Pew Research Shows Many Immigrants Not English Proficient

A recent Pew Research Center study showed that the vast majority of illegal immigrants and a sizeable portion of legal immigrants living in the USA are not proficient in the English language.

The Pew Research study found that only 34% of illegal immigrants said that they were proficient in English, and only 57% of legal immigrants said that they were proficient in English.

The Pew Research study followed up a 2018 report by the Center for Immigration Studies that showed that nearly 67 million people in the USA do not speak English at home, and nor do nearly half of the residents of the USA’s 5 largest cities.