2023: 1 in 10 US Babies Born to Unauthorized Immigrants

0:00On April 19, new Pew Research Data drops a stat that's stirring of noise in 2023, nearly one in ten babies born in the U.S. had, parents living here without legal status. That's around 245,000 births to unauthorized immigrant moms, paired with dads who weren't citizens or green card holders. Adding to that, 15,000 more came from moms with temporary legal status and similar dads, pushing the total spotlight to about 200, 60,000 kids affected by this trend. This hits right as President Trump rolls out an executive order to rethink birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment, a move headed, straight to the Supreme Court for a final call. If upheld, those two un60,000 babies from last year wouldn't snag automatic U.S. citizenship, flipping a core immigration debate on it's head, Pew notes these numbers, track the ups and downs of the unauthorized population, hitting the highest marks since 2010's 325.

1:011,000 under Obama, keeping this citizenship clash front and center as policies evolve. From across the country, powered by AI, this is U.S. News Today.