california-dreaming-making-american-dream/&sa=D&usg=ALhdy29NYwgCJKKh5kwc1yOiFtHAZ-rh7w

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69% of AAPI are immigrants

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About 430,000 Asians, or 36 percent of all new immigrants, arrived in the U.S. in 2010, according to the latest census data. That’s compared to about 370,000, or 31%, who were Hispanic.

AAPI 36%

31%

AAPI Immigrants in 2010 36% of All Immigrants

All Others AAPI Hispanic

Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/15/asian-immigrants-surpass-hispanics_n_3446441.html

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In California alone, there are an estimated 416,000 Asian undocumented immigrants, or roughly 15% of the state’s entire undocumented population.

15%

AAPI Undocumented Population in CA

All Others AAPI

Source: http://asiasociety.org/northern-california/events/faces-immigration-undocumented-asians-america

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California has the highest percentage of undocumented students in the nation — about 350,000 — according to an NEA study. Of these, only 5 to 10 percent go to college.

35% (350,000)

Undocumented Students in CA

Nationwide California

Source:http://www.cta.org/dreamers

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“When most people think of DREAMers, they think of Latinos,” says Inouye, a third-generation Japanese American. “But about 10 percent are Asian or Pacific Islanders, with Hmong and Vietnamese the fastest-growing groups — and among the most impacted by poverty.”

10%

DREAMers

All Others AAPI

Source:http://www.cta.org/dreamers

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Six percent of potential DREAMers are of Asian origin.

6%

Potential DREAMers

Asian origin All others

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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• In 2011, 25% of the foreign born population in the United States came from Asian countries

• Asian immigrants also make up 11% of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S., living and working in the shadows, unable to fully participate in our society.

Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) are a rapidly growing immigrant population in the United States.

11%

Undocumented Immigrants in the United States

AAPI immigrants All others

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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• In 2011, almost 248,000 Asian immigrants became green card holders through petitions filed by their U.S. citizen or permanent resident family members. • As of November 1, 2012, there were 1.8 million Asian family-based immigrant visa applicants waiting to join their families in the U.S.

Family-based immigration is the most common pathway to the United States for Asian immigrants.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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• Applicants born in mainland China and India must wait up to 12 years depending on their visa category. • Applicants born in the Philippines must wait up to 23 years depending on their visa category.

Family-based immigration is the most common pathway to the United States for Asian immigrants.

0 5

10 15 20 25

Mainland China and India

Philippines

Visa Wait Time (in years)

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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54% of Asian Americans surveyed said that visa backlogs presented a significant problem for their families.

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

Survey on Visa Backlogs

Total

Asian Americans

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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The Senate bill would increase the number of available H-1B visas by raising the baseline cap from 65,000 visas to 115,000 visas per year

Petitioners from India (64%) and China (7.6%) continue to be the largest users of the H-1B program.

H-1B Visa Petitioners

India China All others

0 115000

Current Baseline Cap

Proposed Baseline Cap

Number of Available H-1B Visas

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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• In fiscal year 2012, more than 91,000 individuals born in Asia obtained green cards through employment-based immigrant visa petitions. • But immigrants from India and China can wait 10 years or longer for some employment-based immigrant visas. Close to 93,000 individuals waiting in the employment-based immigrant backlog as of November 1, 2012, are from Asian countries. • The Senate bill would eliminate the existing backlogs for employment-based green cards, exempts certain employment-based categories from the annual cap, and remove annual country limitations altogether.

The Senate bill would increase the number of employment based visas and eliminate restrictions on the number of immigrants from populous nations like India and China.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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• In 2009, Indian immigrants represented 56% of all Masters students seeking degrees in computer science and engineering, and China and India sent nearly half of all foreign nationals pursuing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) doctorates. Almost half of Asian immigrant adults have a bachelor’s degree or higher. • The Senate bill would exempt STEM Ph.D and Master’s graduates from the annual cap of 140,000 visas. This provision would effectively “staple” a green card to the diplomas of advanced STEM graduates from U.S. universities. • The Senate bill would also exempt certain physicians from the overall visa cap. In 2009, 58% of all immigrant doctors, and 52% of immigrant nurses were from Asian countries.

The Senate bill would increase the number of employment based visas and eliminate restrictions on the number of immigrants from populous nations like India and China.

Source: http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/aapi_fact_sheet_0.pdf

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