Unauthorized Immigrants Ineligible for Relief Under Obama Programs Ineligible Note: Shares for employment, children and marriage are among all adults employment, 18 and older. Country of origin marriage shares are Source: Pew Research Center estimates based on residual methodology, applied to 2012 American Community Survey
The 5.8 million unauthorized immigrants not eligible for deportation relief under President Obama’s executive actions are more likely than those eligible to be unmarried and not have U.S.-born children living with them, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Unauthorized Immigrants Ineligible for  | Relief Under Obama Programs Ineligible  | INELIGIBLE  | ELIGIBLE  | Working  | 73% 69%  | Not Working  | 27 31  | With U.S born children  | 77  | Without U.S. born children  | 96 23  | Married  | 40 61  | Unmarried  | 60 39  | Mexican  | 45 61  | Non-Mexican  | 55 39  | Note: Shares for employment, children and marriage are  | among all adults employment, 18 and older. Country of origin marriage shares are  | among all.  | Source: Pew Research Center estimates based on residual  | methodology, applied to 2012 American Community Survey  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 