Top Ten Nations of Origin for Legal Permanent Residents in 2012
(Green Card Holders)
Mexico: 146,406
China: 81,784
India: 66,434
Philippines: 57,327
Dominican Republic: 41,566
Cuba: 32,820
Vietnam: 28,304
Haiti: 22,818
Columbia: 20,931
South Korea: 20,931
1,031,631 persons total were granted Permanent Resident Alien status in 2012.
Note that of these only @250K were from high performing Asian populations (I am guesstimating).
If the legal immigration system were managed with a performance benchmark (say an IQ test), what would the national breakdown be do you think ?
Top Ten Nations of Origin for person Naturalized as new American Citizens in 2012.
Mexico: 102,181
Philippines: 44,958
India: 42,928
Dominican Republic: 33,351
China: 31,868
Cuba: 31,244
Columbia: 23,972
Vietnam: 23,490
Haiti: 19,114
El Salvador: 16,685
A total of 757,434 Legal Permanent Residents became naturalized Citizens of the United States in 2012.
And these people followed our laws to get their green cards. They didn’t take advantage of the fact that latter day idiots interpreted the laws wrongly.