The significance of immigration in the United States has increased due to the influx of immigrants and refugees, over the past decade. During the 1990s, there were an estimated 19 million immigrants in the U.S. These numbers increased to 30 million throughout the 2000s and as of 2013, the reported number of immigrants in the U.S. reached 41.3 million (Migration Policy Institute, 2015). Likewise, in 2013 the amount of admitted refugees totaled to 69,909 in the U.S., which was a large increase from 56,384 refugees just two years prior in 2011 (Martin & Yankay, 2014). Moreover, freedom and opportunity that the United States has to offer continues to draw in immigrants and refugees, specifically around 20% of international migrants (Migration Policy
