Arizona
*Fiscal Year. Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals, figures do not include Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) holders from Afghanistan and Iraq, nor Afghan Humanitarian Parolees from 2021 evacuation. Does not include asylum seeker data.
SOUTHERN BORDER FACTS: Some 20 million people call the southern border region home, and this population is growing. From San Diego, in California to Brownsville in Texas, the communities that make up the border region are diverse and thriving. Estimates from the Census Bureau show that overall, border residents are more likely to be people of color when compared to the national average (Half of all border residents are Hispanic or Latinx).
*Data source: Refugee Processing Center: Admissions and Arrivals (5 yr average)
- Swahili
- Arabic
- Somali
- Burmese
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Arizona
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Arizona
*Top % share of the immigrant labor force in Arizona.
**HEALTHCARE:
Nurses who are foreign-born= 13%
Health aides who are foreign-born = 24.7%
Data source: New American Economy
*Data source: Office of Refugee Resettlement
*Data not available.
- 33%Less than High School
- 23%High School Only
- 21%Some College
- 23%College degree or more
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Arizona 2018 figures
*Data source: American Immigration Council: Immigrants in Arizona
January 31, 2023
Just as citizens in Europe and the U.K. have heroically supported displaced Ukrainians by opening up their homes or securing other housing, assisting with school enrollments, employment needs, and language learning, Americans now have the opportunity via the Welcome.us Sponsor Circles program to directly help newly arrived Ukrainians. The United States has committed to welcoming 100,000 Ukrainians temporarily for a period of two-years and the ability to apply for employment authorization in the U.S. as long as they have a U.S.-based sponsor to petition for them.



