Official Department of Homeland Security immigration statistics and data analysis from 2016-2024, including comprehensive datasets on visas, citizenship, enforcement, and demographic trends.

Key data sets published by the Office of Immigration Statistics

The United States provides refuge to persons who have been persecuted or have well-founded fear of persecution through two programs:one for refugees (persons outside the U.S. and their immediate relatives) and one for asylees (persons in the U.S. and their immediate relatives). Office of Immigration Statistics Annual Flow Report provides information on the number of persons admitted to the US

The total annual budget outlays by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) represent federal funding for homeland security. The department's stated goal is to prepare for, prevent and respond to domestic emergencies, particularly terrorism. In addition, the department oversees federal agencies dealing with transportation security, customs, immigration, citizenship and border security, as well as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which deals with the federal response to domestic natural disasters. Data presented prior to the DHS' inception in 2002 represent the combined funding of agencies that would later be brought under DHS control. Data and projections are sourced from The White House's Office of Management and Budget. Figures are presented in constant 2017 dollars.

This Annual Report details CRCL's priorities and activities in FY2011. CRCL’s activities focused on alignment with the Department’s missions: Preventing Terrorism and Enhancing Security; Securing and Managing Our Borders; Enforcing and Administering Our Immigration Laws; Safeguarding and Securing Cyberspace; and Ensuring Resilience to Disasters.

By statute, the Office of the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman submits an Annual Report to Congress by June 30 of each year. The Ombudsman’s Annual Report must provide a summary of the most pervasive and serious problems encountered by individuals and employers applying for immigration benefits with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). The Annual Report also reviews past recommendations to improve USCIS programs and services.

This Annual Report details CRCL's priorities and activities in FY2013. CRCL’s activities focused on alignment with the Department’s missions: Preventing Terrorism and Enhancing Security; Securing and Managing Our Borders; Enforcing and Administering Our Immigration Laws; Safeguarding and Securing Cyberspace; and Ensuring Resilience to Disasters.

Biometric scan software companies have benefited from significant capital investment aimed at modernizing internal security, strengthening national security scans of new arrivals and boosting biometric data adoption as a valid source of verification. Private clients like commercial banks and public agencies, such as the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have provided critical revenue streams, as they sought out the latest fingerprint and face recognition scan software. Volatility within the immigration system in 2023 further boosted the need for biometric-based security to vet new arrivals at airports and ports of entry. Nonetheless, biometrics still need help with relatively untenable false positive rates, particularly within fingerprint scans. Despite this concern, scan software companies accelerated cybersecurity via innovative solutions such as combining passwords and keycards with biometrics. Revenue grew at a CAGR of 4.1% to an estimated $12.3 billion over the past five years, including an estimated 2.5% boost in 2025 alone. Agency-wide innovation and the pursuit of new modes of verification have driven considerable interest in scan software solutions that solve a variety of security problems. The DHS’s Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) and the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division are two examples of how biometric-based solutions are taking hold at the agency level. The increased emphasis on biometric scanning for immigration purposes and at airports, coupled with stronger private investment from partner corporations, provided lucrative contracts for established companies like Idemia. Although high interest rates, which peaked at 5.3% in 2023 per the Federal Reserve, did curtail smaller investors, the robust push by federal agencies and medical facilities to modernize internal security generated profit-strengthening contracts. Moving forward, biometric scan software companies are poised to benefit from continued private investment into new technology, strong funding and contract procurement from federal agencies and the push to modernize biometrics beyond single-field verification. Ongoing focus from the US government pertaining to immigration and border security will create demand for software that can analyze fingerprints and retinal scans at faster rates, including from OBIM and from international transit facilities such as ports. New technology investment will also provide lucrative opportunities for software companies with multimodal biometric software, which combines multiple biometric scans into one overarching security apparatus. Revenue is poised to accelerate at a CAGR of 3.7% to an estimated $14.7 billion through the end of 2030.

The Jails and Prisons sub-layer is part of the Emergency Law Enforcement Sector and the Critical Infrastructure Category. A Jail or Prison consists of any facility or location where individuals are regularly and lawfully detained against their will. This includes Federal and State prisons, local jails, and juvenile detention facilities, as well as law enforcement temporary holding facilities. Work camps, including camps operated seasonally, are included if they otherwise meet the definition. A Federal Prison is a facility operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the incarceration of individuals. A State Prison is a facility operated by a state, commonwealth, or territory of the US for the incarceration of individuals for a term usually longer than 1 year. A Juvenile Detention Facility is a facility for the incarceration of those who have not yet reached the age of majority (usually 18 years). A Local Jail is a locally administered facility that holds inmates beyond arraignment (usually 72 hours) and is staffed by municipal or county employees. A temporary holding facility, sometimes referred to as a "police lock up" or "drunk tank", is a facility used to detain people prior to arraignment. Locations that are administrative offices only are excluded from the dataset. This definition of Jails is consistent with that used by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in their "National Jail Census", with the exception of "temporary holding facilities", which the DOJ excludes. Locations which function primarily as law enforcement offices are included in this dataset if they have holding cells. If the facility is enclosed with a fence, wall, or structure with a gate around the buildings only, the locations were depicted as "on entity" at the center of the facility. If the facility's buildings are not enclosed, the locations were depicted as "on entity" on the main building or "block face" on the correct street segment. Personal homes, administrative offices, and temporary locations are intended to be excluded from this dataset; however, some personal homes of constables are included due to the fact that many constables work out of their homes. TGS has made a concerted effort to include all correctional institutions. This dataset includes non license restricted data from the following federal agencies: Bureau of Indian Affairs; Bureau of Reclamation; U.S. Park Police; Federal Bureau of Prisons; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; U.S. Marshals Service; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; National Park Service; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Law Enforcement dataset and the Correctional Institutions dataset were merged into one working file. TGS processed as one file and then separated for delivery purposes. With the merge of the Law Enforcement and the Correctional Institutions datasets, NAICS Codes & Descriptions were assigned based on the facility's main function which was determined by the entity's name, facility type, web research, and state supplied data. In instances where the entity's primary function is both law enforcement and corrections, the NAICS Codes and Descriptions are assigned based on the dataset in which the record is located (i.e., a facility that serves as both a Sheriff's Office and as a jail is designated as [NAICSDESCR]="SHERIFFS' OFFICES (EXCEPT COURT FUNCTIONS ONLY)" in the Law Enforcement layer and as [NAICSDESCR]="JAILS (EXCEPT PRIVATE OPERATION OF)" in the Correctional Institutions layer). Records with "-DOD" appended to the end of the [NAME] value are located on a military base, as defined by the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) military installations and military range boundaries. "#" and "*" characters were automatically removed from standard fields that TGS populated. Double spaces were replaced by single spaces in these same fields. Text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. All diacritics (e.g., the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics. The currentness of this dataset is indicated by the [CONTDATE] field. Based on the values in this field, the oldest record dates from 05/03/2006 and the newest record dates from 10/19/2009.

Homeland Security Use Cases: Use cases describe how the data may be used and help to define and clarify requirements. 1. A threat to cause the mass release of prisoners by an outside terrorist group has been identified. Steps need to be taken to provide extra security at the targeted prisons. 2. Massive civil unrest has resulted in a large number of arrests. Appropriate space is needed outside of the immediate area to house the arrested individuals. 3. Massive civil unrest has resulted in a large number of arrests. A "holding camp" has been established to hold those arrested. Trained security guards are needed to staff the holding camp. 4. A disaster has caused the need for an emergency labor force (e.g., sandbagging during a flood) and prisoners may fill that need. 5. Inmates may need to be evacuated, or appropriate steps may need to be taken at a prison to protect the inmates and to ensure that a disaster does not present an opportunity for escape.