Generally, people believe that immigrants are poorer, more dependent on welfare, and more numerous than they really are, according to a new study. But there’s a major discrepancy between perception and reality in the US. One example: On average, US respondents estimated that immigrants made up 36 percent of the US population. That is more than three times the real share of immigrants in the country, which is 10 percent.
What Americans are not understanding about immigration
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