Which of the following is true of migration?
A) One-quarter of the migrants in the United States are unauthorized.
B) By 2050, the total number of international migrants is expected to come down by half.
C) People who move into a country are called emigrants.
D) Mexico has the highest percentage of the world's migrants.
E) The United States has less than five percent of the world's migrants.

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Option A is true. According to data from the Migration Policy Institute, as of 2017, approximately one-quarter (or 10.5 million) of the foreign-born individuals in the United States were unauthorized immigrants.
Option B is false. According to the United Nations, the total number of international migrants is expected to continue to increase in the coming decades, reaching an estimated 405 million by 2050.
Option C is false. People who move into a country are called immigrants, while people who move out of a country are called emigrants.
Option D is false. According to the United Nations, India has the highest number of international migrants (18 million), followed by Mexico (12 million) and China (11 million).
Option E is false. According to the United Nations, the United States has the largest number of international migrants of any country, with 51 million migrants in 2020, representing approximately 19% of the world's total migrant population.

Which of the Following Is True of Migration