Our government allows in about 1 million LEGAL immigrants a year. Add that to the illegals who are still entering and you have significant competition for jobs that American workers increasingly would be more than happy to do. Then, grant amnesty to the illegals who are already here, giving them the right to bring in their families and their families’ families, and you have effectively nudged native born Americans out of the job market to an extraordinary degree in many job categories.
“Our government allows in about 1 million LEGAL immigrants a year. “
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Actually it’s over 2 million allowed legally. Last year over a million became citizens, most from Mexico.
By the numbers
More than 1 million people became citizens in 2008, with 780,000 taking the oath of allegiance in the first 10 months, according to preliminary figures from the Department of Homeland Security.
In 2007, 660,477 people were granted U.S. citizenship.
Leading countries of birth of new citizens were:
Mexico (122,258), India (46,871), Philippines (38,830), China (33,134) and Vietnam (27,921)
Largest number of people naturalizing lived in:
California (181,684), New York (73,676) and Florida (54,563).
SOURCE: Office of Immigration Statistics, Department of Homeland Security
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJournalOnline/News/WestVolusia/wvlHEAD03WEST012209.htm
http://uscis.gov/graphics/publicaffairs/DayinLife_050629.pdf (click here to see orignial document)
Some of the DAILY work of USIS according to their own document:
* Conduct 135,000 national security background checks
* process 30,000 applications for immigrant benefits
* Issue 7,000 permanent resident cards (green cards -PER DAY)
* Welcome 2100 new citizens.
* Welcome 3500 new permanent residents.