他们可以自由地聚集在一起奉行自己的信仰。图为新泽西州提内克市(Teaneck, New Jersey)的居民参加一年一度的宰牲节(Eid al-Adha)祈祷会。(© Getty Images)  

The United States continues to welcome record numbers of Muslim immigrants. And an increasing majority of Americans view Muslim Americans favorably.

Here are the facts:

• About 100,000 Muslims arrive in America each year.
• The Muslim share of immigrants granted permanent residency in the U.S. doubled from 1992 to 2012.
• A majority of Muslim Americans are immigrants.
• A December poll reports that nearly 6 in 10 Americans hold favorable views of American Muslims, a figure that has increased since 2001.

Here’s another fact: The sources of new immigrants are always changing. It’s the oldest of American stories. At first the new faces arrived from different parts of England and then from Germany. Many more followed, from Ireland and from southern and eastern Europe. More recently, immigrants from Mexico and other parts of Latin America predominated. Today immigrants increasingly come from East Asia and the Muslim world.

As in other nations, anti-immigrant sentiment sometimes flares up, even in the United States. But every group has been accepted as full-fledged citizens and made its distinctive contributions to our national identity.

President Obama put it best in December: “Immigrants and refugees revitalize and renew America.”

So what do today’s Muslim Americans look like?

https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/AP_02022604985-1.jpgThey look like doctors … (© AP Images)https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GettyImages-113179047_master.jpg… or like proud graduates and their parents. Here, Mohamed Amin has just graduated from New York City’s prestigious Bronx High School of Science. (© Getty Images)https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GettyImages-93615678_master.jpgAnd sometimes, they look like young Americans having fun. (© Getty Images)https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GettyImages-113179093_master.jpgIn America, citizens of all faiths are free to wear headscarves or other religious clothing … (© Getty Images)https://share.america.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/GettyImages-155717844_master.jpg… and are free to gather to practice their faith. Here, men in Teaneck, New Jersey, greet each other at the annual Eid al-Adha prayer. (© Getty Images)