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    1.1 Million New Green Cards Issued in 2009

    1.1 Million New Green Cards Issued in 2009

    Friday, April 9, 2010, 10:37 AM EDT - posted on NumbersUSA

    While nearly 3 million Americans lost their jobs in 2009, the federal government issued more than 1 million new Green Cards over the same period of time. According to a new DHS report, 1,130,818 new Green Cards were issued to legal immigrants last year - the highest single-year number since 2006 AND THE FOURTH HIGHEST IN HISTORY.

    Of the new Green Cards issued, 47,879 new arrivals won their Green Cards through the Visa Lottery. The lottery awards new Green Cards without consideration of an individual's financial or social situation. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) has offered H.R.2305, which would eliminate the Visa Lottery and is one of NumbersUSA's 5 Great Immigration-Reduction Bills.

    Nearly 750,000 of the new Green Cards were issued to family members of U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-Ga.) has offered H.R.878, which would eliminate certain categories of the family sponsored visas and is also one of NumbersUSA's 5 Great Bills. The bill would reduce the total number of extended family-based Green Cards by more than 100,000.

    Residents from Mexico received the most Green Cards with 164,920 (14.6%). The next three biggest recipients came from Asia with China receiving 64,238, the Philippines receiving 60,029, and India receiving 57,304. Overall, Asia received the largest amount with more than 400,000.

    For more information, see the Department of Homeland Security's website.
    http://www.dhs.gov/files/statistics/pub ... LPR09.shtm

    Visit our Change the Numbers interactive tool that allows you to see the impact that high levels of legal immigration have on our future population.
    http://www.numbersusa.com/change/immigration/numbers/

    http://www.numbersusa.com/content/news/ ... -2009.html

    Numerous other links in the original are available at the source link above, together with a list of names of members of the House of Representatives who have joined the new "Reclaim America Caucus" - current total: 27. caps above mine.

    Faxes are available at NumbersUSA now to send to Congressional representatives requesting assistance for the American worker in light of these statistics.
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    It is crazy!!! The US government issued green cards last year and we do not have jobs!!!!!!! Let's remove from office those politicians who are taking the United States to the wrong path. We need to clean house this November and in 2012 let's elect another president.

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    This is crazy as there are no jobs. Many of the family ones are most likely for marriage for greencard scams. I know of alot of cases like that. I got mine as a family member but it was definitely not a mariage for greencard deal.
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