These numbers should be troubling to every American.
On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 3:35 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > How Many Immigration Applications Are Filed Each Year?[image: Lawful > permanent resident flow] > > Each year, the USCIS receives and processes about 6 million immigration > applications from individuals and employers. Most applicants request one of > the following: permission to permanently live in the U.S., permission to > temporarily work in the U.S. or naturalization as a U.S. citizen. > Green card applications > > Lawful permanent residents (LPRs or "green card holders") have permission > to permanently live and work anywhere in the U.S., and they can attend > public schools and own property. > > The *Arizona Republic* reported that in November 2012, more than 4.4 > million applicants were still waiting for green cards. Of those, 1.3 > million were in Mexico. Counting applicants already living in the U.S., > experts estimated up to 5.5 million green card applications were pending at > the close of 2012. > > According to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in 2013, the U.S. > issued green cards to nearly 1 million applicants. Most of the approved > applicants lived in the U.S. when they applied (54 percent) and were > allowed to permanently live in the U.S. based on a family relationship with > a U.S. citizen or another green card holder (66 percent). The leading > countries of birth for new green card holders were Mexico (14 percent), > China (7.2 percent) and India (6.9 percent). > > Since the year 1820, the U.S. granted slightly more than 1 million > applicants permanent residence during each year of the following periods: > > - 1905-1907 > - 1910 > - 1913-1914 > - 1989-1991 > - 2001-2002 > - 2005-2012 > > During every other year, less than 1 million applicants were welcomed as > lawful permanent residents. In 1999, the U.S. approved approximately > 645,000 permanent resident applications. That year rivaled turn of the > century rates. For example, nearly 670,000 applicants were granted > permanent residence in 1881, and about 649,000 applicants were granted > permanent residence in 1902. > [image: Lawful permanent resident flow by category of admission] > Temporary worker applications > > Employment-based visas allow foreign workers to live in the U.S., and the > employer usually files the application. > > One employment-based visa is the H-1B, which allows foreign workers in > "specialty occupations" (math, engineering, law, architecture, advertising, > etc.) to temporarily work in the U.S. In 2013, approximately 124,000 H-1B > petitions were filed, and 134,000 were filed in 2012. One immigration > expert estimated the USCIS will receive at least 160,000 applications in > 2014 for the 85,000 available H-1B visas. > > An employer can help a foreign worker live permanently in the U.S. by > filing an EB-2 visa application on the worker's behalf. The EB-2 is granted > to professionals with advanced degrees (or general degrees with at least > five years working with increasing responsibility), as well as to > professionals with exceptional ability in science, art or business. > [image: Persons naturalized between 1907 and 2013] > > Before an employer can apply to the USCIS for any visa on a worker's > behalf, the employer must submit their own Labor Certification Application > (LCA) to the U.S. Department of Labor. Employers who have filed the most > LCA to date in 2014 include the following: > > - Infosys—32,379 applications, with an average salary of $76,494 > - Tata Consultancy Services—8,785 applications, with an average salary > of $66,113 > - Wipro—6,733 applications, with an average salary of $69,953 > - Deloitte Consulting—6,165 applications, with an average salary of > $98,980 > - IBM—5,839 applications, with an average salary of $87,789 > > Naturalization applications > > Individuals who are not U.S. citizens by birth can obtain nearly all the > same benefits and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship through the process > of naturalization. Nearly 780,000 natives of other countries were > naturalized as U.S. citizens in 2013. > > Asylum applications are also among the 6 million applications processed > annually by USCIS. In 2001, the U.S. approved about 39,000 asylum > applications. Asylum application approvals have consistently decreased > since then, with a low of around 21,000 in 2010. The U.S. approved about > 29,000 asylum applications in 2012. > [image: Persons naturalized by region and country of birth] > > On Monday, June 27, 2016 at 2:07:54 PM UTC-5, Travis wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/obama-admin-pace-issue-one-million-green-cards-migrants-majority-muslim-countries/ >> >> >> Chart: Obama Admin. On Pace to Issue One Million Green Cards to Migrants >> from Majority-Muslim Countries >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: Description: Refugees from Syria arrive at the Friedland shelter >> near Goettingen, central Germany, on April 4, 2016, after arriving from >> Turkey at the airport in Hanover. The first Syrians arrived in Germany from >> Istanbul under a controversial EU-Turkey migrant pact. / AFP / dpa / Swen >> Pfoertner / Germany OUT (Photo credit should read] >> >> SWEN PFOERTNER/AFP/Getty Images >> >> by CAROLINE MAY <http://www.breitbart.com/author/caroline-may/>17 Jun >> 2016198 >> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/obama-admin-pace-issue-one-million-green-cards-migrants-majority-muslim-countries/#disqus_thread> >> The Obama Administration is on pace to issue more than a million green >> cards to migrants from majority-Muslim countries, according to an analysis >> of Department of Homeland Security data. >> >> A chart released by the Senate Subcommittee on Immigration and the >> National Interest Friday details the surge in immigration to the U.S. from >> majority-Muslim countries since President Barack Obama took office in 2009. >> >> Specifically, in the first six fiscal years of Obama’s presidency (FY2009 >> – FY2014), his administration issued 832,014 green cards to migrants >> majority-Muslim countries, the most of which were issued to migrants from >> Pakistan (102,000), Iraq (102,000), Bangladesh (90,000), Iran (85,000), >> Egypt (56,000), and Somalia (37,000). >> >> The total 832,014 new permanent residents do not include migrants on >> temporary, nonimmigrant visas — which allow foreign nationals to come to >> the U.S. temporarily for work, study, tourism and the like. As the >> subcommittee notes, the number also does not include those migrants who >> overstayed the terms of their visas. >> >> [image: Description: Obama Admin On Track To Issue 1M GCs (1)] >> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/06/17/obama-admin-pace-issue-one-million-green-cards-migrants-majority-muslim-countries/attachment/obama-admin-on-track-to-issue-1m-gcs-1/> >> >> Regardless, as the subcommittee explained in its analysis, the U.S. is >> playing host to immigrants from majority Muslim countries at an increasing >> pace. >> >> Between FY 2013 and FY 2014, the number of green cards issued to migrants >> from Muslim-majority countries increased dramatically – from 117,423 in FY >> 2013, to 148,810 in FY 2014, a nearly 27 percent increase. Throughout the >> Obama Administration’s tenure, the United States has issued green cards to >> an average of 138,669 migrants from Muslim-majority countries per year, >> meaning that it is nearly certain the United States will have issued green >> cards to at least 1.1 million migrants from Muslim-majority countries on >> the President’s watch. It has also been reported that migration from >> Muslim-majority countries represents the fastest growing class of migrants. >> >> Green cards, or Lawful Permanent Residency, puts immigrants on the path >> to citizenship and allows for lifetime residency, federal benefits, and >> work authorization. Included in the totals are refugees, who are required >> to apply for a green card after one year of residency in the U.S. Unlike >> other types of immigrants, refugees are immediately eligible for welfare >> benefits including Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF), food >> stamps, and Medicaid. >> >> A report >> <http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/10/more-than-90-percent-of-middle-eastern-refugees-on-food-stamps/> >> from >> the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) indicated that in FY 2013, 91.4 >> percent of Middle Eastern refugees (accepted to the U.S. between 2008-2013) >> received food stamps, 73.1 percent were on Medicaid or Refugee Medical >> Assistance and 68.3 percent were on cash welfare. >> >> Green Card Totals, FY09-FY14: >> >> Pakistan (102K), Iraq (102K), Bangladesh (90K), Iran (85K), Egypt (56K), >> Somalia (37K), Uzbekistan (30K), Turkey (26K), Morocco (25K), Jordan (25K), >> Albania (24K), Afghanistan (21K), Lebanon (20K), Yemen (20K), Syria (18K), >> Indonesia (17K), Sudan (15K), Sierra Leone (12K), Guinea (9K), Senegal >> (8K), Saudi Arabia (9K), Algeria (8K), Kazakhstan (8K), Kuwait (6K), Gambia >> (6K), United Arab Emirates (5K), Azerbaijan (4K), Mali (4K), Burkina Faso >> (3K), Kyrgyzstan (3K), Kosovo (3K), Mauritania (3K), Tunisia (2K), >> Tajikistan (2K), Libya (2K), Turkmenistan (1K), Qatar (1K), Chad (1K) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> [image: Description: >> https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/2016/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange_184x116-v1.png] >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> >> >> Virus-free. www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> >> >> >> >> >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=icon> >> Virus-free. >> www.avast.com >> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient&utm_term=link> >> >> __._,_.___ >> ------------------------------ >> Posted by: "Beowulf" <[email protected]> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> Visit Your Group >> <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/grendelreport/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJmOWFkdXRmBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzIwMTk0ODA2BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTMyMzY2NwRzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzE0NjcwNDc5MjQ-> >> >> >> [image: Yahoo! 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