{"id":8212,"date":"2023-02-28T11:59:26","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/immigrants-and-children-of-immigrants-make-up-at-least-15-of-the-118th-congress\/"},"modified":"2025-04-23T23:55:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T03:55:16","slug":"immigrants-and-children-of-immigrants-make-up-at-least-15-of-the-118th-congress","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2023\/02\/28\/immigrants-and-children-of-immigrants-make-up-at-least-15-of-the-118th-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"Immigrants and children of immigrants make up at least 15% of the 118th Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From left, Rep. Maxwell Frost, Rep. Becca Balint, Sen. Mazie Hirono, Sen. Marco Rubio, and Rep. Andrea Salinas. (Anna Moneymaker; Bonnie Jo Mount\/The Washington Post; Brandon Bell; Octavio Jones; Anna Moneymaker, all via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Immigrants and children of immigrants account for at least 15% of the 118th Congress, a share that has steadily grown over the past three Congresses. At least 81 voting members of Congress are foreign born or have at least one parent who was born in another country, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of members\u2019 biographical information gathered from the Congressional Research Service, news articles, congressional offices and other sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently 18 foreign-born voting members of Congress, including 17 in the House of Representatives and one in the Senate \u2013 Democrat Mazie Hirono of Hawaii<\/a>, who was born in Japan. Together, they represent 3% of all voting members across both legislative chambers. At least 63 additional lawmakers \u2013 47 representatives and 16 senators \u2013 have one or more immigrant parent. Overall, these children of immigrants make up 12% of the House and Senate.<\/p>\n\n\n

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