Nearly 5.6 million migrants had precarious immigration statuses in 2024: Number of migrant individuals in the United States with temporary immigration statuses or protections from removal through administrative immigration relief, and asylum-seekers, 2024
| Administrative temporary immigration program or status | Number of beneficiaries |
|---|---|
| Temporary Protected Status (TPS) | 1,095,115 |
| Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) | 537,730 |
| Processed via CBP One app | 936,500 |
| Cuban, Haitian, Nicaraguan, and Venezuelan Parole Program (CHNV) | 531,690 |
| Uniting for Ukraine | 196,000 |
| Deferred Action: U Visa and Special Immigrant Juvenile Status | 169,000 |
| Operation Allies Welcome | 75,000 |
| Asylum-seekers (at EOIR or USCIS) | 2,054,000 |
| Total with precarious statuses | 5,595,035 |
Notes: Table may reflect some double counting and thus numbers in categories may be higher than actual individuals, because, for example, some unknown share of individual asylum-seekers are likely to overlap with individuals counted in other categories; for example, some Afghans paroled through Operation Allies Welcome, CHNV parolees, and CBP One parolees may have also applied for asylum, and some parolees may have become eligible for Temporary Protected Status, etc. EOIR stands for the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the formal name for the U.S. immigration courts, and is a subagency of the U.S. Department of Justice. USCIS stands for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a subagency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Source: Adapted from Table A1 in Jeanne Batalova, Julia Gelatt, and Michael Fix, How Immigrants and their U.S.-Born Children Fit into the Future of the U.S. Labor Market, Migration Policy Institute, April 2024 (methodology explained in report), and Table 3 in Jennifer Van Hook, Ariel G. Ruiz Soto and Julia Gelatt, The Unauthorized Immigrant Population Expands amid Record U.S.-Mexico Border Arrivals, Migration Policy Institute, February 2025. Amendments and additions made by author include data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, "Count of Active DACA Recipients by Month of Current DACA Expiration, as of September 30, 2024" [excel spreadsheet], last accessed on March 4, 2025; U.S. Customs and Border Protection, "CBP Releases December 2024 Monthly Update," Newsroom, last updated January 27, 2025; and Jill Wilson, Temporary Protected Status and Deferred Enforced Departure, Congressional Research Service, RS20844, updated December 5, 2024.