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Foreign-Born Population Grows, But Relative Size Not Unprecedented
Foreign-Born Population Grows, But Relative Size Not Unprecedented
While the number of immigrants in the U.S. as well as their share of the population has generally been rising, Statista's Katharina Buchholz points out that the level of the foreign-born population is not unprecedented.
As of 2024, the latest year available through U.S. Census data, 14.8 percent of the U.S. population was foreign-born.
Data aggregated by the Migration Policy Institute shows that throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the foreign-born population of the U.S. had been just as high, before reaching a low of just...
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China Curbs US Investment In Tech Companies After Meta Acquisition Of Manus
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Following earlier news that China has blacklisted 7 EU defense and aerospace firms over their dealings with Taiwan, Bloomberg reports that China plans to restrict top technology firms, including leading AI startups, from accepting US capital without government approval.
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