A Demographic Profile of Undocumented Immigrants from Asia and the Pacific Islands
CMS provides estimates and characteristics of populations who would be eligible for general and population-specific legalization programs and for special legal status programs. According to CMS estimates, there are 1,734,600 undocumented immigrants coming from Asia and the Pacific Islands, comprising 17 percent of the total undocumented population living in the United States. According to CMS estimates, about 65 percent of this population has been living in the United States for less than 10 years.