Where Unauthorized Immigrants Potentially Eligible for Deportation Relief Live Estimated number of unauthorized immigrants potentially eligible for deportation prelief (2012)
Less than half – 2.3 million – of the nation’s unauthorized immigrants who potentially qualify for deportation relief and work permits under President Barack Obama’s executive actions live in the 26 states that have joined a lawsuit to stop the move, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Among the states that have joined the lawsuit, most of the unauthorized immigrants who potentially qualify for relief under the new executive actions are concentrated in just a handful of states. For example, half live in Texas (825,000) and Florida (300,000). Four more states (Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina) each have 100,000 or more of these immigrants.
Where Unauthorized Immigrants Potentially Eligible for Deportation Relief Live  | Estimated number of unauthorized immigrants potentially eligible for deportation prelief (2012)  | Ariz  | Texas  | Fla.  | Ga.  | 160K 22 other states  | TOTAL  | STATES SEEKING to BLOCK  | EXECUTIVE ACTIONS ON  | 825K  | 300K |180K  | 825K  | 2.3 million  | DEPORTATION RELIEF  | Calif  | NY  | NJ 20 other states + D.C  | the  | STATES NOT SEEKING TO  | 250K 250K 190K  | 2.7 million  | BLOCK EXECUTIVE ACTIONS  | 1.2M  | 775K  | ON DEPORTATION RELIEF  | Source: Pew Research Center estimates based on augmented American Community Survey data from Inte grated Public Use  | Microdata Series (IPUMS)  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 