Emphasizing the increasing significance of immigration as a determinant of U.S. population growth, and stressing the need for developing population policy upon which future immigration policy might be based, this report presents projections of U.S. population to determine the impact of immigration in the next 100 years. The projections, given for…

Several times early in the twentieth century total annual immigration exceeded one million people. Current immigration figures may match those record totals. Since 1979, legal immigrants have averaged 566,000 a year; newly arrived refugees and asylees approved have averaged 135,000; and the "settled" illegal immigrant population may be…

Large scale international migration has resulted in employment problems in receiving countries, is changing the composition of national populations, and may alter historic national cultures. National and international policies must address the legal and ethical questions that countries are facing with the rising tide of migrants. (Author/MJL)