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According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the minimum wage in Arkansas was $6.25 per hour in 2021. This low minimum wage emphasizes the challenges faced by low-income individuals, including immigrant families, in achieving economic stability.

Most recently, a substantial border security bill proposed a $20.2 billion allocation for border-related measures, of which $650 million was for the border wall and funding for asylum judges. However, despite the urgency and the considerable financial commitment, the bill failed to advance in the Senate. A procedural vote to move the bipartisan border security deal forward did not achieve the necessary 60 votes, stalling at a 49 to 50 tally.

This represents about 3% of the total U.S. population. Immigration reform in the U.S. has been a contentious issue dating back to the post-World War II era. Efforts to overhaul the system faced significant hurdles due to entrenched racist quotas established in the 1920s such as the 1924 Johnson-Reed Act. These laws imposed severe restrictions on immigration based on nationality and ethnicity, aiming to limit the influx of immigrants from Southern and Eastern Europe, as well as from Asia.

Immigrants made up 13.6% of the total U.S. population in 2021, which is a slight decrease from the 13.7% share in 2019.

177 of these are indigenous to the U.S. or its territories. The top five languages include: Spanish, Chinese, Tagalog, Vietnamese, and Arabic.

The number of people in the United States who speak a language other than English at home increased by three times between 1980 and 2019.