Data: 4.5 million migrants reshaped U.S. communities
Federal data obtained exclusively by The Associated Press shows 4.5 million migrants who crossed between October 2018 and July 2025 increasingly settled in smaller U.S. cities and towns.
An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America: Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest levels ever.