President Joe Biden's recently announced sweeping executive order on migration has left many questions unanswered regarding the logistics, budget and legality of the initiative. But as the action remains hotly contested among politicians, experts are asking, what kind of support will migrants already in the country receive, if any?
A new analysis by The Brookings Institution explores recent data on where recent U.S. migrants live, specifically ones that have arrived since 2022, a date experts agree began an increased amount of arrivals. The institution uses the Current Population Survey (CPS) to estimate where recent index immigrants are living and how the location of recent arrivals has changed from the pre-pandemic era.
